NYMPH OF THE SPRING
Author: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Date: 1537
Place: Wittenburg, now Germany
Now presented: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA
Medium: Oil on panel
Cranach was inspired to paint female nudes by Italian artists. The Nymph of the Spring seems to depict a beauty from Wettinburg court rather than a follower of the classical Venus.
Date: 1537
Place: Wittenburg, now Germany
Now presented: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA
Medium: Oil on panel
Cranach was inspired to paint female nudes by Italian artists. The Nymph of the Spring seems to depict a beauty from Wettinburg court rather than a follower of the classical Venus.
SELF-PORTRAIT OF VAN HEMESSEN
Author: Caterina van Hemessen
Date: 1548
Place: Bologna, Italy
Now presented: Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Medium: Tempera on oak panel
She is the earliest female Flemish painter for whom there is verifiable extant work, and is known for a series of small scale female portraits completed between the late 1540s and early 1550s. Her success is marked by her good standing in the Guild of St. Luke and her eventual position as teacher to three male students.
Date: 1548
Place: Bologna, Italy
Now presented: Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Medium: Tempera on oak panel
She is the earliest female Flemish painter for whom there is verifiable extant work, and is known for a series of small scale female portraits completed between the late 1540s and early 1550s. Her success is marked by her good standing in the Guild of St. Luke and her eventual position as teacher to three male students.
PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF ELIZABETH I
Author: Levina BeningTeerlinc
Date: 1565
Place: Bruge, now the territory of Belgium
Now presented: N/A
Medium: N/A
Levina Teerlinc was a Flemish miniaturist who served as a painter to the English court of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
Date: 1565
Place: Bruge, now the territory of Belgium
Now presented: N/A
Medium: N/A
Levina Teerlinc was a Flemish miniaturist who served as a painter to the English court of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
Cover photo: Hardwick Hall, Shrewsbury, England