Friday, August 28, 2015

Pink & Silver

Johannes Verspronck
 Andries Stilte as Standard Bearer
1640
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

In the portrait above a gentleman in pink satin and silver lace wraps himself in a blue satin banner. His blue satin sash is tied in a huge bow at back, like an obi. Dyed-to-match ostrich plumes ornament a swaggering black hat. The supple creamy gloves appear to be lambskin. Andries Stilte is the name of this proud and splendid man who serves today as uniformed greeter for a group of Dutch paintings from the 17th century.  

Caspar van Wittel
Castel Sant'Angelo from the South
1690s
Private Collection

Netherlandish Painter
Flying Putti
c. 1650
Rijksmuseum

Hendrik Goltzius
Fall of Man
1616
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Adriaen Hanneman
Henry Duke of Gloucester
c. 1653
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Gerrit van Honthorst
The Concert
1623
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Joachim Wtewael
The Golden Age
1605
Metropolitan Museum

Joachim Wtewael
Moses Striking the Rock
1624
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Johannes Lingelbach
Battle Scene
c. 1651-52
Getty

Jacob Ochtervelt
The Love Letter
1670s
Metropolitan Museum

Rembrandt
Portrait of a Woman
1632
Metropolitan Museum
(Gift of Louisine Havemeyer)

Jacob van der Ulft
Capriccio with Seaport & Triumphal Arch
c. 1690
Victoria & Albert Museum

Louis Vallée
Silvio with wounded Dorinda
c. 1651
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Jacob van Loo
Diana & her Nymphs
1654
National Gallery of Denmark