Tag: Wtewael
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39 Works by 39 Old Masters Artists Embedded with Helen of Troy, with Footnotes
Throughout his career, Gustave Moreau showed remarkable fidelity to the character of Hélène de Troie by devoting an exceptionally rich ensemble to her. Main rival of Salomé in the heart of the artist, the most beautiful woman of antiquity appeared in his work in 1852, then returned triumphantly in the company of Galatea on the…
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38 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Artists’ interpretation of Lot and His Daughters over the decades, with Footnotes – #136
Jan Wellens de Cock (c. 1480–1527) was a Flemish painter and draftsman of the Northern Renaissance. He was probably born in Leiden in Holland but settled in Antwerp. In 1506 Jan is recorded in the archives of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp as having accepted an apprentice called ‘Loduwyck’. It is unclear in…
Zaidan Gallery 