#Juan van der Hamen y Leon

[art-portraits]

Portrait of a Buffon

Artist: Juan van der Hamen y Leon (Spanish, 1596 - 1631)

Date: circa 1626

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

A sumptuously dressed and armed dwarf holds a ruler´s staff, an attribute of power that cannot have corresponded to his status. He was probably one of the court buffoons, who were showered with presents and dressed in ostentatious luxury. Since the sixteenth century, portraits of these figures were quite customary, although it was Velázquez who explored this genre with singular mastery. The date generally attributed to this extraordinary portrait indicates that the model might be Bartolillo, a dwarf whose presence in the Palace is documented between 1621 and 1626. Juan van der Hamen was best known for his excellent still lifes, although he also made religious paintings and portraits of high quality, like the present one. Notable here, besides the marked detail and tenebrist lighting, is the expressive strength of the protagonist, who is portrayed with enormous dignity and an expression that is practically defiant.

[artschoolglasses]

An Offering to Flora, Juan van der Hamen y Leon, 1627

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Juan van der Hamen y León (Spanish, 1596-1631) Ofrenda a Flora, 1627 Museo Nacional del Prado

[oldsardens]

Juan van der Hamen y Leon - Still Life with Porcelain and Sweets

[art1for2the3masses]

Juan Van der Hamen y Leon, Tavola Imbandita, 1624

[art-allegory]

An Offering to Flora

Artist: Juan van der Hamen y Leon (Spanish, 1596-1631)

Date: 1627

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Description

A lady seated in a garden is handed a basket of roses by a boy. The profusion of flowers around her and the crown on her head, as well as her location in a courtly garden with a statue in the background, identify the painting as an allegory of the goddess, Flora. This work is related to a series of similar compositions made by van der Hamen during the sixteen twenties. Some of these are allegories of the different seasons or narrations of mythological scenes, making him more than a mere still-life painter. His capacity to render figures is revealed in this painting, as is his compositional capacity, visible in the perspective of the hedges. All of these characteristics round out his well-known meticulousness when painting flowers, which can be seen in the marvelous group in the foreground.

[herbulum]

Still life with flowers and fruit, Juan van der Hamen y León

[polyanthea]

just desserts

Juan van der Hamen y Leon

[a-gm]

Juan van der Hamen y Leon, Still life with flowers, artichokes and glassware, 1627.

[quo-usque-tandem]

Still Life with Sweets and Pottery byJuan van der Hamen y Leon

[mariagarciamenendez]

Bodegón con dulces, cajas y cerámica, óleo sobre lienzo, 84.5 cm. x 112.7 cm., Juan van der Hamen y León, 1627. National Gallery of Art, Washington.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/artist-info.1370.html

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Juan van der Hamen y (Gómez de) León (Spanish, 1596-1631) La reina Isabel de Borbón, 17th century

Retrato de la reina Isabel de Borbón (1602-1644), que fue hija del rey Enrique IV de Francia y de la reina María de Médici y también reina consorte de España por su matrimonio con el rey Felipe IV de España. María de Médici y también reina consorte de España por su matrimonio con el rey Felipe IV de España.

[silezukuk]

Juan van der Hamen y León - Portrait of a Dwarf, Ca. 1626 [***]

[fleurdulys]

Offering to Flora - Juan van der Hamen y Leon

1627

[mariagarciamenendez]

Ofrenda a Flora, óleo sobre lienzo, 216 cm x 140 cm, Juan van der Hamen y León, 1627. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/galeria-on-line/galeria-on-line/obra/ofrenda-a-flora/

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Juan van der Hamen y León (Spanish, before 8 April 1596-c.1631/32) Retrato de Jean de Croÿ, conde de Solre (1588-1638) Jean de Croÿ, count of Solre, baron of Molembaix and marquess of Renty, knight of the Golden Fleece, was a nobleman from the Low Countries who held high office under the Spanish Habsburgs.