Friday, February 7, 2020

Human and/or Divine Figures in Paint (1680-1700)

Jacob Huysmans
Portrait of Elizabeth Cornwallis as Diana the Huntress
ca. 1680
oil on canvas
National Trust, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire

Simon Verelst
Portrait of Prince Rupert of the Rhine
ca. 1680
oil on canvas
National Trust, Petworth House, Sussex

Giovanni Antonio Burrini
Diana and Endymion
ca. 1680-90
oil on canvas
York City Art Gallery

Claudio Coello
St Catherine of Alexandria
1683
oil on canvas
Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London

Willem van Mieris
Interior with Cavalier and Lady
1685
oil on panel
Manchester Art Gallery

from Cyder

                         The pining Lover finds
Present Redress, and long Oblivion drinks
of Coy Lucinda. Give the Debtor Wine;
His Joys are short, and few; yet when he drinks
His Dread retires, the flowing Glasses add
Courage, and Mirth: magnificent in Thought,
Imaginary Riches he enjoys,
And in the Gaol expatiates unconfined.
Nor can the Poet Bacchus' Praise indite,
Debarred his Grape: The Muses still require
Humid Regalement, nor will aught avail
Imploring Phoebus with unmoistened Lips.
Thus to the generous Bottle all incline,
By parching Thirst allured . . .

– John Philips (1708)

Anonymous Dutch Artist
Sir John Yate wearing Parade Armour
ca. 1680-85
oil on panel
National Trust, Coughton Court, Warwickshire

Antonio Verrio
Portrait of Charles II
1686
oil on plaster
(detached fragment of wall painting)
National Trust, Packwood House, Warwickshire

Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Noli me tangere 
ca. 1688
oil on canvas
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Henry Ferguson
Figures before a Ruined Altar
ca. 1690
oil on canvas
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

John Closterman
Portrait of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
ca. 1690-92
oil on canvas
National Trust, Petworth House, Sussex

Nicolas de Largillière
Portrait of Monsieur d'Arjuzon Ecuyer, Treasurer to Louis XIV
ca. 1695
oil on canvas
National Trust, Hatchlands, Surrey

Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Virgin with Christ Child piercing the Head of a Serpent
ca. 1695
oil on canvas
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Adriaen van der Werff
Shepherd and Shepherdess
1696
oil on canvas
Wallace Collection, London

Luca Giordano
Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert
ca. 1696
oil on canvas
Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London

Johannes Voorhout
Lady in an Interior with a Servant washing her Foot
ca. 1690-1700
oil on canvas
National Trust, Hatchlands, Surrey