Carel fabritius

Wayne Franits, professor of art history at Syracuse University and a Dutch Baroque specialist, will lecture on Jan Vermeer and two of his works, Astronomer and Geographer on April 10.

(circa 1655—1660)…

Boy with Pet Parrot, Carel Fabritius

Carel Fabritius - The Sentry. 1654, 68 x 58 cm., Oil on canvas, Staatliches Museum, Schwerin

Carel Fabritius - Hera

Carel Fabritius (1622 - 1654) Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt's most gifted pupils. Oil on panel The Mauritshuis Museum, Netherlands The painting is one of the few surviving works by Rembrandt's most promising pupil, Carel Fabritiu. It is a touching portrait of a little bird standing against a white plastered wall on the lid of its feeder. Goldfinches were often trained to open their feed boxes and feed themselves. The painting was probably intended as a trompe l’oeil, an optical…

A behind-the-scene look at the life of Johannes Vermeer.

A Girl Writing The Sisters Of Mercy Mother And Child A North African Fellah A Greek Captive The Reading Lesson

Carel Fabritius, 1614-1654. Self portrait.