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Jun 15 2011

The Battle of Texel

British / Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Sea Scapes - 11 months ago - troycapc

The Battle of Texel

This is a reproduction of “The Encounter between Cornelis Tromp on the Gouden Leeuw and Sir Edward Sragg on the Royal Prince during the Battle of Kijkduin” of 1707 by Willem van de Velde the Younger.  This battle occurred on August 21, 1673 during the Third Anglo-Dutch War.  The painting was created when the artist was seventy-four years old having been born in Leiden to Willem van de Velde the Elder.  He moved to London in 1673 into the employ of Charles II.  Also patronized by the Duke of York, the future James II, Van de Velde the Younger died on April 6, 1707.   This work is 183 cm wide and 114 cm high and is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

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May 5 2011

Self Portrait as a Young Man by Rembrandt

Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 1 year ago - troycapc

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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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