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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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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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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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 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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