Van Everdingen’s trip to several Scandinavian countries in 1644 had a profound influence on his art. Thereafter northern topographical motifs such as rugged mountains, rushing waters, and giant fir trees […]
Dutch
Tobias and the Angel Curing Tobit of Blindness
The subject of this painting comes from the apocryphal Book of Tobit, which tells the story of Tobit, an Israelite living in Assyrian Ninevah. Tobit suffered from blindness and poverty. […]
Studies of four male figures and sheep head (recto); Studies of five female figures (verso)
Landscape with Two Riders
The Crucifixion
This print is a proof, an impression taken while work on the print was still in progress. It is one of a small number of proofs from Goltzius and his […]
Studies of the Head of Saskia and Others
Rembrandt married Saskia van Uylenburgh in 1634. He depicted his adored first wife many times before her death in 1642. Here Rembrandt etched Saskia’s head from a variety of angles, […]
Beggar Woman Leaning on a Stick
The Finding of Moses
Considered the most important painter of the first generation of Dutch Italianate artists, Poelenburgh excelled at painting female nudes within biblical or mythological scenes set in Italianate landscapes bathed in […]
Pink Carnation
Christ and the Woman of Samaria: Among the Ruins
Star of the Kings
This scene depicts one of the customs associated with the celebration of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, which was the culmination of the Christmas season. On January 5th, the eve of […]
Winter Landscape
Ruisdael is considered one of the greatest Dutch landscape painters. Of the nearly 700 paintings in his oeuvre, this work, signed in the lower left, is one of only about […]