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A Formal Garden Print

Johannes Janson A Formal Garden

Johannes Janson A Formal Garden (1766) Johannes Janson is known for his idyllic landscapes filled with animals and village scenes. They were painted in the style of seventeenth-century Dutch artists such as Paulus Potter,...

The Night Watch Print

Rembrandt The Night Watch

Rembrandt Van Rijn The Night Watch (1642) The Night Watch or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq (Dutch: De Nachtwacht) is the common name of one of the most famous works by Dutch...

Girl With A Pearl Earring

Jan Vermeer Girl With A Pearl Earring

Jan Vermeer Girl With A Pearl Earring (1665) The painting Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Het Meisje met de Parel) is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer’s masterworks and, as the name implies,...

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Carel Fabritius The Goldfinch

Carel Fabritius The Goldfinch Painting 1654 Carel Fabritius was a Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt’s most gifted pupils. The Goldfinch depicts Fabritius’ use of cool colour harmonies, delicate lighting effects, and a light...

Self Portrait Print

Rembrandt Self Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn Self-Portrait 1659 Painting The dozens of self-portraits by Rembrandt were an important part of his oeuvre as a painter. Rembrandt created nearly one hundred self-portraits including approximately fifty paintings, thirty-two etchings...