If they are, as I suspect, shepherdesses, they are for flicking at their sheep.
Agree, the style is not his, nor is the subject matter. Lots of Marys - Virgin & Magdalene - the Holy Family, some classical mythology & plenty...
A UV light may give you some idea of whether there have been changes made to the paint. Try to raise someone at the HNA, tell them what AR said &...
The PDR of its day. Do you have a question? I gave something like this to one of my physicians, who really loved it. It included a recipe for...
Maybe some expert advice could be had from these folks: https://hnanews.org/
Now this is Satanic: [IMG] https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/follower-of-jan-mandijn-the-witches-cove-5629967-details.aspx
[IMG] https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1094-1/23-flemish-school-17th18th-century.html Just casting around.
I was trying to remember where I had seen a painting on board cut to that shape before: [IMG]...
Reasonable possiblility & much more congruent with the scene than a lyre would be. After all, the Graces they are not.
If there is any such convention, it is unknown to me, but I'm not anything like a painting expert. The people in the background here do not...
I think it was also Debora's post:
On the ground, just to the left of the discarded robes where the dog has bedded down (very funny touch; bet artist had a dog), are those fallen...
On the other hand, an awful lot of engravings were made of paintings & some paintings by great masters are known now only through surviving...
From the choir stall graffitti site: The conjoined VV, sometimes referred to as a witch mark is possibly the best known of the apotropaic...
I can tell this is going to be one heck of a rabbit hole. [IMG]...
So many questions. I know nothing of the ways of painters before there were art supply stores. Do know you can't paint on new wood & expect it...
Will return to the painting shortly but got fascinated by the device on the seal. Following from the first Pinterest link gets a very accessible...
A question I have but can't answer is whether the inner side of the panel shows signs of ever having had a kneeler attached.
Can't imagine it getting terribly hot no matter how many candles were snuffed one after another. And an edge of the working end does sit on the...
That was my first reaction too, but on closer examination, think not. You could use it as a snuffer, but doesn't seem optimally designed for...
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