Dose of Art #114: Jean-Siméon Chardin – Self Portrait with Glasses (1775)
Almost 50 years after he made ‘Bowl of Plums’ we saw yesterday, Chardin made this self-portrait. By this time the […]
Art in detail
Art in detail
Almost 50 years after he made ‘Bowl of Plums’ we saw yesterday, Chardin made this self-portrait. By this time the […]
Chardin began still life paintings about 1725. Like the genre scenes, they portrayed kitchen utensils and food in simple, rustic, […]
St. Jerome was a popular subject for paintings and he has been painted in many ways and styles. This one […]
We have seen Shishkin’s work before, and this is another great example of his Russian landscapes.
Sir Thomas More is now well known as a scholar and the writer of Utopia, but he was also a […]
It’s a pity FB can’t show the real size of this painting because it is almost lifesize. Because of its […]
What a difference with yesterdays portrait. Throughout his life, Rembrandt made numerous self-portraits. He had just turned 50 when he […]
It is interesting to see how painters portrait themselves in their paintings. It is like an early version of our […]
Definitely an iconic image of rural life, but critics interpreted it in various ways. According to Wikipedia: “Iowans were furious […]
Bellini made a number of portraits of young men. Most of them are looking to the left, like this […]