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probably about 1646

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

Arnold Houbraken (1660 - 1719) was a painter who worked in Dordrecht and had been a pupil there of Aert de Gelder, himself a pupil of Rembrandt. His three-volume 'De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlandtsche Konstschilders en Schilderessen' (The Great...

In painting, impasto (from the Italian for dough) describes areas of the surface of a painting which are heavily built up with paint layers. Impastoed paint is highly textured; brush or palette knife marks are usually clearly evident. The intenti...

1785 - 1847

Arcadia was a mythical rural realm ruled by the god Pan. It was first written about by the Greek poet Theocritus in his 'Idylls' of the 3rd century BC. He described it as inhabited by shepherds, nymphs and satyrs. This imaginary region, which was...

In paintings in the National Gallery flowers tend to appear mainly in two contexts: as symbols, and as the subject of still lifes. Flowers form a significant part of Christian iconography; an example which often appears in paintings is the lily,...

The ground is the layer used to prepare a support for painting; its colour and tone can affect the chromatic and tonal values of the paint layers applied over it.When the support is a panel the ground is usually made of gesso, but when the support...