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Item Ships From: Amsterdam
Portrait of a girl with a rose and a red coral necklace (c. 1631)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
David Finsonius (Veere 1597- Bergen op Zoom 1646/1648)
Portrait of a girl with a rose and a red coral necklace
With traces of the artist’s signature and annotated AETATIS S.V. 2 1⁄2 Ao 1631
Oil on panel, H. 104.5 x 79.5 cm
Provenance:
Purchased by Jonkheer Helenus Marius Speelman (1857-1909), Kasteel de Wittenburg; thence by
descent
The work shows a strong resemblance to a portrait by Finsonius in the North Brabant Museum. This
signed and dated "Girl with Basket and Cherries" (Inv. 15529), was painted just a year later, in 1632.
Not only are the paintings remarkably similar in overall size and format, in painting style, and in the
positioning of the girls in full length in their white lace dresses. They are also connected by the
iconographic scheme of the respective coral necklaces, each with a gold memorial medal hanging
from it. Although they are of course individuals, the faces are very similar in their depictions of
features such as eyes, nose, and lips. This points to the same technique applied by the same painter.
Finally, the handwriting is almost the same on the works by Finsonius known so far.
About the painter, David Finson named 'Finsonius' (related to the better-known Louis Finson...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
View on the Governor’s Palace in Paramaribo, Surinam
Located in Amsterdam, NL
GOVERT VAN EMMERIK (1808-1882)
View on the Governor’s Palace in Paramaribo, Surinam
Signed and dated 1856
Oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm
In large gilt...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening prayers by fishermen under the high coast of Celebes
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Jacob Eduard Van Heemskerck Van Beest (1828-1894)
“Avondgebed; Maleidische tripang visschers onder de hoge kust van Celebes” (Ev...
Category
19th Century Romantic Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sawah Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A sawah landscape, Sumatra
Signed and dated 'Sonnega '54' (lower right), and annotated 'Voor Jan de Bas 1-1-1970 / R de Bas' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, 50,5x60,5 cm
Provenance:
- Collection Pieter de Bas (1909-1979) Mr de Bas was head of the MULO school and acting head of the HBS school in Medan. Thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited:
- Hotel de Boer, Medan 1954, where acquired by the first owner.
The light I observed everywhere was of a special quality, fluorescent blue, shone from nowhere but radiated from every point, oddly with great depth and intensity. The light in an entirely different dimension came from nowhere and went nowhere shimmering with the glow of a bright blue jewel. The most important thing I discovered was of being omnipresent and able to understand everything at the same time, yes I could fathom creation completely.
Auke Sonnega, born March 9, 1910 in Leeuwarden, known as the painter, primarily of young Balinese men and women.
Originally raised in the reformed denomination, the parents of Auke apparently practised theosophy and their children, including Auke were taught these principles. The talent for drawing revealed itself at an early stage which in 1926 lead to a 4-year study of textile design at the Academy for Art and Craft in Amsterdam.
He completed the academy in 1930 and worked in a carpet factory in Twente until 1934 and then followed in his sister Aafje’s footsteps leaving the Netherlands to go to the Dutch East Indies where in 1935 he started working as a graphic designer with an advertising bureau in Batavia. He was able to travel through Java and Bali on the motorbike that he brought with him from Europe, and was paid for his travelogue, enhanced with his own photo’s which appeared in several Dutch newspapers and magazines.
In the 1930’s two Europeans, Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Chinese Company playing Droughts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
ERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950)
Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them
Signed and dated E. Bindewald d.j., 27
Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 90.5 cm
In black and gilt gesso frame.
Note:
Bindewald was born in Charlottenburg. He moved to Berlin in 1914 where he studied till 1924 at the Berliner Kunst Akademie. Bindewald travelled in Europe, but mainly stayed in Germany and certainly never was in China. This painting was made in Europe, presumably in the China Town of Berlin. Bindewald received several commisions in Germany from factory owners who wanted their factories painted inside, usually with workers, as well as outside. In the present painting the sitter on the right seems to be a man with a Manchurian background, wearing the brown coat reserved for the highest aristocracy in China.
In China the black sleeve-ends completely cover the hands, indicating that the high aristocracy does not have to do any manuel labour. This man clearly is not a factory worker but he possibly is the (co)- owner of the factory in the background and as such might need his hands to do at least some writing. The man on the left in the modern Western suit...
Category
1920s Art Deco Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Chinese Man
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Lazlo Tatz (Hungary 1888 - Philippines 1951)
Portrait of a Chinese man
Oil on canvas, H. 50 x W. 44.5 cm
Tatz studied in Budapest and Paris, and in 1931 h...
Category
Early 20th Century Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Dawn - 21st Cent., Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
3-1-17 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shadows & Light Paris IV
By Eline de Jonge
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Oil painting on Belgian linen canvas. Very layered with subtle colours showing the sunlight. It depicts the cast shadow of the Eiffel Tower on a sunny day and the people walking in t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Shadows & Light Paris
By Eline de Jonge
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Shadows & Light Paris gives the spectator a birds eye perspective of the Eiffel tower's first floor; the cast shadow of the building with the visitor's standing in line for the ticket office. The painting is executed in rich layered oil paint in radiating colours of a sunny Summer day.
Eline de Jonge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Adagio Matinale XXIV
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Peter Peereboom (1952) graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. He has various solo shows on his name including Centre Pompidou Paris in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Fons - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The Dutch multidisciplinary artist, Ger Doornink, specialises in painting, illustration and photography. Time spent living in Tokyo, Milan and currently Amsterdam, has heavily influe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Unbreakable Resolve - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
By Danny O'Connor
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Evanescence- 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Gold Leaf
By Chelsea Davine
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Esse- 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The Dutch multidisciplinary artist, Ger Doornink, specialises in painting, illustration and photography. Time spent living in Tokyo, Milan and currently Amsterdam, has heavily influe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Roundabout - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Here and There - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sweet Spontaneous - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Silently Singing - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Basquiat - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Portrait
By Danny O'Connor
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Kill Devil Hills - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Culmination of Things - 21st C., Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Effervescent - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dreamscape - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wideflung - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Given - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Red Given" is part of Ger Doornink's 2024 collection. Abandoning the excessive use of different materials, Doornink still achieves a great depth in his portraits through the thick l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Green Given - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Green Given" is part of Ger Doornink's 2024 collection. Abandoning the excessive use of different materials, Doornink still achieves a great depth in his portraits through the thick...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Tsuriari - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Tsuriari" means "Balance" in Japanese.
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest show 'Thoughts', where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Shinrin-Yoku - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Shinrin-Yoku", means "Forest Bath” in Japanese. It is an activity consisting of visiting a forest, immersing yourself in it with the five senses, in order to obtain well-being for t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Akai-Yoake II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest show 'Thoughts', where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new material...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Scroll painting of the American ship commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Attributed to Ukita Ikkei (1795-1859)
Hanging scroll painting of the American ship commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry in Uraga Bay, annotate...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Study of a dog
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Study of a dog
Oil on paper laid down on panel, 17.5 x 25.5 cm
Provenance
Private collection, the Netherlands
Note:
We are grateful to Mr Fred Meijer for his attribution to Ludolf de Jongh
Ludolf de Jongh was the son of a shoemaker. When his father moved to Rotterdam, the young Ludolf decided to learn art rather than shoemaking and became a pupil of Cornelis Saftleven. Later he studied under Anthony Palamedes in Delft and still later with Jan van Bijlert in Utrecht.
In 1635 he travelled to France with Francis Bacon. Seven years later, in 1642, he returned to the Netherlands when he heard that his mother had fallen ill. He set up a shop in Rotterdam, and his earliest signed paintings date from that year.
According to Houbraken, his travels had caused him to speak French so fluently, that his parents had to learn French in order to speak with him.
De Jongh’s work shows a strong influence from the Utrecht school of Caravaggio admirers, especially Jacob Duck...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Amsterdam - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Wood Panel
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