Tag: Baroque

Baroque still lifes. Spanish. Antonio Ponce, artist. Living from ca. 1608 to 1677, he was an apprentice in the workshop of Juan van der Hamen whose niece he married. Also painted garlands.

Still life with flowers and fruits. 17th c. Spanish. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed “AP” on the lower left on the edge. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/tableaux-dessins-sculptures-1300-1900/still-life-with-flowers-and-fruits

Bodegón de dulces, frutos secos, cerámica y vidrios. 17th c. Spanish. Oil on canvas. Image © 1986-2021 Invaluable, LLC and Fernando Duran, Madrid. Fair use license. via https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/antonio-ponce-valladolid-1608-madrid-1677-oleo-so-1247-c-288192b311#

Still life in the kitchen. 17th c. Spanish. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ponce,Antonio–Still-Life_in_the_Kitchen-_17th_c.jpg

Baroque still lifes painted by Spanish artist Juan de Espinosa and his son, also named Juan de Espinosa. That part is a bit confusing but the artwork is great.

Still life of flowers and grapes in an elaborate ceramic vase, with snails along the bottom ledge. 17th c. Spanish. Juan de Espinosa, artist. Image © 2021 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/master-paintings/still-life-of-flowers-and-grapes-in-an-elaborate-2
Naturaleza muerta con objetos de orfebrería. 1624. Spanish. Juan Bautista de Espinosa, artist. Colección Masaveu, Oviedo. Image source: Eluque1. Artwork itself in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naturaleza_muerta_con_objetos_de_orfebrer%C3%ADa_(1624),_de_Juan_Bautista_de_Espinosa.JPG
Still life with shell fountain and flowers, ca. 1645. Spanish. Juan de Espinosa, artist. Private collection. Image © Web Gallery of Art. Fair use license. via https://www.wga.hu/html_m/e/espinosa/index.html

Baroque portraits of 17th century ladies, some with children too. English. John Michael Wright, painter. Living from 1617 to 1694, Wright trained in Edinburgh under the Scots painter George Jamesone.

Portrait of Jane Monins (c.1640-99), three-quarter length, in a blue and gold dress. 17th c. English. Oil on canvas. Image © 2020 Sothebys. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/the-family-collection-of-the-late-countess-mountbatten-of-burma/portrait-of-jane-monins-c-1640-99-three-quarter
Portrait of Mrs. Salesbury with her grandchildren Edward and Elizabeth Bagot. 1675-1676. English. John Michael Wright. Collections of the Tate Galleries. Cco License. via https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-michael-wright-614
Portrait of Mary Villiers, Duchess of Lennox and Richmond (1622-1685), half-length, in a blue dress, her left hand resting on an Ouroboros, with her children, Esmé (1649-1660) and Mary (1651-1668). Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5630073

Baroque era fantasy ruins with a few people scattered around. Imagined up ruins of the most spectacular kind. French. François de Nomé, painter. Born in France in 1593, he moved to Italy when he was 17 and painted there until his death.

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King Asa of Juda Destroying the Idols (Explosion of a cathedral). 1st half of the 17th c. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nom%C3%A9,_Fran%C3%A7ois_(Desiderio._Mons%C3%B9)_-_Explos%C3%A3o_de_una_Catedral.jpg

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“Daniel and the Lion’s Den.” 17th c. Image source: musee.metzmetropole.fr and commons.wikimedia.org. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/francois-de-nome-imaginary-ruins

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“Hell” (The Underworld). 1622. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie. François de Nomé (known as Monsù Desiderio), artist. Image source: Arnaud25. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_enfers_-_par_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Nom%C3%A9_(dit_Mons%C3%B9_Desiderio).jpg

Engravings from Agostino Tensini’s “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” Published in 1641, it is an extremely rare first edition of a Baroque Italian calligraphy manual. All of these taken from the website of the antiquarian bookseller Martayan Lan some of whose wares I saw at an antiquarian book fair recently though, alas, not these.

Engraving from Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.. 1641.
Portrait of the author. Engraving from “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” 1641. Possibly published in Verona, Italy. Agostino Tensini, maker. Image © 2019 Martayan Lan, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.martayanlan.com/pages/books/3724/agostino-tensini/le-meraviglie-della-penna-conchiudenti-in-diversi-modi-di-scrivere-delineati-et-intagliati

Scrolling foliate design.
Scrolling foliate design. Engraving from “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” 1641. Possibly published in Verona, Italy. Agostino Tensini, maker. Image © 2019 Martayan Lan, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.martayanlan.com/pages/books/3724/agostino-tensini/le-meraviglie-della-penna-conchiudenti-in-diversi-modi-di-scrivere-delineati-et-intagliati

Angels. Engraving.
Angels. Engraving from “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” 1641. Possibly published in Verona, Italy. Agostino Tensini, maker. Image © 2019 Martayan Lan, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.martayanlan.com/pages/books/3724/agostino-tensini/le-meraviglie-della-penna-conchiudenti-in-diversi-modi-di-scrivere-delineati-et-intagliati

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Engraving from “Le meraviglie della penna conchiudenti in diversi modi di scrivere delineati, et intagliati.” 1641. Possibly published in Verona, Italy. Agostino Tensini, maker. Image © 2019 Martayan Lan, New York. Fair use license. via https://www.martayanlan.com/pages/books/3724/agostino-tensini/le-meraviglie-della-penna-conchiudenti-in-diversi-modi-di-scrivere-delineati-et-intagliati

Still lifes or bodegóns with food hanging on strings. Baroque art by Spanish painter Juan Sánchez Cotán, who lived from 1560 to 1627 and was a monk too. Maybe that’s why the fruit is just out of reach.

"Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables." ca. 1602.
“Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables.” ca. 1602. Oil on canvas. Image © Várez Fisa Collection, Madrid. Fair use license. via https://www.guggenheim.org/arts-curriculum/topic/bodegones

"Still Life with Game Fowl,Vegetables and Fruits." 1602.
“Still Life with Game Fowl, Vegetables, and Fruits.” 1602. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_Life_with_Game_Fowl,Vegetables_and_Fruits,_Prado,_Museum,Madrid,1602,HernaniCollection.jpg

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Still life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber. ca. 1600. Oil on canvas. Collection of the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego. Photo credit: The Yorck Project (2002) .In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Juan_S%C3%A1nchez_Cot%C3%A1n_001.jpg

Three very warm looking if overly bundled up little ones all ready for winter. European. 17th and 18th century.

Portrait of Michiel van der Dussen. 17th c. Dutch.
Portrait of Michiel van der Dussen. 17th c. Dutch. Hendrick Cornelisz van Vliet, painter (1611-1675). Collection of the Rijks Museum Amsterdam. via https://dirkjanb.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/specialismen-gouddraadwerkers/

Portrait of twins. 18th c. Central European school. Unknown artist.
Portrait of twins. 18th c. Central European school. Unknown artist. via https://curiator.com/art/unknown/portrait-of-twins-central-european-school-18th-century.

Portrait of a Girl in Frisian Costume Holding a Rose and a Basket of Cherries. 1625-1650.
Portrait of a Girl in Frisian Costume Holding a Rose and a Basket of Cherries. 1625-1650. Dutch. Artist not known. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. via https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/portrait-of-a-girl-in-frisian-costume-holding-a-rose-and-a-basket-of-cherries-32074.

All works in the public domain due to their age.