Sandro Botticelli The Birth Of Venus

Sandro Botticelli The Birth Of Venus (1486) The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli was commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence, specifically Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici under the influence of his cousin Lorenzo de’ Medici, close friend to Botticelli. It …

Maxfield Parrish Morning Spring

Maxfield Parrish Morning, Spring 1922 Vintage Fine Art Painting Maxfield Parrish was an American painter and illustrator. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began drawing for his own amusement as a child. His father was an engraver and landscape artist, and young Parrish’s parents encouraged his talent. He attended Haverford College and the Pennsylvania Academy of …

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, whose paintings he copied. Many of Janson’s patrons were members of Leyden’s upper middle class who wanted a painted visual record …

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 painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The painting may be more properly titled by its long since forgotten name The Company of captain …

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 and seven drawings. Buy Rembrandt Self Portrait prints