Dose of Art #195: Paulus Potter – Two Pigs in a Sty (1649)
Paulus Potter was born on November 25th, 1625 in the Dutch town of Enkhuizen. He learned to paint from his […]
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Dose of Art #194: Dirck van Baburen – Young Man Singing (1622)
Van Baburen was probably born in the Dutch city of Wijk bij Duurstede and was just seventeen when he travelled […]
Dose of Art #193: Gabriël Metsu – Baker Blowing his Horn (c. 1660)
The first question that came to my mind when I saw this painting was “Why is a baker blowing a […]
Dose of Art #192: Adriaen Brouwer – The Bitter Potion (c. 1636–1638)
Brouwer was born in the Flemish city of Oudenaarde (now Belgium). He mainly painted peasants, soldiers and other ‘lower class’ […]
Dose of Art #191: Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen? – Laughing Fool (c. 1500)
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere. —William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (3.1.39-40) It is […]
Dose of Art #190: Jules Dupre – The Old Oak (1870)
Dupres was a French landscape painter from Nantes. Although he painted some marine landscapes he favoured ones featuring trees. He […]
Dose of Art #189: Clara Peeters – Still Life with Nuts, Candy and Flowers (c. 1611)
We have seen work of her before and this is another great example of her skills as a still life […]
Dose of Art #188: Anton Mauve – The Return of the Flock, Laren (c. 1886-1887)
The Return of the Flock shows all the elements Mauve loved; animals, people and the Dutch landscape. As noted in […]
Dose of Art #187: Willem van de Velde II – The Gust (c. 1680)
This painting and yesterday’s one are pendants, which Van de Velde finished at about the same time. And although the […]
Dose of Art #186: Willem van de Velde II – Het Kanonschot (c. 1680)
There’s no wind, the sea is flat, and the sails are hanging loose. The canon is shot as a salute […]