Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

He was given the Order of Christ of Portugal by the Pope in 1626, & his reputation took off. He became the leading Neapolitan artist. St Jerome (1626), St Andrew (1628) & St Peter (detail, 1628-32)

The painter was born near Valencia & his parents hoped for a professional career for him. Instead he trained as a painter. By 1611 he was in Italy & influenced by Caravaggio’s light & shadows. Taste (1613-6), Penitent Magdalene (1611) & Beggar (1612)

This drawing is about the curiosity & joy of small children.

Come Away O Human Child (2023) Ink on paper drawing

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For Irish people there are a number of important Rembrandt’s in the National Gallery. His Rest on the Flight (1647), the Demidoff Rembrandt (1632-3) & La Main Chaude (c1628). The latter shows a beer drinking game involving slapping a player on the bottom in the dark...

In the 1640s Hendrickje came into his life & would become his muse & life partner. Girl at a Window (1645), Holy Family (1645), Adoration of the Shepherds (1646) & Supper At Emmaus (1648). The latter shows he was looking at Titian (one of his favourite artists)

Susannah (c1634), Sacrifice of Isaac (1635), Belshazzar’s Feast (1636) & Portrait of Baartgen Martens Doomer (1640). Story telling is all in his religious works - tenseness, vulnerability & surprise. His portrait of Baartgen is a moving image of empathy.

His portraits are powerful images of his sitters. Centuries later we feel we have some understanding of who these people were & how they felt. Johannes Wtenbogaert (1633), Artemisia (1634), Descent from the Cross (1634) & Aechje Claesdar (1634)

Rembrandt always showed a great deal of empathy & respect towards the elderly. With astonishing ability he creates psychologically profound stories in his pictures. St Paul (1629-30), Anna & the Blind Tobit (c1630), Jeremiah (1630) & A Man taking a Leak (1631)

He was back in Leiden with his mate Jan Lievens & they opened a studio together (1624). He took students from 1627 (they had to pay fees). Rembrandt in his studio (1626-8), Tobit accusing Anna (1626) & Parable of the Rich Man (1627). The latter is an early masterpiece of light

Born in the University city of Leiden, his parents were comfortable - being a miller & the daughter of a baker. They were also a mixed marriage which allowed him to rise above the sectarianism of the 17th C. Touch, Smell & Sight (1624-5) storytelling was a thread through his work