Old Masters
Please note that this is just a part of our collection.
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Schooten, Floris van
1590 - Haarlem - 1655
"A Still life of Fish with Copperware on a Table"
Oil on panel
47 x 78cm
Signed
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Verbruggen II, Gaspar Pieter
1664 - Antwerpen - 1730
"Still life of flowers on a stone pedestal"
Oil on canvas
94 x 71cm
Signed
Gaspar Peter Verbruggen's profuse sense of decoration is established in this flowerpiece.
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Backhuysen, Ludolf
1631 - Emden - 1708
"Ships in a storm off a rocky Mediterranean coast"
Oil on canvas
59 x 73cm
Signed
A typical dramatic composition where the storm dictates a contrast of dangerous clouds and a bright sky.
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Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz.
1620 - Haarlem - 1683
"Jupiter, impersonating Diana seduces Callisto"
Oil on canvas
100 x 148cm
Signed
The present work can truly be considered one of his most outstanding paintings of the period 1665-1670.
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Steen, Jan
1626 - Leiden - 1679
"Village wedding"
Oil on paper laid down on canv
31 x 41cm
A unique oil sketch by Jan Steen
In the more recent literature about Jan Steen, the here presented oil sketch has been almost neglected. It has been accepted as a sketch by Wilhelm Martin in 1928, and by Karel Braun in his Alle schilderijen van Jan Steen of 1980 . A carefull study of how the sketch is situated between the different versions of The Village Wedding , shows that Steen here prepared his ideas for at least two compositions. Recent insights about the Steen’s working methods is suggesting that the artist used an underdrawing which is quite similar to this oil sketch. In the complicated story of Steen’s use of motives, sometimes in mirror image, the present sketch offers a hint of how the artist prepared and preserved his ideas. As very little is known about Jan Steen as a draughtsman (only two drawings can be related to his paintings), the sketch should be regarded as a unique evidence of the artist at work.
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Vinne, Laurents van der
1658 - Haarlem - 1729
"Zuider Buiten Spaarne at Haarlem"
Oil on canvas
73 x 125cm
Signed
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Wouwerman, Philips
1619 - Haarlem - 1658
"Peasants playing cards by a white horse"
Oil on panel
35.6 x 32.4cm
Signed
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Cuyp, Albert
1620 - Dordrecht - 1691
"A view on Utrecht"
Oil on panel
50 x 74.5cm
Signed
Frits Lugt was the first to recognize the city wall of Utrecht in this picture and the related drawing in Berlin.
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Bloot, Pieter de
1601/1602 - Rotterdam - 1658
"The rat catcher"
Oil on panel
27 x 20.3cm
Signed
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Werff, Adriaen van der
1659 - Kralingen - 1722
"Marshall Duke of Schomberg"
Oil on canvas
46 x 38cm
Signed
Arnold Houbraken, writing in 1718, considered him the greatest of the Dutch painters and this was the prevailing critical opinion throughout the 18th century.
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