This blog consists of my inspirations, the subjects of my dreams, and my ideas of timeless art. I do not post what is new or popular or current, I post what I find that is beautiful.


Art of the 1600s



Left: 'Portrait of a Man' by Frans Hals
(Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83-1666 Haarlem) early 1650s

Right: 'Portrait of a Young Woman with a Fan' by Rembrandt van Rijn
(Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam) 1622


Left: 'Anne Dashwood' (1743-1830) Later Countess of Galloway
by Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, Plympton 1723-1792 London) 1764

Right: 'Lady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children
(George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte)' by Sir Joshua Reynolds
(English, Plympton 1723-1792 London) 1787


Left: 'A Musician and His Daughter' by Thomas de Keyser
(Dutch, Amsterdam 1596/97-1667) 1629

Right: 'Paulus Verschuur' (1606-1667) by Frans Hals
(Dutch, Antwerp 1582/83-1666 Haarlem) 1643


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