Guido Reni, The Rape of Europa, 1637-39.
Oil on Canvas, 177 x 129.5 cm.
The National Gallery, London.
![Favorite purchase from my first-ever trip to Commonwealth Books the other day. I’ve wanted to get my hands on more Northern Renaissance material for a while, and this book rules. Beyond the amazingly primitive color-print frontispiece of Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait, the text has such a great conversational tone, e.g., “A ‘Madonna and Child,’ No. 774, is a charming picture usually given to [Dirk] Bouts, and as no one knows for certain who painted it, we may as well consider and enjoy it under his name.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu55ysdeMJ1qafmygo1_400.jpg)
Favorite purchase from my first-ever trip to Commonwealth Books the other day. I’ve wanted to get my hands on more Northern Renaissance material for a while, and this book rules. Beyond the amazingly primitive color-print frontispiece of Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait, the text has such a great conversational tone, e.g., “A ‘Madonna and Child,’ No. 774, is a charming picture usually given to [Dirk] Bouts, and as no one knows for certain who painted it, we may as well consider and enjoy it under his name.”
hans holbein the younger, christina of denmark, duchess of milan, detail, 1538.
oil on oak panel, 179 x 83 cm.
the national gallery, london.
robert campin, portrait of a woman, c. 1435.
oil on wood, 41 x 28 cm.
the national gallery, london.
tiziano vecellio (“titian”), noli me tangere, 1511-1512.
oil on canvas, 109 x 91 cm.
the national gallery, london.
gentile bellini, mehmet ii, c. 1480.
oil on canvas, 69.9 x 52.1 cm.
the national gallery, london.