#flemish school

[charnel-grounds]

A Witchcraft Scene

anonymous, Flemish school, 17th century

oil on walnut paper

[venustapolis]

The Family of Henry VII with St George and the Dragon (Flemish School, c. 1503-9)

[collectionstilllife]

Hans Memling (1430-1494) • Still Life with a Jug with Flowers (The reverse side of Portrait of a Praying Man) • c. 1480 • Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

[eirene]

Mary Magdalene, 1530-1535 Flemish School

[mythologypaintings]

Venus Blindfolding Cupid

Artist: Worshop or follower of Titian (Italian, , 1488/1490 - 1576

Date: c. 1566/1570 or c. 1576/1580

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States

Description

Though this painting presents a mythological allegory, Venus wears a costume and jewelry closely related to the fashion of the time it was painted. The two cupids may represent Eros and Anteros, both sons of Venus, but symbols of contrasting aspects of love—the blind and sensuous, and the clear-sighted and virtuous. In this context, scholars tend to interpret Venus as a deity overseeing marital love and conjugal chastity. This suggests that the work may have been painted or acquired to celebrate a marriage.

[maertyrer]

Follower of Anthony van Dyck St. Peter of Verona

Oil on canvas, 57 x 48 cm, 17th century

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[7pleiades7]

Personification of Justice by an Anonymous Flemish Artist, (late 17th century), oil on canvas, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford