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The violent side of Melancholy.
Here, Saturn, the God of melancholy, devours one of his sons, while men hang themselves from a tree and man tries to measure the globe with a right angle.
Engraving by Harmen Jansz Muller (1566) after: Maarten van Heemskerck

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2020-12-14

No, this is not the doctor you want attending to your head wounds. But that's what the peasants had, back in the day, as illustrated by doctor's son Egbert van Heemskerck.

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2020-08-17

2/2 More thrills of uroscopy, c. 1700: is the young lady at doorway pregnant? The doctor will be the judge of that! By Egbert van Heemskerck whose day is today.

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2020-08-17

Nail-biting suspense of uroscopy -- is our feather-hatted lady pregnant? Tense moment, from Egbert van Heemskerck. It's his day.

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2020-08-17

Born in 1498: Netherlandish painter (1498-1574)

Portrait of Emmetje Teunisdr. van Souburgh (ca. 1501-63), 1535-44

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2020-06-01

Born in 1498: Netherlandish painter (1498-1574)

Portrait of Jan Claesz. Diert (van Haerlem) (1497-1574), 1535-44

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2020-06-01


"Every work of is an expression of an era and for that reason alone is it interesting."

Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876–1923)

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2020-04-01


"Every work of is an expression of an era and for that reason alone is it interesting."

Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876–1923)

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2020-04-01

was a Dutch stained glass designer and a visual artist who worked in several modern genders. However, she specialised in and painting. Work of art: Landscape, c.1913.

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2020-01-04

Colossus of Rhodes, Pyramids of Egypt, Temple of Diana & Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

Engravings by Philip Galle after Martin van Heemskerck (1572)

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2019-11-11

JACOBA VAN HEEMSKERCK (1876-1923)

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Mühle, 1915 | Schiffe, 1916

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2019-08-21

Maarten van Heemskerck
(1498-1574)
"Sybilla"

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2019-07-03


"Every work of is an expression of an era and for that reason alone is it interesting."
—Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876–1923)

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2019-04-01

Jacoba van Heemskerck
Forest II

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2018-11-19

The Crucifixion of Christ by Tintoretto in San Cassiano. John Ruskin described it as, "the finest in Europe". It’s actually based on a print by the Dutch philosopher and artist Dirck Coornhert, made from a design by Maerten van Heemskerck, who made many designs for engravers!

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2018-09-21