De Nieuwe TijdRenaissance and Romance
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Jan Asselijn
The Threatened Swan
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Oft said to be an allegory of statesman Johan de Witt (later eaten for his crimes) protecting Holland from its enemies, the inscriptions which sparked that idea were actually added after the fact. It might just be a pretty painting of a swan after all.
acquired MMXX.IV.XXI
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Cornelis Saftleven
The heads of a dodo and a hoopoe
Watercolour on paper. In the collection of the Boijmans–Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam.
This sketch represents what may be the last known depiction of a dodo from life.
acquired MMXXVI.IV.IV
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Joseph Wright of Derby
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the National Gallery, London.
acquired MMXXV.IV.XXI
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Jan van Vliet
Portrait of an old man
Engraving. Private collection.
acquired MMXXV.IV.XXI
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Christian Seybold
Portrait of an old woman
Oil on copper. Hangs at the Old Masters’ Gallery, Dresden.
acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
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J.M.W. Turner
Fishermen at Sea
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Tate Britain, London.
acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
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J.M.W. Turner
The Garreteer’s Petition
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Tate Britain, London.
I can’t help it — i’m a sucker for chiaroscuro no matter the context.
acquired MMXXV.IV.XXI
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Jean Broc
The Death of Hyacinthos
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Sainte-Croix Museum, Poitiers.
acquired MMXX.IV.XXI
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James Northcote
Portrait of Ira Aldridge as Othello
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Manchester Art Gallery.
Among the first African-American tragedians, Mr Aldridge fled America for England in 1824, becoming one of the most accomplished Shakespearean actors of his day. In his later years, he would tour Europe, where he received numerous honours from heads of state.
acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
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Gerrit Schouten
Diorama of the Paramaribo waterfront
Papier-mâché and wood. On display at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
acquired MMXXVI.IV.IV
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Francisco Goya
The Third of May, 1808
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Prado Museum, Madrid.
acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
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Sir Edwin Landseer
The Monarch of the Glen
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
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Yanagawa Shigenobu
Satyr and nymph making love
Woodblock print on paper. In the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
I think this was designed in a lab to appeal to me specifically. I find nothing more beautiful in the world than the art that results from cultural cross-pollination and syncretism… except lascivious goat-men.
acquired MMXXVI.IV.IV
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Gustave Courbet
L’Origine du monde
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
Mr Courbet’s most famous work has always shocked and provoked audiences, from the Victorian era to the present. He never censored it, and by the Gods, neither will i!
acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII
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Aleksander Lesser
Dream of Gediminas About the Iron Wolf
Oil on canvas. In the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw.
acquired MMXXV.IV.XXI
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Frank Dillon
The Colossal Pair, Thebes
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the St Louis Art Museum.
acquired MMXXIII.I.XXVII
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Albert Bierstadt
Among the Sierra Nevada, California
Oil on canvas. Hangs at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington.
Sometimes you just want to look at a pretty picture of a gorgeous landscape.
acquired MMXXII.XI.XXIII