I love van Dyck drapery, so I would very much like to see the actual painting.

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641) Portrait of Agostino Pallavicini, about 1621 Oil on canvas Unframed: 217.5 × 142.2 cm (85 5/8 × 56 in.), Framed [Outer Dim]: 265.4 × 185.4 × 11.4 cm (104 1/2 × 73 × 4 1/2 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 68.PA.2

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Michaelina Wautier's Rediscovery as a 17th Century Flemish Master

Michaelina Wautier, a 17th-century Flemish artist, is gaining recognition as one of the great masters of the Baroque period. An exhibition opening on September 30 in Vienna will showcase all her known works for the first time. Wautier, born in 1604, produced monumental paintings, portraits, still li... [More info]

"The Temptation of Saint Anthony," Joos van Craesbeeck, c. 1650.

Van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/6 - c. 1660) was a baker as well as a painter, running a family bakery in present-day Belgium. Very little is known of his life, but this bizarre, surreal scene definitely shows the influence of Heironymus Bosch and others. The screaming head, spewing the evils and temptations, the evil thoughts emerging from the forehead, and the sea throwing up evils at his feet...wow!

Van Craesbeeck also is noted for his "tronies," or portraits depicting exaggerated expressions, tavern scenes, guardroom scenes, and "piskijken," or scenes of women visiting doctors and having their urine tested for pregnancy. That's a specific genre of painting!

From the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany.

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"Honeysuckle Bower," Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1609.

Rubens (1577-1640) is justly famous and popular; he was quite prolific but his quality never suffered. He was a huge influence in his time and after his passing, embedding his paintings with rich symbolism. And, from what I've read, he was also an extremely good person, intelligent and compassionate.

Here we have a double portrait, of the artist and his first wife, Isabella Brant. Here, they clasp right hands, an ancient custom indicating marital fidelity. They are surrounded by honeysuckle, a symbol of lasting pleasure, steadfastness, and permanence. The richness of their attire seems more indicative of Rubens' ambitions for worldly success, which certainly came to fruition. Sadly, the permanence here was only symbolic; Isabella died of bubonic plague at the age of 34, after they had three children together. This was painted soon after their wedding; after her passing, he did a great posthumous portrait of her, with a mischievous smile. She must have been a corker, and he's not so bad himself.

From the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

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"Still Life of Flowers in a Basket on a Stone Ledge," Jan Brueghel the Younger, 17th century.

Brueghel (1601-1678) was from a great artistic family; his father was Jan Brueghel the Elder (of course), and his grandfather was Pieter Brueghel the Elder, both exceptional Flemish painters of the Renaissance. Jan the Younger was of the Baroque period, having taken over his father's workshop at a young age, and developing his own style.

He didn't do as many still lifes and florals as his father, but here's one of his most delightful. A lovely jumble of flowers is presented to us in a basket, with tulips, roses, cornflowers, lily-of-the-valley, and other, but Brueghel makes it balanced and harmonious amid all the jumble, rather than a cacophony.

Happy Flower Friday!

From a private collection.

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Art & Design Take Center Stage at Doyle’s Goldman Estate Auction – Antiques And The Arts Weekly

...#ArtAuction #HistoricArt #FlemishArt #GoldenCoast #CollectorsChoice #FineArt #DecorativeArt #EstateSale #AuctionHighlights #ArtCollectors #OldMasterPaintings #InteriorDesign #ArtMarket #ArtInvestment #AuctionResults Doyle’s March 26 auction, The Chimneys: The Estate of Allan Goldman, held in New York City, was a resounding success, with 93 percent of the 223 lots sold,…

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"Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase," Jan Brueghel the Elder, c. 1610-15.

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was a member of the Brueghel family of artists, which produced some exceptional ones. He operated in the Renaissance and Baroque periods, and was something of a pioneer in the floral painting genre, as few artists of the period had done them before him.

There's an interesting economic take on this that I'm seeing...the Chinese vase is an indicator of the Dutch trading prowess on one hand, but on the other...the tulips are prominently featured, and the Dutch tulip mania was just starting to come to life when he painted this, becoming history's first recorded speculative bubble and a byword for any market where the prices of something outstrip their intrinsic value.

But hey, it's Flower Friday!

From the Mauritshuis, the Hague.

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On my recent trip to the City of Bath I saw this painting. It was found in the stores of the Holburne Museum in Bath and was identified as being by the Flemish artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger.

The painting, titled ‘Wedding Dance in the Open Air’ was previously thought to be the work of a copyist or follower, but it has been dated to 1607-14 and is now on permanent display.

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