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Nicola Van Houbraken
Nicola or Nicolino or Niccolino van Houbraken, also known as Nicolino Vanderbrach da Messina and Nicola Messinese (1660 – 1723) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque who was of Flemish descent. He specialized in paintings depicting playful arrangements of fruits, vegetables, vegetation, animals, game in interiors or in forests.Nicola van Houbraken at the Netherlands Institute for Art History He also painted allegories and garland paintings.Nicola Van Houbraken, ''Allegory of winter'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Van Houbraken - Self-portrait
Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or, less commonly, the surname **Nicola (artist) or Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who represented Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicola people, an extinct Athapaskan people of the Nicola Valley in British Columbia, Canada, and a modern alliance now residing there ** Nicola language, an extinct Athabascan language Places * Nicola River, British Columbia, Canada ** Nicola Country, a region of British Columbia around the river ** Nicola Lake, a lake near the upper reaches of the river Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Nicola'' (album) (1967), by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch * (magazine), a Japanese fashion magazine * ''Nicola'' (composition), a piano composition by Steve Race Other uses * Nicola (apple), trade name of an apple cultivar * MV ''Nicola'', a ferryboat in British Columbia, Canada * ''Nicola'' (sponge), a genus of sponges in the family Clathrinidae * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartolomeo Bimbi
image:Bartolomeo Bimbi.jpg, left, 180px, Medici citrus collection, 1715 Bartolomeo Bimbi (15 May 1648 – 1729) was a Florence, Florentine painter of still lifes, commissioned by his patrons including Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany to paint large canvases of flora and fauna for the Medici Villa dell'Ambrogiana and della Topaia, now conserved in the Pitti Palace and the Museo Botanico dell'Universita. Life and Work Son of Nicolò, he was born in Settignano on May 15, 1648; in about 1661 he entered the workshop of Lorenzo Lippi, where he remained until the death of the master (1665); then he joined Onorio Marinari as his apprentice. After a trip to Rome with Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici, he began working for the Florentine court and aristocracy. Although his training made him suitable for figure painting, Bimbi is known almost exclusively for his activity as a painter of still lifes and portraits. Bimbi died in Florence on 14 Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance. After the ruling House of Medici died out, their art collections were given to the city of Florence under the famous ''Patto di famiglia'' negotiated by Anna Maria Luisa, the last Medici heiress. The Uffizi is one of the first modern museums. The gallery had been open to visitors by request since the sixteenth century, and in 1765 it was officially opened to the public, formally becoming a museum in 1865. History The building of the Uffizi complex was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici so as to accommodate the offices of the Florentine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecost
Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the New Testament, Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period, Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). In Western Christianity, Pentecost is celebrated on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. In the United Kingdom, traditionally the next day, Whit Monday, was (until 1970) also a public holiday. (Since 1971, by statute, the last Monday in May has been a Bank Holiday). The Monday after Pentecost is a legal holiday in many European countries. In Eastern Christianity, Pentecost can also refer to the entire fifty days of Easter through Pentecost inclusive; hence the book containing the liturgical texts is calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Van Houbraken - Still Life With Potted Plants And Roses, A Dog, A Basket Of Apples, Fennel, And A Semi-plucked Rooster, A Bread Roll On A Plate And A Wine-glass
Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or, less commonly, the surname **Nicola (artist) or Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who represented Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicola people, an extinct Athapaskan people of the Nicola Valley in British Columbia, Canada, and a modern alliance now residing there ** Nicola language, an extinct Athabascan language Places * Nicola River, British Columbia, Canada ** Nicola Country, a region of British Columbia around the river ** Nicola Lake, a lake near the upper reaches of the river Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Nicola'' (album) (1967), by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch * (magazine), a Japanese fashion magazine * ''Nicola'' (composition), a piano composition by Steve Race Other uses * Nicola (apple), trade name of an apple cultivar * MV ''Nicola'', a ferryboat in British Columbia, Canada * ''Nicola'' (sponge), a genus of sponges in the family Clathrinidae * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Ruffo
Antonio Ruffo (1610 or 1611 - 16 June 1678) was an important Sicilian politician, nobleman, patron and collector from the Ruffo di Calabria family. He was probably born in Castle Bagnara or Messina and died in Messina. His collections included coins, silverware, paintings by Anthony van Dyck (''Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo''), Paul Bril, Jacob Jordaens, Abraham Casembroot and others, several Rembrandt etchings and tapestries of ''The Life of Achilles'' to designs by Rubens. He commissioned three paintings from Rembrandt ('' Aristotle with a Bust of Homer'', ''Alexander the Great'' and '' Homer Dictating his Verses'') and corresponded with Artemisia Gentileschi, Cornelis de Wael and Abraham Brueghel Abraham Brueghel (baptised 28 November 1631 – c. 1690) was a Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists. He emigrated at a young age to Italy where he played an important role in the development of the style of decorative Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Brueghel
Abraham Brueghel (baptised 28 November 1631 – c. 1690) was a Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists. He emigrated at a young age to Italy where he played an important role in the development of the style of decorative Baroque still lifes.John T. Spike, ''Italian still life paintings from three centuries'', National Academy of Design (U.S.), Philbrook Art Center, Dayton Art Institute, Centro Di, 1983, p. 16-17 Life Early life Abraham was born in Antwerp, the son of Jan Brueghel the Younger, the grandson of Jan Brueghel the Elder and the great-grandson of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Much of his artistic training came from his father, Jan Brueghel the Younger, prolific painter and regular collaborator with Rubens. Abraham showed great promise as an artist from an early age, and started to make a name for himself in his teenage years. His father sold one of Abraham's floral still lifes when he was only 15 years old. Move to Italy In 1649, at the age of 18, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trompe-l'œil
''Trompe-l'œil'' ( , ; ) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface. ''Trompe l'oeil'', which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real. Forced perspective is a related illusion in architecture. History in painting The phrase, which can also be spelled without the hyphen and ligature in English as ''trompe l'oeil'', originates with the artist Louis-Léopold Boilly, who used it as the title of a painting he exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1800. Although the term gained currency only in the early 19th century, the illusionistic technique associated with ''trompe-l'œil'' dates much further back. It was (and is) often employed in murals. Instances from Greek and Roman times are known, for instance in Pompeii. A typical ''trompe-l'œil'' mural might depict a window, door, or hallway, intended to suggest a larger room. A version o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Seghers
Daniël Seghers or Daniel Seghers (3 December 1590 – 2 November 1661) was a Flemish Jesuit brother and painter who specialized in flower still lifes. He is particularly well known for his contributions to the genre of flower garland painting.Irene Haberland, "Seghers, Daniel," ''Grove Art Online''. Oxford University Press, ccessed 15 February 2015 His paintings were collected enthusiastically by aristocratic patrons and he had numerous followers and imitators.John Rupert Martin, "A Portrait of Rubens by Daniel Seghers," ''Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University'', vol. 17 (1958), pp. 2–20. Life Seghers was born in Antwerp. He moved with his mother to the Dutch Republic, probably Utrecht around 1601, following the death of his father Pieter and the conversion of his mother to Calvinism. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Brueghel The Elder
Jan Brueghel (also Bruegel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He was the son of the eminent Flemish Renaissance painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. A close friend and frequent collaborator with Peter Paul Rubens, the two artists were the leading Flemish painters in the first three decades of the 17th century. Brueghel worked in many genres including history paintings, flower still lifes, allegorical and mythological scenes, landscapes and seascapes, hunting pieces, village scenes, battle scenes and scenes of hellfire and the underworld. He was an important innovator who invented new types of paintings such as flower garland paintings, paradise landscapes, and gallery paintings in the first quarter of the 17th century.Kolb, 2005, p. 1 He further created genre paintings that were imitations, pastiches and reworkings of his father's works, in particular his father's genre scenes and landscapes with peasants. Brueghel represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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