Movement: Baroque
Theme: Portrait
Technique: Oil on canvas
Museum: Centraal Museum
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Description:
Dimensions: 54.7 x 44.6 cm
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Weenix, Jan Baptist
Ancient Ruins (detail)
Date: Not Dated Movement: Baroque Theme: Architecture Technique: Oil on canvas
Weenix, Jan Baptist
Dead Partridge
Date: 1650-52 Movement: Baroque Theme: Still Life Technique: Oil on canvas
Weenix, Jan Baptist
The Ford in the River
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Poussin, Nicolas
The Ecstasy of St. Paul
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The Adoration of the Magi
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Márton, Árpád
Red-eyed Girl
Date: 1974 Movement: Art Now / Recent Theme: Portrait Technique: Tempera
Medvedeva, Anna
Falling in Love
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Abraham and the Three Angels
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Jaspers, Dolf
Autoportrait
Date: Not dated Movement: Fauvism Theme: Self Portrait Technique: Oil on canvas
Honthorst, Gerrit van
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Calling of St Matthew
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It seems this is a case of mistaken identity. It was Jan Baptist Weenix, the father of Jan Weenix, who painted Descartes' portrait. Compare the picture's date with the painter's age. Also, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baptist_Weenix.