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Rembrandt at age 22.
This self-portrait—which is less than 9 inches high and painted on copper—was only recently rediscovered.
Rembrandt Laughing, about 1628, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. The J. Paul Getty Museum
“Certain of his small canvases are masterpieces, and full of fine example and sound counsel for all of us, young and old alike.”
—Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot on Jean Joseph-Xavier Bidauld. View of Bridge and the Town of Cava, Kingdom of Naples, 1785–90. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of a Young Woman in a Pinned Hat (1435). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
About the hat: it’s a wimple, for the well-dressed, upper-class lady of the late Middle Ages. Here’s where to get your own wimple for $26.95, should you feel so inclined.
Portraits of a Daughter in the Style of Old Master Paintings
Photographer Bill Gekas of Melbourne, Australia has been creating portraits of his young daughter in the style of master European painters of old.
—via PetaPixel
(Little) Girl with a Pearl Earring
Advent Calendr | December 23
Madonna Adoring the Child with Musical Angels, about 1502, Bernardino Zenale. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: Is there a Tumblr for ugly Renaissance angels? Because that would be very, very wrong.
Advent Calendr | December 19
The Annunciation, 1450–55, Dieric Bouts. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: The drapery is heartbreakingly beautiful.
Advent Calendr | December 17
Portrait of Marc de Villiers, Secretaire du roi, 1747, Jacques-André-Joseph Aved. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: Oh hello, I was just re-reading the Iliad. In Greek.
Advent Calendr | December 14
Portrait of Anthony Valabrègue, about 1869–71, Paul Cézanne. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: A forehead so gorgeous you could practically eat it.
Advent Calendr | December 11
Vase of Flowers, 1722, Jan van Huysum. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: A butterfly camouflaged within the bouquet.
SECOND HELPING: A bird’s nest.
Advent Calendr | December 10
Portrait of a Young Woman, 1632, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: Gold and lace and velvet and more gold.
Advent Calendr | December 8
Samson with the Jawbone, 1636, Salomon de Bray. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: A toothy water fountain.
Advent Calendr | December 7
Entrance to the Jardin Turc, 1812, Louis-Léopold Boilly. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: The artist in tophat and John Lennon glasses.
What’s hidden behind the windows of a Tumblr advent calendar? Art candy!
Advent Calendr | December 1
A Hare in the Forest, about 1585, Hans Hoffmann. The J. Paul Getty Museum
TODAY’S CANDY: A tiny newt nibbling an even tinier leaf.
Parable of the Wheat and the Tares by Abraham Bloemaert (1624)
Bloemaert was a sucker for cabbages and gourds (and who isn’t?), which he often snuck into the foreground, as here in the bottom right. You can see him a-cabbaging in Studies of a Marrow Plant and Cabbages.
Portrait of a Woman with a Book of Music (details), about 1540–45, Bacchiacca (Francesco Ubertini). The J. Paul Getty Museum
