Monthly Archives: June 2012
Benjamin Read – Hogarth 1757
William Hogarth, 1697-1764 from: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection Detail: Shoes, breeches, chair, glass, bottle, chamber pot, pipe, jacket, waistcoat
Interior with Figures – Marcellus Laroon pre-1750
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679-1772 Detail: bottle, cork, chair, shoes, glass, smoking pipe, stockings, breeches, regimental coat, tricorn hat, sword, waiter, table, ladies’ cloth cap
Woman Playing the Cittern – Jan Steen 1662
Jan Havickszoon Steen ( 1626 – 1679 ) Detail: cittern, stringed instrument, gown, chemise, cape, cap
Pantry by candlelight – Georg Flegel 1630
Georg Flegel (1566 – 1638) Detail: knife, candle extinguisher, fish, brass kettle, candle stick, pitcher, onions, cheese, bread, goblet, bottle, jug, book, mouse, apples
Before the Inn – George Morland 1792
George Morland ( 1763 – 1804 ) Detail: table, walking stick, mug, pipe, jacket. hat, smock, inn, thatch, shirt tied at neck
Christ in the House with Mary and Martha – Diego Velázquez 1618
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez ( 1599 – 1660 ) Detail: garlic, pepper, silver spoon, eggs, dish, plate, jug, brass mortar and pestle, women, earing, pitcher, bowl, fish
The Alchemist – Longhi 1757
Pietro Longhi (1702–1785) image from The Yorck Project Check out this raised hearth. Detail: bottles, hour glass, brazier, raised hearth, tongs, crucible, book, glasses, shoes, buckles, mules (slippers), flask, fur lined robe