Close! But not quite....Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
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Close! But not quite....Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Brian... that is most certainly NOT a Vermeer... each and every painting of which I know like the back of my hand. rather it is by one of the other Little Dutch Masters... likely Ter Borch or Jan Steen.
Found it!
Jacob Octervelt
Woman Standing at a Harpsichord, Man Seated by Her
c. 1675-80
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa.../102/y/-92/z/2
Since when is the National Gallery a little gallery??!!:shocked:
The New Mystery Painting:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/...16abcd79_b.jpg
I was talking about the previous painting! :D
Yes, I too had my doubts as it lacks Vermeer's clarity and delicacy but I found it among a collection of Vermeer's paintings and it didn't mention the artist, so I assumed it was a Vermeer.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
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Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Well it looks like an early Corot but I'm unable to find any reference to it.
If its any help those sheep look like a Hampshire Down cross.:lol:
Not Corot. Here is another couple painting by our mystery painter by way of a clue:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/...cb57022962.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4138/...71ec3a55_b.jpg
It's called Warm Afternoon by Winslow Homer.
http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/s...n/untitled.jpg
Paul Nash
Wood on the Downs
http://www.bookroomartpress.co.uk/pr...-downs-43.html
You should have cropped that signature, Brian.:hand:
Seriously, the artist was obviously British. I love the elements of Blake... and Henri Rousseau in the work. Underrated painter in the US, to be sure. Probably no less than Homer in your neck of the woods.
You're right, I didn't even notice it. However, I agree with you, he is underrated outside of the UK, probably because his war paintings, giving a British perspective on both World Wars, is what he is best noted for.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Winslow Homer is quite well known over here for a few of his sea paintings i.e The Gulf Stream but mostly among people with an interest in art or sailing.
To be honest, Homer is underrated in the US as well... at least in comparison with other American painters such as Sargent, Hopper, and Eakins... yet the more I look at him the better I realize he is. An absolutely masterful watercolorist and the virtual inventor of the American approach to the sort of native landscapes that Hopper, Sargent, Wyeth, and all the others would build upon.
But enough of that... on to our latest Mystery Master:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/...7f40de20_b.jpg
Probably easy to find... but another of my favorites.
Samuel Palmer
"Early Morning"
1825
Nice choice.
OK, here's one that should be a bit less obvious. I'm giving some real consideration to using it as the cover page for my dissertation:Quote:
C'mon Petrarch! Mere Child's play:
Hans Holbein
Portrait of Anne of Cleves
c. 1539
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...ysterypic2.jpg
Looks like a portrayl of St. Jerome in his Study by a northern European--Melming or Van Eyck?
http://www.chinaoilpainting.com/uplo...and-782822.jpg
Certainly not... Petrarch would naturally chose an Italian. It is St. Jerome in his Study by Antonello da Messina... (actually no more of a challenge than the Holbein... sorry PL :D ) who is credited with first introducing oil paint to Italy. The story told, by Vasari if I am not mistaken, is that Antonello commissioned a Flemish artist to paint his portrait so that he might learn the secrets of oil painting.
http://www.torrese.it/Antonello.htm
The new Mystery Masterpiece:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/...8f805df5_b.jpg
One of my favorite paintings by this artist.