There is no way of assessing the value of a work of until it is up for sale, and this painting may not be. It may interest you, though, that last year (December 2009) one of his paintings were sold for $33.2 million. It is called Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo painted in 1658.
There is no way of assessing the value of a work of art until it is up for sale.
In Holland: Hals, Vermeer, de Hooch, van Ruisdael.
In Italy: Bernini the sculptor, also Poussin and Claude Lorrain who were both French.
In Spain: Ribera, Zurbaran, Murillo and Velazquez.
In Flanders: Jordaens, Rubens and van Dyck.
And many more.
Oil paint on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum now classifies this painting as 'Style of Rembrandt'.
One of his pupils, Gerard Dou, in his young days painted rather similarly.
They did not all of a sudden. He still got a lot of commissions after 1642. Click link below and see 'Gallery' for a select few and notice the years they were painted.
Rembrandt's painting 'A girl with a Broom' was painted in color.
The monetary value of a painting can not be determined until it is up for auction. This is the most famous painting in the Rijksmuseum Museum and it is doubtful it will ever be up for sale. Another way to determine monetary value is to look at recent auction prices for similar works by Rembrandt.
t is not certain where Vermeer was apprenticed as a painter, nor with whom, but it is generally believed that he studied in his home town.He owned some paintings or drawings by Carel Fabritius so it was suggested that Fabritius was his teacher. Another theory is he may have been taight by Abraham Bloemaert.
There is an audio link to a Dutch pronunciation site here: Click link below!
Phonetically spelled out: foh ray...thts d dutch way! othawise in English it wud b van ray
Because of the masterful way he handled light and darkness in his paintings.
'The Kiss' was painted by Gustav Klimt and the woman whose name he uttered with his dying breath.
Rembrandt is his first name! His full name was Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
He was the first important painter to paint in a 'naturalistic' style, using perspective, which was a huge step ahead from the largely two-dimensional and stilted paintings until then. He was also one of the first to work in (and develop) oil painting. A third - typically 'Renaissance' characteristic was that he was one of the first to sign his paintings instead of painting anonymously like practically all painters until then.
Painted in 1585, by Nicholas Hilliard and on show in Hatfield House, the portrait shows an ermine standing on her lower arm. The ermine is a symbol of royalty, and it wears a crown around its neck. The crown is a symbol of majesty and purity. The Queen can be seen to be wearing the Three Brothers, a jewel made of three diamonds in a triangle around a pointed diamond. It was said to be of her most loved jewels. Beside the Queen rests the Sword of State symbolising justice, and she holds an olive branch to symbolise peace.