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Jun 22 2011
A Man in Armor
Dutch / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “A Man in Armor” of 1655 by Rembrandt van Rijn. This later Rembrandt masterpiece is sub-titled “Alexander the Great” and was created when the artist was forty-nine. He had been a prominent artist and member of the community in Amsterdam for twenty years. Yet Rembrandt was approaching a financial crisis when this masterpiece was produced. The painting shows Rembrandt’s wonderful use of light in his works with the gleam on the helmet also expressed over the heart on the breast-plate. The red robe adds to the dramatic nature of the portrait. This masterpiece is 137 cm wide and 104.5 cm high and is in the City Art Gallery and Museum of Glasgow, Scotland.
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May 29 2011
Cascade in the Tuauru Valley, Tahiti
British / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “A Cascade in the Tuauru Valley, Tahiti” of 1773 by William Hodges. This painting was one of many which the artist completed while on the second voyage of James Cook from 1772 to 1775. Hodges was born in London and embarked on the voyage when he was twenty-eight years old. He had supported himself as a painter of theatrical scenes and was on salary by the Admiralty during and after the voyage so that he could complete his paintings. His bold use of light and shadow anticipated the later Romantic movement. His artistic career was ended when he displeased the Duke of York in 1795 and he died in Devonshire two years later at the age of fifty-three. This work is 64.1 cm wide and 49.9 cm high and is at the National Maritime Museum in London.
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May 5 2011
Self Portrait as a Young Man by Rembrandt
Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of one of the first self-portraits that Rembrandt executed. He was aboiut twenty-two years old wshen he created the painting. He placed the strong light behind the figure which results in a lack of detail in the face. The young Rembrandt was also experimenting with an unusual treatment of his hair. The original of this masterpiece iis in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and is 18.7 cm wide and 22.6 cm high.
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Feb 14 2011
The Stone Bridge by Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1638
Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Stone Bridge” by Rembardnt van Rijn. This is the only typically Dutch landscape executed by Rembrandt and it highlights dramatic contrasts between the sun shining on trees and a cottage in the center of the work with darkening areas in both the left foreground and the right town in the distance. This is an early work of Rembrandt having been created when he was about thirty-two years old. This masterpiece is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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