March 29
Eighteenth Century

 

 

Judith Leyster
1609 - 1660

 

 

The Proposition

Judith Leyster. The Proposition. 1631.
Chadwick, Whitney. Women, Art, and Society. Third edition. New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leyster Self-portrait

Judith Leyster. Self-Portrait. 1635.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Officers of the Haarlem Militia
The Concert
Frans Hals. Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company of Saint Adrian. c. 1627.
Judith Leyster. The Concert. c. 1631 - 33.
Sterling, Susan Fisher. Women Artists: The National Museum of Women in the Arts. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1995.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rembrandt van Rijn
1606 - 1669

 

 

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Rembrandt van Rijn. The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp. 1632.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Night Watch

Rembrandt van Rijn. The Night Watch. 1642.

 

 

commissioned by the military company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rembrandt Self-Portrait

Rembrandt van Rijn. Self-Portrait. 1659.

 

 

 

 

 

Jan Vermeer
1632 - 1675

 

 

Jan Vermeer. The Kitchen Maid. c. 1658.
Preble, Duane, Sarah Preble and Patrick Frank. Artforms. Seventh ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002.

 

 

 

 

Characteristics of Vermeer:
Quiet interior scenes
Contemplative quality
Low-key color
Light from window
Meticulous observation of light
Highly controlled brushwork

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evolution of the Camera Obscura, Predecessor of the Modern Camera
a. Sixteenth-century cambera obscura
b. Seventeenth-century camera obscura
c. Nineteenth-century table model camera obscura
Preble, Duane, Sarah Preble and Patrick Frank. Artforms. Seventh ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Woman Holding a Balance

Jan Vermeer. Woman Holding a Balance. c. 1664.

 

 

Vermeer's Camera website

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rentesses of the Old Men's Alms House
Woman Holding a Balance
Frans Hals. Regentesses of the Old Men's Alms House. 1664.
Janson, H.W. and Anthony F. Janson. History of Art. 6th Ed. Vol. 2. North Carolina: Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams, 2001. 2 vols.
Jan Vermeer. Woman Holding a Balance. c. 1664.
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. Revised Second ed. Vol. 2. New York: Prentice Hall Inc., and Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

still life = from the Dutch "stilleven", a painting of artfully arranged objects on a table

 

 

Market Stall

Frans Snyders. Market Stall. 1614.
Janson, H.W. and Anthony F. Janson. History of Art. Sixth edition. University of North Carolina, Wilmington: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breakfastpiece

Clara Peters. Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit and Pretzels. 1611.

 

 

"breakfast piece"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rachel Ruysch
1664 - 1750

 

 

Flowerpiece

Rachel Ruysch. Flower Still Life. After 1700.

 

 

"flowerpiece"
 
vanitas = an image in which all the objects symbolize the transience of life. Vanitas paintings are usually still lifes or genre subjects

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rachel Ruysch. Flowers in a Vase. no date.
Sterling, Susan Fisher. Women Artists: The National Museum of Women in the Arts. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1995.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maas at Dordrecht

Aelbert Cuyp. Maas at Dordrecht. c. 1660.

 

 

 

 

 

 

View of Delft

Jan Vermeer. View of Delft. c. 1662.