Still Life with Oysters and Grapes

JAN DAVIDSZ. DE HEEM (1606-1684) Still Life with Oysters and Grapes (1653) Oil on wood (36 x 53 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab The following text has been taken from the entry written by Richard Rand for the catalogue …

Saint Thomas

PIERRE LE GROS THE YOUNGER (1666-1719) Saint Thomas (1703-05) Terracotta (70 x 47 x 27 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab The following entry/article belongs to the catalogue of the exhibition "The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces from the Collection of …

Saint Veronica

MATTIA PRETI (IL CAVALIERE CALABRESE) 1613-1699 Saint Veronica with the Veil (c. 1655-60) Oil on canvas (100 x 75 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the image, right-click on it and then "Open in a new tab" The text that follows belongs to the entry written by Richard Rand for the catalogue …

Saint Augustine

PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE (1602-1674) Saint Augustine (c.1645-50) Oil on canvas (79 x 62 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The text reproduced below is the entry written by the great British art historian Philip Conisbee (1946-2008) for the catalogue of the exhibition …

The Goddess Diana

JEAN BAPTISTE TUBY I  (1635-1700) Diana with a Stag and a Dog (1687) Terracotta (26 x 43 x 21 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and then "Open in a new tab" Tuby was born Giambattista Tubi in Rome in 1635, and first trained as a sculptor in …

Portrait of Jean-Sylvain Bailly

AUGUSTIN PAJOU (1730-1809) Portrait of Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1791) Patinated plaster (75 x 49 x 28 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736-93), whose literary career was surpassed by his studies in astronomy and its history, was elected to the …

Portrait of Pieter Tjarck

FRANS HALS (1581/85-1666) Portrait of a Man / Portrait of Pieter Tjarck (1635-38) Oil on canvas (85 x 70 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the images, right-click on them and "Open in a new tab" The identity of the sitter in this magnificent portrait has sometimes been questioned, but there seems …

The Penitent Magdalen

GEORGES DE LA TOUR (1593-1652) The Penitent Magdalen with the Smoking Flame (c.1638-40) Oil on canvas  (117 x 92 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Georges de La Tour was the greatest tenebrist painter working in 17th-century France. Indeed since his …