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Self Portrait – Mengs 1744
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 12 2012
Anton Raphael Mengs 1728 – 1779 Detail: hair, shirt, coat, cloth buttons
The Laundress – Ceruti 1736
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 08 2012
Giacomo Ceruti 1698 – 1767 I wonder why they didn’t wash their clothing as much as ...
Boy Playing Cards – Chardin about 1740
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 07 2012
Jean Siméon Chardin (1699–1779) Detail: game table, drawer, cards, coins, sleeved wai...
Still Life with Fruit and Sugar Loaf – about 1720
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 05 2012
Unknown artist Detail: food, fruit, cherries, silver spoon, brass mortar and pestle,...
Departure from a French Inn – Grimm 1775
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 04 2012
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733-1794 Caricature illustration for a book. Detail: postil...
De ketelschuurster – Abraham van Strij
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 01 2012
Abraham van Strij 1753-1826Detail: kitchen, copper kettle, iron lid, brass strainer, l...
The Butcher’s Shop – Passerotti 1580’s
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 31 2012
Bartolomeo Passerotti 1529 – 1592 Detail: knife, food, meat, meat hooks, butchering
Still Life with Stag Beetle – Flegel 1635
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 30 2012
Georg Flegel 1566 – 1638 Keeping with the bugs and food theme from the other day. De...
Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness – Sailmaker 1708
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 29 2012
Isaac Sailmaker 1633-1721 Detail: Ships, boats, sailor clothing, sailboat
Study of Farm Cart – Alexander
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 25 2012
William Alexander, 1767-1816 Detail: farm cart, basket, farmer, barn, whip.
The Welsh Curate – Hearne
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 24 2012
Thomas Hearne, 1744-1817 Detail: bed, bench, bowls, shoes, breeches, coat, hat, knife...
The Four Elements – Stoskopff 1635
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 23 2012
Sebastian Stoskopff 1597 – 1657 Detail woodpeckers, brazier, plate, artichoke, wood...
Still Life with Bread and Fish – Flegel 1637
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 22 2012
Georg Flegel 1566 – 1638 Now that is a big fly or maybe the loaf of bread is really ...
A Ship’s Boat – Scott
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 21 2012
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702-1772 from the Yale Center for British Art Very interesting wa...
Boy with a Basket of Bread – Baschenis about 1665
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 18 2012
Evaristo Baschenis 1617 – 1677 Day 5 of Bread week. Detail: boy, bread, fancy brea...
Still Life with Bread – Schooten 17th century
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 17 2012
Floris Gerritsz. van Schooten 1590 – 1655 Day four of bread week! Detail: cheese, sil...
Still Life with Bread, Butter and Cheese – Smith 1754
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 16 2012
George Smith, 1714-1776 from Yale Center for British Art Day 3 of bread week, the...
Rich and Poor – Unknown Painter 17th Century
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 15 2012
Day 2 of Bread Week on Siftingthepast. The rich man has bread in abundance and vari...