Guten Morgen!
Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667) 🎨 🇳🇱
Frau bei der Mahlzeit, bekannt als „Das Katzenfrühstück“, 1661/64 🖼️
Rijksmuseum 🏛️
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The Bedroom — Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Art Institute of Chicago

“I think most about the window, its green panes giving onto a green he never explained, the south pressing at the…”

Today’s story: “The room he built for himself”

#ArtHistory #PublicDomain #VanGogh

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"Good memory, with which nature has endowed us, causes things long past to seem present."
Notebooks (Richter) §1170

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Tram by Oleksandr Bogomazov, 1914, Private Collection

#ArtHistory #ModernArt #Cubo-Futurism

Abbey in the Oakwood — a haunting German Romantic masterpiece by Caspar David Friedrich (1809–10). The ruined Gothic structure, silhouetted by bare oaks, evokes solitude, mortality and the sublime. See it: buff.ly/g2Meucc #ArtHistory

Independence Hall by Ferdinand Richardt — a marvelously detailed, historically accurate rendering of Philadelphia’s iconic building. Admire the intricate architecture and period detail: buff.ly/e7TTUXD #ArtHistory #Philadelphia

Dream of Solomon — a beautiful biblical classic by Italian master Luca Giordano. This 17th-century Baroque canvas captivates with dramatic chiaroscuro, vivid color, and theatrical composition that animates the biblical vision. buff.ly/RZbLWOn #ArtHistory

Extensive Landscape by Philip de Koninck — a sweeping Dutch Baroque panorama: flat polders, glowing light and a brooding stormy sky that amplifies scale and atmosphere. A 17th‑century masterwork worth studying. buff.ly/JDWjfGW #DutchBaroque #ArtHistory

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The gang’s back together 🇦🇺

Sidney Nolan’s complete Ned Kelly series has been reunited for the first time in almost 30 years.

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Not a spot-the-difference puzzle. Two Virgins of the Rocks, almost the same, one in Paris and one in London. Both genuine. Leonardo da Vinci.

The record: from the contract of 1483 to the final payment took twenty-five years.

https://youtu.be/IQf5ytWQvHE
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Lovely icon of the Italian Renaissance: Michelangelo's Ignudo — one of the athletic Ignudi painted c.1510 on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Notice the sculptural anatomy, dramatic pose and rich fresco technique. buff.ly/qygfUsf #ArtHistory #Michelangelo

He would assume his pseudonym “Go Mishima” after his friend, the infamous poet and political figure Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), who he had met through the bodybuilding community in Tokyo.

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The Bloody Massacre in King-Street, March 5, 1770 by Paul Revere, 1770

#ArtHistory #Rococo #Engraving

For a full explanation of this work, see www.masshist.org/database/2

Still on Nourse

Elizabeth Nourse, Self-Portrait at the Easel, 1892, Huntington Museum of Art
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"Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly."
Notebooks (Richter) §1148

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standing court lady tomb figurine, 7th-8th century, Chinese

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Mercury — a mischievous Baroque portrayal of the patron god of travelers and merchants, shown with winged helmet, caduceus and swift sandals; a playful emblem of commerce, communication and speed. buff.ly/UjuhDGU #Baroque #ArtHistory

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A low-angle shot of the ornate Gothic facade and dome of Salamanca Cathedral in Spain
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