Bernard Strozzi 1581-1644

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Bernardo Strozzi http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com

Bernardo Strozzi http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com

Bernardo Strozzi http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com

Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678

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Jacob Jordaens http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com

Jacob Jordaens http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com

Jacob Jordaens http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com

Jacob Jordaens http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com

Arnolfini and his wife

Ambroise Dubois (1542/43–1614/15)

If one looks at these paintings with an uneducated naive eye, they look very bizarre.

Catharina van Hemessen (1528 – after 1587)

van Hemessen, Catharina; A Lady with a Rosary; The National Gallery, London; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-lady-with-a-rosary-114015

Plain, stoic, portraits with almost no fanfare.

Frans Hals (1582-1666)

What I like about so many of these Flemish artists is that they painted people who actually existed. These were not people idealized but ordinary and cheerfully plain looking.

Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde, c. 1605 – Antwerp, January 1638)

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

RUBENS05 Head of a Negro, ca. 1618-20; oil on panel; 45.7 x 36.8 cm. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York. BY: Peter Paul Rubens Ran on: 03-05-2005 Oil sketches by Peter Paul Rubens — including one for &quo;Samson and Delilah,&quo; above, from the Cincinnati Art Museum, and &quo;Head of a Negro,&quo; above left, from the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y. — are among 30 on exhibit.

Hugo van der Goes (probably Ghent c. 1430/1440 – Auderghem 1482)

Hans Memling (c. 1430 – 11 August 1494)