#FancyFriday: Fancy Fabrics in Hals’ Portrait of Catharina Hooft
We’re bringing back an oldie but a goodie this Friday with a #FancyFriday themed post! In these posts, we look at portraits that are undeniably fancy in order to see what they have to say about their subject, their artist, their period, and more. (As we mentioned above, we haven’t done one in quite a […]
Manet for #fancyfriday
We haven’t gotten #fancy in a while, so today we’ve decided to bring it back with Edouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère! Manet, better known for his realist paintings, is experimenting with Impressionist trends and subject matter in this 1882 painting. And he’s adapting the style quite well. The clearly visible brushstrokes make up […]
Rubens for #fancyfriday
This Friday, our #fancyfriday champ is none other than Peter Paul Rubens! His Self-Portrait with Isabella Brandt not only shows off the couple’s style, but their #flawless relationship as well. Rubens married Isabella Brandt in 1609 when he had just accepted a position in Antwerp as a court painter to the Habsburg rulers of Flanders. […]
Girodet’s “Belley” is #fancy
Today we have another portrait to celebrate #fancyfriday, and that’s Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson’s Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley! Painted in 1797, the portrait aims to showcase Citizen Belley’s grandeur, a rare benefit from the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. Jean-Baptiste Belley was a former slave in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, better known today as Haiti. […]
Lord B for #fancyfriday
With all the hubbub in the art world left over from the Met Gala this past week, we’ve decided to step things up for #fancyfriday. Today’s special: Thomas Phillips’ portrait of the notorious George Gordon, better known as Lord Byron! Born in 1788, Lord Byron (or, as I like to call him, Lord B) is […]
Holbein’s Anne of Cleves for Fancy Friday!
After a brief hiatus, Fancy Friday is back and better than ever with this week’s contender, Hans Holbein’s Anne of Cleves! As the last Fancy Friday honoree was the portrait from Holbein’s workshop of Henry VIII, we thought it was only fair to honor a portrait of one of Henry’s wives. He did have six […]
Henry VIII Gets Fancy on #fancyfriday
This Friday, we’re taking a moment to honor this portrait of Henry VIII from the workshop of Hans Holbein for this week’s #fancyfriday title! You’ve probably seen this painting of Henry VIII before. It’s generally the most famous portrait of the infamous monarch, and is usually the one that pops up in history textbooks. That’s because […]
Fabergé Eggs- A Special #fancyfriday
In honor of spring, we’ve decided to give this week’s #fancyfriday title to Peter Carl Fabergé! Generally, the #fancyfriday champion of any given week is recognized for their achievements in portraiture. But due to the fact that it’s now spring and the Easter holidays are in full swing, this Friday’s winner is a bit different. […]
Judith Leyster’s “Self-Portrait” for #fancyfriday
After much deliberation, the results are in: today’s #fancyfriday piece is Judith Leyster’s Self-Portrait! Judith Leyster was an artist working in the Low Countries in the mid-1600s. She specialized in scenes of everyday life, also known as genre scenes. Painted around 1635, Leyster’s self-portrait gives us a lot of information about women in the arts […]
Rigaud’s “Louis XIV” for #fancyfriday
Our next #fancyfriday contender is Hyacinthe Riguad’s portrait of Louis XIV. Louis XIV (that’s Louis the fourteenth for those of you who get as mixed up with Roman numerals as I do) reigned as king of France from 1643 to 1715. That’s 72 years, the longest of any monarch in European history to date (though […]