#16th-century Flemish art

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#FineArtFriday: Autumn Landscape (September) by Lucas van Valckenborch

Artist: Lucas van Valckenborch  (1535–1597) Title: Autumn Landscape (September) Date: 1585 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 116 x 198 cm Rahmenmaße: 131,5 x 214 x 6,5 cm Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum What I love about this painting: We see an entire view of ordinary autumn life in the 16th century, but better than that, Lucas van Valckenborch shows us the passage of time. He depicts the…

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The Earth, Maerten de Vos (1532-1603)

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Allegory: The Ship of State by Frans Francken I (Flemish, 1542–1616)

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Mary Magdalene, 1530-1535 Flemish School

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The Lady and the Unicorn, Flanders, circa 1500

Tapestry 142 x 248 cm (55.91 x 97.64 in.)

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manuscript and calligraphy, Joris Hoefnagel Flemish (1542-1600)

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Details of architectural elements of late 15th and early 16th century flemish paintings (that were on display in museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen, Belgium)

The fantastical architecture blending flemish, brabantine and some northern italian features. A place where the late medieval flemish traditions and italian renaissance features meet.

As typical for flemish art; the details and backgrounds are as interesting as the subjects on the foreground.

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The painting Saint Mary Magdalene reading, at a table with fruit and a golden tazza, by the Master of the Parrot, a group of Flemish painters, active in Antwerp, in the first half of the 16th century.

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A Butchered Ox, by Frans Snyders (1579-1657)

Collecion of Burghley House Preservation Trust Limited

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Virgin saints, by an artist from the workshop of Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian (Flemish, active about 1475 - 1515), c. 1510-1520

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#FineArtFriday: allegory and symbolism in "Hunters in the Snow" by Pieter Brueghel the Elder 1565

Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530–1569) Title: English: Hunters in the Snow (German: Jäger im Schnee) (Winter) Date: 1565 Medium: oil on oak wood Dimensions: height: 1,170 mm (46.06 in); width: 1,620 mm (63.77 in) Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum What I love about this painting: This is one of Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s most famous paintings and is a favorite of mine because of…

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Title: The Mourning Mary Magdalene Artist: perhaps Colijn de Coter (Flemish, ca. 1440/45 - ca. 1522/32) -- attribution contested Date: ca. 1500 Genre: religious art Period: Early Netherlandish Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: 112.3 cm (44.2 in) high x 55.3 cm (21.7 in) wide Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

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Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Joachim Patinir, 1518-1520.

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Enameled gold mounted baroque pearl jewel in form of ostrich set with diamonds & rubies Flemish, 16th c. 55 x 32 mm Collection of Anna Maria de'Medici (#2556), Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

Anna Maria de'Medici had a passion for collecting such baroque pearl curios, each fashioned into different figures that could be animal or human, real or fantastical.

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Odysseus and Circe

Artist: Bartholomäus Spranger (Flemish, 1546-1611)

Date: 1586-1587

Medium: Oil

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Description

Odysseus travels to Circe's island, where he is warned by Hermes about Circe's magic and given an herb to protect himself. Odysseus ends up sleeping with Circe instead of being enchanted by her. Circe's advice.