Two Birds
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Date: 1938

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"The departure of a dignitary from Middelburg, 1615". The warship De Zeehondt is drawn by horses through the canal Prince Maurits' yacht is also on the water. In the distance is the city of Middelburg. By Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, 1615 (Rijksmuseum)

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oncanvas:

Imaginary Landscape with St. John on Patmos, Hans Bol, 1564 Watercolor on canvas
50.5 x 85.5 cm (19.88 x 33.66 in.)
Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands https://t.co/UIRJOuKoIE

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Perspective View with a Woman Reading a Letter – Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, c. 1670. (Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands).

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Imaginary Landscape with St. John on Patmos, Hans Bol, 1564 https://t.co/HPQ9kgu80U

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November 17, 1612: Dutch Golden Age landscape painter Frans Post is born.

When governor Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen traveled to Brazil in 1636, artists, including Post, accompanied him to record in picture form what they found.

🎨 "Brazilian Landscape with Anteater", 1649

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Sun and Moon 1948__ Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch artist) 1898 - 1972

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Maurits Cornelis Escher

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2nd place for @/MauritsJ 💙✨

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Jan Davidsz de Heem, Still Life with Books and a Violin, 1628.
(Mauritshuis, The Hague)

Literate viewers knew the titles of the books on this table were concerned with the idea of ​​fate.

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Girl with the Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer (Dutch), 1665, The Mauritshuis

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David Teniers the Younger, Kitchen Interior, 1644
(Mauritshuis, The Hague)
Painted on copper.

The woman peeling apples is Teniers’ wife Anna Brueghel with their son David.
The swan pie has symbols of love so the painting may be a tribute to Anna.

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1936, Maurits Cornelis Escher.

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Maurits Cornelis Escher
Diepte, 1955

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'Erat Sermo inter Fratres' (The brothers conversed), Cornelis Troost, 1740 https://t.co/4NCor0BNgH

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