Tag: Dutch

Dutch ladies all dressed up and staying home. Gabriël Metsu, artist. Living from 1629 to 1667 he painted genre works, portraits, still lifes and history pictures.

“A Young Woman Composing Music and a Curious Man.” ca. 1662-1663. Dutch. Oil on panel. Collections of the The Mauritshuis, the Hague. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gabriel_Metsu_-_A_Young_Woman_Composing_Music_and_a_Curious_Man.JPG
“Breakfast.” 1660. Dutch. Oil on panel. Collections of the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gabri%C3%ABl_Metsu_-Breakfast-_WGA15075.jpg
“Bildnis des Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen und seiner Familie.” ca. 1662. Dutch. Color on canvas. Collections of the  Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metsu_hinlopen-familie.jpg

Tulipieres. Vases just for tulips. 17th and 18th century. All blue and white and beautiful.

Tulipieres. Blue and white pyramidal flower vases. ca. 1695.
Tulipieres. Blue and white pyramidal flower vases. ca. 1695. Delft. Image © COPYRIGHT 2019 ARONSON ANTIQUAIRS OF AMSTERDAM. Fair use license. via https://www.aronson.com/all-kinds-of-vases-with-spouts-or-holes/

Pair of tulipieres. ca. 1700.
Pair of tulipieres. ca. 1700. Kangxi period, Chinese. Made for the Dutch market and modeled after originals in Dutch delft by Adriaen Kocx. Image © Cohen & Cohen. Fair use license. via https://www.cohenandcohen.co.uk/objectdetail/772514/17671/sold-pair-of-chinese-export-porcelain

Tulipiere. ca. 1780.
Tulipiere. ca. 1780. Blue and white delft. Bottom of the vase shows the mark of De Paeuw “The Peacock.” Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.co.uk/furniture/decorative-objects/vases-vessels/vases/delft-blue-white-tulipiere-tulip-vase/id-f_9429603/

The 17th century from the inside out. Paintings of interior spaces in the Netherlands. Painted by perspective painter Emanuel de Witte (1617-1692).

"Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam." 1657.
“Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam.” 1657. Image © 2019 Timken Museum of Art, San Diego. Fair use license. via http://www.timkenmuseum.org/collection/interior-of-the-nieuwe-kerk-amsterdam/

"Interior of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam." ca. 1680.
“Interior of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam.” ca. 1680. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emanuel_de_Witte_-_Interieur_van_de_Portugese_synagoge_te_Amsterdam.jpg

"View of the Tomb of William the Silent in the New Church in Delft." 1656.
“View of the Tomb of William the Silent in the New Church in Delft.” 1656. Collection of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mus%C3%A9e_de_Lille_E._de_Witte_Int%C3%A9rieur….jpg

Fields of flowers to hang on your wall. A bed of roses to love in the depths of winter. Dutch. Jacobus van Looy, artist (1855–1930).

"Papaver-bed." Undated.
“Papaver-bed.” Undated. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/jacobus-van-looy/papaver-bed-XnEuMJkOjkZ-G1s-n3LNMQ2

"Summer." 1910.
“Summer.” 1910. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=138419

"Roze bloemen." Undated.
“Roze bloemen.” Undated. Oil on panel. Image © Kunsthandel Simonis & Buunk, Ede. Fair use license. https://www.simonis-buunk.nl/kunstwerk/looy-j-van/13938/

"Rode Lelies" (Red Lilies). Undated.
“Rode Lelies” (Red Lilies). Undated. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. Image © 2019 MCH Group. Fair use license. via https://curiator.com/art/jacobus-van-looy/rode-lelies-red-lilies

Very charming birds by Dutch graphics artist Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868-1944) who also taught M. C. Escher.

Front cover of Dutch art magazine Wendingen issue for January, 1931.
Front cover of Dutch art magazine “Wendingen”, issue for January, 1931. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wendingen1931JessurundeMesquita.jpg

Owl. 1914.
Owl, 1914. Print on Japanese paper. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.design-is-fine.org/post/157579151334/samuel-jessurun-de-mesquita-owl-1914-print-on

"Rode ibis." ca. 1910.
“Rode ibis.” ca. 1910. Watercolor. Collection of the Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.nachtbrakers.nl/article-detail/674/lekkergaan-joods-historisch-museum

"Twee duiven." 1933.
“Twee duiven.” 1933. Woodcut on Japanese paper. Collection of the Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://jck.nl/en/node/3038

Northern Netherlanders of a few centuries back going along and living life. Painted by Abraham van Strij who lived from 1753 to 1826. Son of a painter and father of two more.

"De kunstbeschouwing." 1824.
“De kunstbeschouwing.” 1824. Collection of the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_van_Strij_(I)_-_De_kunstbeschouwing_-_2154_-_Rijksmuseum_Twenthe.jpg

'Een kersenverkoopster aan de deur." 1816.
‘Een kersenverkoopster aan de deur.” 1816. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_van_Strij_-_Een_kersenverkoopster_aan_de_deur.jpg

"Hendrik Weymans and family." 1816.
“Hendrik Weymans and family.” 1816. Collection of the Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hendrik_Weymans_and_family,_by_Abraham_van_Strij.jpg

Woodcuts by Dutch artist Julie de Graag. Living from 1877 to 1924, she also taught art. A drawing, too.

"Oost-Indische kers" (East Indian cherry).
“Oost-Indische kers” (East Indian cherry). 1919. Collection of the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oost-Indische_kers.jpg

"Ontwerp voor een omslag voor een herbarium" (Design for a cover for a herbarium). 1887-1924.
“Ontwerp voor een omslag voor een herbarium” (Design for a cover for a herbarium). 1887-1924. Paper, pencil, and pen and ink. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/2344256–phantom-island/designs-and-patterns/objecten#/RP-T-1954-498,15

"Swimming Frog." Undated.
“Swimming Frog.” Undated. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. viahttp://clawmarks.tumblr.com/post/171358387412/zwemmende-kikker-julie-de-graag-c1887-1924

Art Nouveau inspired tile tableaux by Dutch ceramics firm Plateelbakkerij De Distel which was founded in Amsterdam in 1895.

"Birds." 1895-1923.
“Birds.” 1895-1923. Ceramic tile. Image © 2019 Kramer Kunst en Antiek. Fair use license. via http://www.antique-tileshop.nl/distel-vogels.html

"Tegeltableau met zwanen en bladwerk" (Tile tableau with swans and leaves) ca. 1910.
“Tegeltableau met zwanen en bladwerk” (Tile tableau with swans and leaves) ca. 1910. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/zoeken/objecten?q=Plateelbakkerij+De+Distel&p=1&ps=12&st=Objects&ii=7#/BK-1981-73,7

Graphics from the not very long lived magazine “Maandschrift voor vercieringskunst” (Decorative Arts Monthly). Published in Haarlem in the Netherlands I’m not sure what went wrong there but these prints are grand.

September and October, 1896.
September and October, 1896. Theo van Hoytema, artist (1863-1917). Image © Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam. Fair use license. via https://www.boijmans.nl/en/collection/artworks/129751/cover-for-monthly-magazine-for-decorative-art-harlem-september-october-1896

May and June. 1896.
May and June. 1896. Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, artist (1864-1945). Image © Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam. Fair use license. via https://www.boijmans.nl/collectie/kunstwerken/75110/omslag-maandschrift-voor-vercieringskunst

Candlesticks or holders to gleam up any library or dining table by Dutch master J. C. Stoffels (1878-1952). Nieuwe Kunst in style, the Dutch take on Art Nouveau.

Candleholder for three candles. Undated.
Candleholder for three candles. Undated. Brass. Made by Stoffels. Image courtesy of his grandson, Peter de Rijcke. Used with permission. via https://scontent.fnyc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/55495120_1407806349356390_6879256234764009472_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent.fnyc1-1.fna&oh=fb47169c7daec73de607ae03d28546f6&oe=5D43963C

Two light candleholder. ca. 1904.
Two light candleholder. ca. 1904. Brass with an engraved decoration with a cabochon cut amethyst. Designed by Stoffels and made by Onder den Sint Maarten. Image © 2006-2019 by Botterweg Auctions Amsterdam BV. Fair use license. via https://www.botterweg.com/Stoffels_J_C/Onder_den_Sint_Maarten/tabid/234/lotid/17114/Lot-17114.aspx?language=en-US

Candleholders. 1904.
Candleholders. 1904. Brass. Designed by Stoffels and made by Onder den Sint Maarten. Image © 2006-2019 by Botterweg Auctions Amsterdam BV. Fair use license. via https://www.botterweg.com/Stoffels_J_C/Onder_den_Sint_Maarten/Lot-17115.aspx?tabid=59&lotid=17115&language=en-US&auctionid=29