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Size (unframed): H 16" x W 8" (H 40.5cm x W 20.5cm) Size (framed): H 18" x W 10" (H 45.5cm x W 25.5cm) ...
Rachel Ruysch, "Posy of Flowers with a Beetle on a Stone Ledge" (1741), oil on canvas; Kunstmuseum Basel (courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) BOSTON — Dainty, fussy, and prim: These are the common ...
In times of uncertainty, artists have historically returned to conservative forms of art-making—“the holy trinity of portrait, still life, and landscape,” London-based advisor Brandy Carstens recently ...
Many artists who made their names in figurative work are now creating a different sort of portrait. By Amanda Fortini IN EARLY 2021, Jordan Casteel, the painter known for her tender, exquisitely ...
In the 17th century, Holland was in bloom. Following a bout of “tulipmania” in the 1630s, it became fashionable to visit the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam’s botanical garden, to catch a glimpse of a ...
Sotheby’s London is offering what is believed to be the only known self-portrait by Clara Peeters (ca. 1589–ca. 1657), the famed Flemish still life painter. A presumed self-portrait with a lavish ...
24 x 20 in (61 x 50.8 cm), framed 31 x 27 in (78.7 x 68.6 cm) ...