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Sharing artworks from the Mauritshuis Museum, Netherlands. Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 3h

Italian Landscape with the Aurelian Wall https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_932.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Italian Landscape with the Aurelian Wall

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 5h

A Fish Market https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_698.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

A Fish Market

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 18h

Portrait of a Man with a Samson Medal https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_752.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

This unknown man is holding a red carnation between his thumb and forefinger. His features have been painted firmly, with no flowing transitions. The red hat with flaps and black ribbons is striking. The medal shining in the light on the front flap shows Samson fighting the lion. Although the painter’s name is unknown, it was possible to date the portrait, as this kind of hat was popular after 1515.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 20h

The Card Players https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_658.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

The Card Players

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 22h

Italian Landscape https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_20.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

It is mainly the light that stands out in this idyllic landscape. Everything is bathed in the warm, golden light of a low sun. Some travellers are crossing a mountain path and stop to relieve themselves. In between the trees, we can see the calm water of a lake. When he was twenty, Jan Both went south and lived a few years in Italy, where he took inspiration for this type of sun-drenched mountain landscape. Upon returning to his hometown of Utrecht, he painted dozens of them.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 1d

Winter Landscape https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_671.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

People glide over the ice of a frozen waterway. They are sledging and playing an old game called ‘kolf’. The ice seems to stretch out endlessly into the distance. This sense of depth is reinforced by the bare silhouette of the tree in the foreground. Christoffel van den Berghe painted this small landscape with great precision on a copper plate; a very smooth base ideally suited to painting fine detail.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 1d

'Tronie' of a Man with a Feathered Beret https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_149.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

A man twists his head to the right and looks at us over his shoulder. He is strikingly dressed in a feathered beret and a cloak with gold embroidery. The light is falling brightly on his face and casting a beautiful sheen on his metal gorget. The painting is not a portrait, but a ‘tronie’, or character sketch. In this case, it is of a soldier, who is dressed in an old-fashioned style. Rembrandt did not sign the painting RHL (Rembrandt Harmenszoon Leydensis), as he had done for a long time before that, but with his first name alone.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 1d

Mercury and Herse https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_394.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Mercury and Herse

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 1d

Portrait of an Officer https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_457.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Portrait of an Officer

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 1d

Still Life with a Bible https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_531.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Still Life with a Bible

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 2d

Portrait of a Woman https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1109.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Portrait of a Woman

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 2d

Double Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm I (1620- 1688) and Louise Henriette (1627-1667) https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_428.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Double Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm I (1620- 1688) and Louise Henriette (1627-1667)

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 2d

Portrait of Isabella Agneta Deutz (1658- 1694/96) https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_709.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Portrait of Isabella Agneta Deutz (1658- 1694/96)

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 2d

Lady with Cupid and a Songbook https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_411.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Lady with Cupid and a Songbook

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 3d

Fighting Peasants https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_919.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

The Flemish painter Adriaen Brouwer lived for a while in Amsterdam and Haarlem, where he introduced the peasant genre. His scenes show caricatures of the lives of peasants and country folk, which respectable Dutch buyers found very amusing. Outside an inn, some peasants are playing cards. Heightened by drink, spirits have risen to such levels that they have started fighting one another.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 3d

Portrait of a Man https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1090.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Portrait of a Man

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 3d

Portrait of Maria of Orange (1642-1688), with Hendrik van Zuijlestein (d. 1673) and a Servant https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_114.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

The court painter Jan Mijtens painted several portraits of members of the stadholder’s family. This is the portrait of Princess Maria of Orange, the youngest daughter of stadholder Frederik Hendrik. It was intended for her future husband, so that he could see what she looked like. The princess is attired in a striking riding habit decorated with lots of lace, gold braid and bows. To her right, a black page is holding the reins of her grey horse. The blond boy on the left is Hendrik, the son of Maria’s half-brother.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 3d

The Doctor's Visit https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_168.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

A sick girl lies in bed, propped up by pillows. The doctor visiting her is having his glass filled by the maid. The girl is probably suffering from a ‘wandering womb’, an illness that mainly affected young virgins. Although the condition was taken very seriously by doctors in those days, Steen sees the comical side of it. The dogs on the staircase show the remedy for the ailment – the girl must find a husband as soon as possible.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 3d

Beach View https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_558.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

De Vlieger specialised in painting seascapes. He composed this painting very carefully, from the dark foreground on the right to the light horizon on the left. Fishing boats have just come ashore, and part of the catch is on the beach. On top of the dunes, a respectable couple are standing, watching it all unfold. Buyers could easily identify with these people, which made the painting even more attractive.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 4d

River View with Church and Farmhouse https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_1100.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Van Goyen was one of the first artists to paint the Dutch landscape. He was also very productive. He could work very fast, as he used little colour and kept his compositions simple: a dark foreground, a bank running diagonally into the distance and a hazy horizon. This was also the layout he chose for the river view here. On the opposite bank is a village with a striking church tower and a tall haystack. The dark silhouette of the rowboat in the foreground reinforces the sense of depth.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 4d

Fruit Still Life https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_150.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Fruit Still Life

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 4d

Virgin and Child https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_917.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, numerous pictures were made of the Virgin and her child Jesus. This Madonna is by the German artist Lucas Cranach. He painted her with a beautiful, round idealised face and long wavy hair. She is looking ahead rather submissively, while her child tries to pluck a grape – a remarkably playful gesture. Two cherubs are holding up a cloth by way of a baldachin.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 4d

Still Life with Books and Musical Instruments https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_402.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Still Life with Books and Musical Instruments

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 4d

Portrait of Wolfert van Brederode (1649-1679) https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_113.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Wolfert van Brederode was about fourteen when his portrait was painted by Mijtens, the court painter in The Hague. He came from an old noble family and was a nephew of the stadholder. Wolfert is wearing a roman soldier’s uniform, which is a reference to his military position. Even though he was unusually young, he already led a company of the cavalry. The ‘trophy frame’ belongs to the painting. It is decorated with all sorts of weaponry, including a cannon, battle drums, a trumpet and helmets.

Mauritshuis Art Bot @mauritshuismus.bsky.social · 5d

Portrait of Catharina Belgica (1578-1648) https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_119.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp

Portrait of Catharina Belgica (1578-1648)