Friday, April 10, 2015

Pieter Soutman - The Fall of the Damned, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1642

Pieter Soutman - The Fall of the Damned, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1642
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Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Jacob Isaaczs van Swanenburg

Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburgh - Sybil and Aeneas in the Underworld, ca 1600Sybil and Aeneas in the Underworld, 1600

Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburg - The Last Judgment and the Seven Deadly Sins, 1600 - 1638The Last Judgment and the Seven Deadly Sins, 1600 - 1638

Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburg - The Harrowing of Hell, 16th-17th centuryThe Harrowing of Hell, 16th-17th century

Jacob Isaaczs van Swanenburg - The Harrowing of Hell, 16th-17th centuryThe Harrowing of Hell, 16th-17th century

Jakob Isaacsz van Swanenburg - L'enferL'enfer

Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburg - Temptation of Saint AnthonyTemptation of Saint Anthony

Jacob Isaaczs van Swanenburg - The Sibyl showing Aeneas the UnderworldThe Sibyl showing Aeneas the Underworld

I've been obsessed with the top image depicting Sybil and Aeneas in the Underworld from childhood, I discovered it in a book in my father's library titled "Fantastic Art" published by Ballantine Books in 1973. This is the book that introduced me to artists such as Hieronymus Bosch, Brueghel, Matthias Grunewald, Arcimboldo, Salvatore Rosa, Goya, John Martin, Thomas Hafner, Dado, and many other artists that have had a lifelong impact and inspiration on my own art over the years. And coincidentally, several artists that I've recently shared on Monster Brains.  I'm thankful for the photo of the painting taken by Ilja van de Pavert. 

The last time I ran a proper post on Swanenburg was in 2007.
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Jan Brueghel the Elder

Jan Brueghel The Elder - Christ in Limbo, 1594Jan Brueghel The Elder - Christ in Limbo, 1594

Jan Brueghel The Elder - Christ in Limbo, 1593Jan Brueghel The Elder - Christ in Limbo, 1593

Jan Brueghel The Elder - Orpheus Sings for Pluto and Proserpina, 1594Jan Brueghel The Elder - Orpheus Sings for Pluto and Proserpina, 1594

Jan Brueghel The Elder and Hans Rottenhammer - Christ in Limbo, 1597Jan Brueghel The Elder and Hans Rottenhammer - Christ in Limbo, 1597

Jan Brueghel The Elder - Aeneas and Sibyl in the Underworld, 1594Jan Brueghel The Elder - Aeneas and Sibyl in the Underworld, 1594

Jan Brueghel The Elder - Aeneas and Sibyl in the Underworld, 1600Jan Brueghel The Elder - Aeneas and Sibyl in the Underworld, 1600

Jan Brueghel The Elder - Aeneas and Sibyl in the Underworld, 1601Jan Brueghel The Elder - Aeneas and Sibyl in the Underworld, 1601

Jan Brueghel The Elder - AENEAS AND THE SIBYL IN THE UNDERWORLD, 1598Jan Brueghel The Elder - Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld, 1598

Jan Brueghel the Younger - Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld, 1630'sJan Brueghel the Younger - Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld, 1630's

Jan Brueghel The Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1594Jan Brueghel The Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1594

Jan_Brueghel The Elder - The Temptation of Saint AnthonyJan Brueghel The Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Jan Brueghel The Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1594 (detail 1)Jan Brueghel The Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1594

Jan Brueghel The Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1594 (detail 2)Jan Brueghel The Elder - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1594 (detail)

Jan Brueghel the Younger - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, after 1626Jan Brueghel the Younger - The Temptation of Saint Anthony, after 1626

Detail views of The Temptation of Saint Anthony found thanks to Karl Steel.
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Monday, April 06, 2015

Wenceslaus Hollar - Aeneas In The Underworld, 17th c

Wenceslaus Hollar - Aeneas in the underworld. (scene from Virgil) 17th century

Artwork found at The Wenceslaus Hollar Digital Collection at the University of Toronto.


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