HUMAN-111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Judith Leyster
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Merchants and tradespeople also started collecting art. Ranging from thick impasto to fluid glazes. Judith leyster: boy playing a flute (1630 35) The night watch (actually morning, but the colors faded) Young woman with a water pitcher (1664 65) E. g. roses, convolvulus, poppies, and other flowers in an urn on a stone ledge (1745) Very exact, interest in variety: joined the painters guild of the hague in 1701. Peter paul rubens popular in italy. Most financially successful artist of the age. Court painter to duke of mantua and the spanish regents of the netherlands: Marie de" medici, queen of france, landing in marseilles. Advisor and emissary for the flemish court (1638) Anthon van dyck rubens assistant from 161 1620. Portrait of charles i at the hunt - 1635. Clara peeters still lifes: breakfasts, elaborate banquet tables, etc. E. g. table with tart and white pitcher (1611) painted at age 17 ---> painted the beauty of life.
