Jan Van Eyck The Annunciation

JAN VAN EYCK

By MMaxi

The Annunciation is an oil painting by the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, from around 1434-1436. It is in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C. It was originally on panel but has been transferred to canvas. It is thought that it was...

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Hairpin Lalique

Rene Lalique

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What appears to be two sprays of the 'viburnum opulus roseum' shrub - the Guelder rose - is in fact a costly hairpin by the famous designer René Lalique. The hairpin is made of a translucent horn apparently so fragile that the flowers of diamond clusters...

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Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld

Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld

By MMaxi

Ambrogio Spinola The Spanish army in the Southern Netherlands was under the command of the Italian Ambrogio Spinola. As a general this opponent of Stadholder Maurice was widely respected. Spinola travelled to The Hague for the negotiations that led to...

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Judges

mmaxi human

By MMaxi

Mother's Duty

Pieter de Hooch

By MMaxi

TitleInterior with a Mother delousing her child's hair, known as 'A Mother's duty'Yearc. 1658-60ArtistPieter de HoochTechniqueOil on canvasDimensions52,5 x 61 cmIn a room with a boxbed, a mother and child are sitting happily together. The woman is absorbed...

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Ferdinand Bol masterpieces

Ferdinand Bol

By MMaxi

An old woman is sitting quietly in her chair. On the table beside her is a book. She is wearing a kind of two-piece: a black dress and matching coat trimmed with fur, which is draped elegantly over the chair. In her hand is a handkerchief. This type of...

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Francis Picabia Conversation I, 1922

Francis Picabia

By MMaxi

Francis PicabiaConversation I, 1922

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Tate Modern

duchamp

By MMaxi

Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia21 February – 26 May 2008 Duchamp set himself the challenge of making art works that were not works of art, as traditionally understood. He decided that an art work did not need to be either visually appealing or even made by...

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Wilhelmina of Prussia

Tethart Philipp Christian Haag

By MMaxi

Wilhelmina of Prussia Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751-1820) was the wife of Stadholder William V. They were married in 1767 when Wilhelmina was sixteen and William nineteen. This portrait was painted twenty-two years later, in 1789 as a present to...

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Jan Havicksz. Steen

Jan Havicksz. Steen

By MMaxi

A young woman leans over weakly in her chair, her head resting on a cushion on the table. The doctor is taking her pulse. What is the young lady suffering from? Probably she is not ill, just hopelessly in love. She is 'lovesick', her heart is broken....

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