Tuesday, October 4, 2016

European Paintings and Drawings, 16th century

Joachim Patinir
Crossing the River Styx
ca. 1520-24
oil on panel
Prado

The Flemish master Joachim Patinir painted Heaven on the left and Hell on the right. The jewel-colored waters of the River Styx divide the two territories (which remain fully visible to each other). The boatman Charon is shown conducting a soul toward one of these lands, but Patinir cleverly avoids indicating whether the rider in the boat is damned or saved. We don't yet know which side Charon will select on this particular trip.

Paris Bordone
Portrait of a Man in Armor with two Pages
ca 1550
oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Abraham Bloemaert
Mars & Venus in Bed
16th century
drawing
British Museum

Anonymous Dutch artist
Three Carrots & One Bulrush
16th century
drawing
British Museum

follower of Hendrik Goltzius
Seated nude
late 16th century
drawing
British Museum

Peter Flötner
Children playing with a Ball
ca. 1500
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hans Hoffmann
Small piece of turf
1584
gouache and watercolor
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Anonymous painter
Portrait of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex
ca. 1575
oil on panel
National Portrait Gallery, London

Anonymous painter
Portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
ca. 1546
oil on canvas
National Portrait Gallery, London

Isaac Oliver
Miniature painting of Queen Elizabeth I with attendants & Three Goddesses
ca. 1590
watercolor on vellum
National Portrait Gallery, London

George Vertue
Portrait of Elizabeth I as Princess
From a painting ca. 1550 copied ca. 1750
drawing
British Museum

Joris Hoefnagel
Insects, with the God of Winds (at center)
1590s
watercolor on vellum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Michelangelo
Unfinished painting of The Entombment
ca. 1500-1501
oil on panel
National Gallery, London

Michelangelo
Unfinished painting known as The Manchester Madonna
ca. 1497
tempera on panel
National Gallery, London