Rembrandt's R👀m 🖌さんのイラストまとめ

Meanwhile, in Troy ...

11 Because of the cost of war and uncertain times, William was first laid to rest on a catafalque surrounded by rather dreary curtains in Delft's Nieuwe Kerk to the chagrin of his widow, Louise de Coligny.

If you ever wondered what it was like to travel down a Dutch canal in a horse-drawn "trekschuit", this drawing gives you a pretty good idea, even though it dates about 100 years after Vermeer painted his View of Delft. Rather crowded!

She looks pretty miserable as well she might considering her condition. Nevertheless she is offered at Sotheby's as by Lavinia Fontana. A tiny oil on copper with the remains of a landscape (?) on the reverse. 15,000 - 20,000 GBP

1. Fresco painting is done in "giornate", or parts of a day. The correct term is "al fresco": the painter applies the paint on the wall when the plaster is still wet. As the paint layers overlap it is possible to reconstruct the order in which the parts were painted.

The most ridiculous painting of #Napoleon ever painted to be sure. And it's meant seriously!

Annals of "heroic" abstraction.

Francesco del Cossa, The month of April (detail), Salone dei Mesi, Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara, 1468-70

Had my first shot with Astra last night.

Christina Lepper, mother of three, was recently widowed. The cypress tree is a traditional symbol of death and for a touch of pathos, the dog turns around in search of his master. On a sunnier note, this has to be the poshest pram around town!
By Jan Baptist Weenix.