October 2017 – Page 2

Even in the 18th century, Venice had its tourists; it was one of the must go places for the wealthy […]

In the 17th century, still-lifes became very popular, and flowers were an obvious subject for them. With the abundance of […]

Courbet once described himself as the “Proudest and most arrogant man in France”. In true artist style, he was tired […]

The first time I heard of ‘Malle Babbe’ was by a 1973 song of Rob de Nijs. The song […]

Born in Spain in 1591, Jusepe de Ribera -like so many other painters- moved to Italy. He studied under the […]

With 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit) it is unusually warm for this time of year in the Netherlands. It is […]

When I worked in Belgium a couple of years ago, we visited the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper. It […]

Poor Ophelia, her love for the Danish prince Hamlet is not returned; “Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou […]

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor who was not interested in real women, as he was “shocked at […]

You would think a monotype depicting Newton and made at the end of the Enlightenment is a celebration of scientific […]