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Gerrit Dou Dog Asleep Oil on panel, 6½ x 8½ in. (16.5 x 21.6 cm.) , 1650 This cuddly sleeping dog is tiny. Well, the…
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Precious Treasures Yesterday I visited the Mauritshuis in The Hague, The Netherlands. I had only been in the Mauritshuis once before, many, many years ago. In…
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Isaack Lutichuys Portrait of a Young Lady Oil on canvas, 99x82cm, 1656 The fairly unknown ‘society’ painter Isaak Luttichuys (1616, London – 1673, Amsterdam) moved…
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Joseph Wright of Derby Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump Oil on canvas, 183 × 244 cm, 1768 This painting pictures a ‘travelling scientist’…
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Click the image for XXL Hans Holbein the Younger A Lady with a Squirrel and Starling Oil on Panel, 56×38.8cm, 1526-8 This is one of…
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Although we may now think of wedding dresses and lingerie, in the 17th century lace was not associated with either. And yet the 17th century…
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To many viewers, his paintings might look alike. Portraits of men and women, often with dark brown backgrounds, wearing black clothing and a fabulous snow-white…
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One of the most recognisable and iconic fashion statements of the 17th century surely is the cartwheel ruff. The fancier and bigger the better. I…
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There are thousands of blogs these days, many of which deal with art or the history of art. It is one of the reasons I…
Posted in All, Art History, Welbeck Abbey
Soft and lush, rich and deep colours; velvet is and always has been one of the most gorgeous and tactile fabrics around. It has been…
