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cabinet painting cabinet painting
cabinet painting. Term applied to fairly small easel paintings, especially ones intended for a domestic setting. The term has no precise limits in terms of dimensions, but is often applied, for example, to 17th-century Dutch genre paintings, which were usually painted to fit into unpretentious... Read more
Jan Siberechts Jan Siberechts
Siberechts, Jan (bapt. Antwerp, 29 Jan. 1627; d London, c.1703). Flemish landscape painter who settled in England in the early 1670s. Initially he painted handsome Italianate landscapes in the manner of Dutch artists such as Asselyn and Both, as well as rural Flemish scenes with large-scale figures... Read more
Wilhelm von Bode Wilhelm von Bode
Wilhelm von Bode , 1845-1929, German art critic and writer. He abandoned law for art and archaeology in 1869. In 1872 he was made assistant in the Berlin Museum; in 1883, director of the department of Christian sculpture; and in 1890, director of the gallery of paintings. Under his supervision the... Read more
Nicolaes Maes Nicolaes Maes
Nicolaes Maes , 1632-93, Dutch genre and portrait painter. His earlier genre pictures bear, in their manner and coloring, a certain resemblance to those of his master, Rembrandt. In Dordrecht (1653-73) he painted chiefly domestic genre on a smaller scale. His later works, mostly portraits, show the... Read more
Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has been housed in its present building, designed in the classical Beaux-Arts style by the Boston firm of Shepley, Rutan,... Read more
Alexandre-Francois Desportes Alexandre-Francois Desportes
Alexandre-François Desportes , 1661-1743, French painter. He is best known for his hunting scenes and paintings of animals. Desportes, who began as a portrait painter, was among the first to paint landscapes from nature; for that practice he was held to be eccentric. His works are in the... Read more
Antoine Joseph Wiertz Antoine Joseph Wiertz
Antoine Joseph Wiertz , 1806-65, Belgian historical painter. He enjoyed such prestige that the government built him a studio in Brussels, now the Wiertz Museum. He delighted in painting complicated, philosophical subjects and scenes from ancient history. Wiertz invented a type of mat painting and... Read more
veduta veduta
VEDUTA (VIEW PAINTING) VEDUTA (VIEW PAINTING). The golden age of Vedutismo, the art of painting views of Italian cities, towns, and villages, falls with some precision within the confines of the eighteenth century. The roots of the genre lie in printed and drawn topographical images produced in... Read more
Pieter Aertsen Pieter Aertsen
Pieter Aertsen , 1503?-1575, Dutch painter, b. Amsterdam. Aertsen painted genre scenes (see genre ) that are lighthearted in spirit. He also painted religious subjects, including a few surviving altarpieces. Aertsen is represented throughout Europe.... Read more
Jan de Mabuse Jan de Mabuse
Jan de Mabuse , c.1478-c.1533, Flemish painter, b. Maubeuge. His real name was Jan Gossaert or Gossart. He may have studied in Bruges before joining the Antwerp guild in 1503. In 1508 he went for a year with his patron, Philip of Burgundy, to Italy, where he was strongly influenced by Italian art... Read more

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