Friday, September 18, 2026

 Vermeer
(1632 - 1675)
 

Johannes Vermeer  was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as an art dealer. He was not wealthy; at his death, his wife was left in debt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer

The Astronomer
circa 1668
Oil on canvas
50 x 45 cm
Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010064324

Thursday, September 17, 2026

 Olivier van Deuren 
(1666 - 1714)

Olivier van Deuren or Olivier Pietersz. van Deuren; Olivier van Dueren; Olivier van Durren  was a painter from the Dutch Republic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_van_Deuren

A Young Astronomer
1685
Oil on canvas
15,3 x12,7 cm
National Gallery, London
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/olivier-van-deuren-a-young-astronomer

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

 Ferdinand Bol
(1616 - 1680)
 

Ferdinand Bol was a Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman. Although his surviving work is rare, it displays Rembrandt's influence; like his master, Bol favoured historical subjects, portraits, numerous self-portraits, and single figures in exotic finery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Bol

An Astronomer
1652
Oil on canvas
127 x 135 cm
National Gallery, London
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/ferdinand-bol-an-astronomer

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Gonzales Coques
(1614 - 1684)
 

Gonzales Coques was a Flemish painter of portraits and history paintings. Because of his artistic proximity to and emulation with Anthony van Dyck he received the nickname de kleine van Dyck (the little van Dyck). Coques was also active as an art dealer.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales_Coques


 The Astronomer and his Wife
circa 1648–1650
oil paint on panel
40.5 cm × 54.5 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
https://musees-strasbourg.skin-web.org/fr/document/l-astronome-et-sa-femme/5ee338d7461cda28a3ab1c83?q=coques&pos=3&pgn=0

Monday, September 14, 2026

 Gerrit Dou
(1613 - 1675)

Gerrit Dou, also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his trompe-l'œil "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_Dou

Scholar Interrupted at His Writing
1635
Oil on oval panel
24.5 x 20 cm
The Leiden collection
https://www.theleidencollection.com/artwork/a-scholar-interrupted-at-his-writing/

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Adriaan de Lelie
(1755 - 1820)
 

Adriaan de Lelie was a Dutch painter. Born in Tilburg, De Lelie was a pupil of A. Peeters, a painter of tapestries and ornaments, and afterwards of Andreas Bernardus de Quertenmont in Antwerp. He made copies of many portraits by Rubens and van Dyck in Düsseldorf, and also of historical pictures by Italian and Dutch masters. On the advice of Professor Camper, he established himself in Amsterdam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_de_Lelie


The Art Gallery of Jan Gildemeester Jansz
1794-95
Oil on panel
63.7 x 85.7 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/The-Art-Gallery-of-Jan-Gildemeester-Jansz--01a1742c9b17d32c1e8b27d0827aac5a
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The man kneeling in the right foreground is the artist Adriaan de Lelie himself

Saturday, September 12, 2026

 Hendrik Heerschop 
1626 - 1690

Hendrik Heerschop was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Heerschop

The Architect
1672
Oil on Wood
54,9 x 44,6 cm
Staatliches Museum, Schwerin

 Vermeer (1632 - 1675)   Johannes Vermeer  was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is consi...