#oil on velvet

[marejadilla]

J. Louis, “Niagara”, 2020, oil on cradled panel. American, b. 1992.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Charlotte Vignon (French, c.1639-c.1685) Peaches and grapes on a table draped with a red velvet cloth, n.d.

[royalty-nobility]

Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany (1797-1870)

Artist: Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)

Date: 1833

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria

Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Leopold II[nb 1] (3 October 1797 – 29 January 1870) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; first to Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832, to Maria Antonia of the Two-Sicilies. By the latter, he begat his eventual successor, Ferdinand. Leopold was recognised contemporarily as a liberal monarch, authorising the Tuscan Constitution of 1848, and allowing a degree of press freedom.

The Grand Duke was deposed briefly by a provisional government in 1849, only to be restored the same year with the assistance of Austrian troops, who occupied the state until 1855. Leopold attempted a policy of neutrality with regard to the Second Italian War of Independence but was expelled by a bloodless coup on 27 April 1859, just before the beginning of the war. The Grand Ducal family left for Bologna, papal territory since the Congress of Vienna.

Tuscany was occupied by soldiers of Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia for the duration of the conflict. The Armistice of Villafranca, agreed to between Napoleon III of France and Franz Joseph I of Austria on 11 July, provided for the return of the Lorraines to Florence, but Leopold himself was considered too unpopular to be accepted, and on 21 July 1859, he abdicated the throne in favour of his son, Ferdinand. Ferdinand was not, however, any more acceptable to the revolutionaries in control of Florence, and his accession was not proclaimed. Instead, the provisional government proclaimed the deposition of the House of Habsburg (16 August).

[neonhellscape]

okay his outfit has really been bothering me for absolutely ages so here. bastard man.

[galleryofart]

Lady Playing a Lute in an Interior

Artist: Eglon van der Neer (Dutch, 1634/36-1703)

Date: 1675

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: The Leiden Collection, New York City, NY, United States

Description

Eglon van der Neer’s musician presents an elegant figure as she sits before stately architecture touched with gilt and partly masked by a swag of heavy curtain. She rests her elbow on a velvet-draped table crammed with costly objects, including a book of tablature, a flute, a rumpled satin cloth, a silver ewer, a marble (?) statue of a putto, and an open jewel casket. The woman herself is no less opulently packaged: she wears a fur-trimmed crimson house jacket over a shimmering white satin skirt and a bodice stiff with gold brocade. Emerging from the garments like Venus rising from the surf, the iridescent flesh of her plump arms and inviting décolletage is accentuated by the delicate frill of a white chemise. The young musician’s downcast gaze as she quietly listens to the sounds of her instrument help create the painting’s reflective mood and engaging character.

Taking full advantage of his meticulous technique, Van der Neer has carefully calculated every aspect of the painting to entice the senses of touch, sight and sound, and in so doing, to emphasize the inherent sensuality of the image itself. The deliberate juxtaposition of so many luxurious surface textures prompts admiration of the artist’s skill, and the accuracy of the illusion allows the viewer to dwell on the pleasurable aesthetic and sensorial qualities of the actual objects.5 Nowhere is this more seductively presented than in Van der Neer’s rendering of the woman’s soft flesh: in visually “touching” her flesh (as well as the other objects in the painting), we are led to consider the touch of her fingers upon the strings of the lute. We imagine the sweet sounds produced by her playing, which prompts us to summon pleasant recollections of our own musical experiences. The reverse is also true, of course: seeing her fingers dance across the lute strings prompts us to imagine our own fingers testing surfaces and textures so meticulously and sensually presented.

[feyburner]

Woks of Life Spicy Beef Salad with garlic fried rice, sautéed sweet peppers, and fresh cherry tomatoes

[resplendentoutfit]

She Wore Blue Velvet...Bluer than velvet was the night...Softer than satin was the light...

Visiting dress • c. 1883

Navy blue velvet two-piece dress • Velvet and silk satin bodice • Pearl buttons and hooks and eyes • Decorative bead-work • Swagged fabric in the front • Interior bustle • 1881

Auguste Toulmouche (French, 1829-1890) • La Robe Bleu • c. 1870

[yoo-cookiejar]

oil painting wip

of my girl yeri

[houseofcatwic]

I would like this

[thegothicalice]

In case you didn’t know I really love “Cemetery Man” aka “Dellamorte Dellamore” (1994)🪦Shoes New Rock, dress & blouse thrifted, coffin earrings by The Deadly Stake, oil painted pendant of She and digitally painted back patches by me ⚰️ Haven’t modded a vest in a while but these gorgeous pins on the lapels from Severin’s fancy new release inspired me.

[killyridols]

european divorce by josey kidd-crowe, 2019, oil & acrylic on linen + cotton + canvas & flocking velvet, 129 × 159 centimeters

[royalty-nobility]

The Coronation of Quintana

Artist: Louis Lopez Piquer (Spanish, 1802-1865)

Date: 1859

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Description

The work represents Manuel José Quintana (Madrid, 11.4.1772-Madrid, 11.3.1857), politician, poet, playwright and tutor of Queen Isabel II, on the day of his coronation as an illustrious poet (25.3.1855) in the Senate chamber.

[stigmatam4rtyr]

Fabric Details from The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833, oil on canvas) | Paul Delaroche

[galleryofart]

Pot Pourri

Artist: John Everett Millais (English, 1829-1896)

Date: 19th century

Medium: Oil on canvas

[kataasgaard]

Oil on black velvet painting test based on this digital illustration!

I've been fascinated with black velvet painting since playing through the level inspired by this artform in Psychonauts. As a video game artist I think its status as "not-art" or "lowbrow" or "kitschy" speak to me, also, but those thoughts are very big and unsexy and i have no braincells left from sniffing too much paint solvent

[isobel-totten-art]

New piece finished ! Purple velvet plant. This was not easy lol.