Giovanni Fattori, Carabiniere in the Snow, Palazzo Pitti
From 14 to 24 January 2024 i was in Florence together with my nephew. In Villa La Repubblica i’m publishing a diary. Click here to follow it (in Dutch).
Élisabeth Chaplin, The Painter’s Brother Jean-Jacques as a Soldier 1916 1917, Palazzo Pitti
These are some extra pictures additional to the pictures in VLR.
Pompeo Ferrucci Tadda, Swimming putto in the Grotta di Mosè, Palazzo Pitti
Pompeo Ferrucci Tadda, Playing Swimming Putti in the Grotta di Mosè, Palazzo Pitti
Domenico Pieratti, Duty, Grotta di Mosè, Palazzo Pitti
Giovanni da San Giovanni, fresco on the ceiling of the Sala Terreno, Palazzo Pitti
Giovanni da San Giovanni, fresco, Sala Terreno, Palazzo Pitti
Giovanni da San Giovanni, frescoes, Sala Terreno, Palazzo Pitti
Death mask of Lorenzo the Magnificent, loan from the Accademia Toscana La Colombaria, Palazzo Pitti
Angelo Michele Colonna & Agostino Mitelli, frescoes in the Public Audience Chamber, Palazzo Pitti
Angelo Michele Colonna & Agostino Mitelli, frescoes in the Public Audience Chamber, Palazzo Pitti
Angelo Michele Colonna & Agostino Mitelli, frescoes in the Public Audience Chamber, Palazzo Pitti
Angelo Michele Colonna & Agostino Mitelli, frescoes in the Public Audience Chamber, Palazzo Pitti
Angelo Michele Colonna & Agostino Mitelli, frescoes in the Public Audience Chamber, Palazzo Pitti
Marcus Heiden & Johann Eisenberg, ivory vases, Palazzo Pitti
Am i looking into the mirror or is the mirror looking into me?, Palazzo Pitti
View of Florence from San Miniato al Monte
View of Florence with San Miniato al Monte churchyard
Part of the façade of San Miniato al Monte
Restoration works of Taddeo Gaddi’s frescoes in the crypt, San Miniato al Monte
Restoration works of Taddeo Gaddi’s frescoes in the crypt, San Miniato al Monte
Restoration works of Taddeo Gaddi’s frescoes in the crypt, San Miniato al Monte
Restoration works of Taddeo Gaddi’s frescoes in the crypt, San Miniato al Monte
Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal, San Miniato al Monte
Antonio & Bernardo Rossellino, Grave of Jaime of Coimbra, Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal, San Miniato al Monte
View of the south aisle, San Miniato al Monte
Anonymous, crucifix, San Miniato al Monte
January late afternoon view of Florence from San Miniato al Monte
Rosso Fiorentino, Madonna Enthroned and Ten Saints, Palazzo Pitti
From 14 to 24 January 2024 i was in Florence together with my nephew. In Villa La Repubblica i’m publishing a diary. Click here to follow it (in Dutch).
Palazzo Pitti, last rooms of the Galleria Palatina
These are some extra pictures additional to the pictures in VLR.
Luigi Sabatelli, frescoed ceiling of the Sala dell’Iliade, detail, Jupiter and the assembled gods, 1819-1825, Palazzo Pitti
Raphael, Madonna with Child and St John the Baptist, Palazzo Pitti
Pietro Perugino, Madonna del sacco, Palazzo Pitti
Raphael, Pope Leo X with Two Cardinals, Palazzo Pitti
Ludovico Mazzolino, Christ and the Adulteress, Palazzo Pitti
View of the Sala di Apollo, Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti
Titian after Raphael, Pope Julius II, Palazzo Pitti
Titian, The Concert, Palazzo Pitti
Master of Marradi, 16th century, The Kiss of Judas, on temporary lone from the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti
View of the Giardini di Boboli from the Palazzo Pitti
left to right, Giuseppe Bezzuoli, Entry of Charles VIII in Florence, Salvino Salvini, La Ehma, Amos Cassioli, The Battle of Legnano, Palazzo Pitti
Raffaello Sorbi, Self portrait, Palazzo Pitti
Vito d’Ancona, Gioacchino Rossini, Palazzo Pitti
Antonio Fontanesi, After the Rain, Palazzo Pitti
Alfonso Simonetti, La Maremma, Palazzo Pitti
Silvestro Lega, Episode from the 1859 War, Palazzo Pitti
Bench in a park, Stadhoudersplantsoen. During World War II, a tank trench was dug here by the Germans.
Now the area is a park and you can enjoy the sunshine on this bench. It had sunk into the ground a bit when i took the first pictures in 2020, but now it has been repaired.
The armrest in the middle doesn’t just give stability, it also prevents the homeless from sleeping here during summer, as society doesn’t want to be confronted with the dark side of its problems.
One of the Roman statues in the central stairwell, Palazzo Pitti
From 14 to 24 January 2024 i was in Florence together with my nephew. In Villa La Repubblica i’m publishing a diary. Click here to follow it (in Dutch).
Roman Imperial age, Supposed winged Mercury, probably recomposed, Palazzo Pitti
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Baldassare Franceschini, Venus and Amor, Palazzo Pitti
Emilio Zocchi, The young Michelangelo, Palazzo Pitti
Giovanni da San Giovanni, Jesus served by the angels, Palazzo Pitti
Paintings by Pietro Benvenuti, 19th century, Vase by Pierre Philippe Thomire, late 18th century, Sala d’Ercole, Palazzo Pitti
French,18th century, Clock, Palazzo Pitti
Dome of the Cappella delle Reliquie. early 17th century, Palazzo Pitti
Galleria del Poccetti, Palazzo Pitti
Jusepe de Ribera, Saint Francis in ecstasy, Palazzo Pitti
Yours truly in the Sala di Prometeo, Palazzo Pitti
Francesco Salviati, Portrait of a man, Palazzo Pitti
Piero di Cosimo, Portrait of a lady, Palazzo Pitti
View of the Sala di Prometeo, Palazzo Pitti
View of the Sala di Prometeo, Palazzo Pitti
Sandro Botticelli, Maria with child and the young St. John the Baptist, Palazzo Pitti
ascribed to Jacopo Tintoretto, Portrait of a monk, Palazzo Pitti
Which old mythological or legendary local creatures do we know in the Low Countries? They are certainly no longer widely known.
Saggy Tits
We live in an age that the Werewolf has been replaced by the real wolf.
Queen Omma
But who still knows the Witte Wieven, Ellert and Brammert, the Roggemoeder, who knows Blauwe Gerrit or the Bokkenrijders? These were once characters who embodied our fears, ou insecurities and our link to nature.
Forest Bussy
However, after having survived their competition with Christian saints, kings and emperors they have now been replaced by game characters and real-life sports, political and cultural figures whose fame is spread throughout the world by modern media.
The Bitch
Now we can pray to them, curse them, fear them and be insecure about them to our hearts content. But fears and insecurities are still the same and their old personifications are still looming while we have forgotten them, forgetful as we are.
left: Lake maid, right: Leaferess
They may linger in the rustling branches of the thicket, in a muddy pond, in a creaking loft, in a rain cloud, in the places you don’t pay attention to because you are constantly looking at your eye-phone; the real world around you is too unsettling.
left: Shoe-Ella, right: Hervard
Rasmus Myrup (1991) has collected some of these ancient creatures from Nordic folk tales and has given them a new material appearance. Ever heard of Kællingen, of Mjölkhara, Sjöjunghen, or even of Slattenpatten?
left: Giant, right: Forest Executive
Haven’t you?
left to right: Syn, Yule Goat, The Milk Hare
Well, currently they are more or less present in 1646. Myrup has given them a new life with different materials which are part of their regions of origin.
left to right: Queen Hoe, Merthem, Idun, Nisse, Gefion
Be respectful though, as there are two queens among them: Omma and Hacka.
Lindworm
And you may not feel welcome at all. As soon as you enter they stop their conversations and their mumblings and wait for you to leave.
Lantern Lad
Bertus Pieters
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Andrea del Sarto, Saint Michael and the Devil, predella of the Vallombrosa altar piece, Uffizi
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Lorenzo Leombruno, Sleeping Nymph and Youth, Uffizi
Anonymous Emilian, Lady Playing with a Putto, Uffizi
Giulio Campi, Portrait of Galeazzo Campi, the Artist’s Father, Uffizi
Agnolo Bronzino, The Ten Thousand Martyrs, Uffizi
Domenico Passignano, Saint Luke Painting the Virgin Mary, Uffizi
Vittore Carpaccio, Soldiers, fragment of an unknown painting, Uffizi
Antonio & Piero del Pollaiuolo, Saints Vincent, James and Eustace, Uffizi
From 14 to 24 January 2024 i was in Florence together with my nephew. In Villa La Repubblica i’m publishing a diary. Click here to follow it (in Dutch).
These are some extra pictures additional to the pictures in VLR.
Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, Uffizi
Ceiling decoration, 16the century, Uffizi
Floor decoration, Uffizi
Bartolomeo di Giovanni, Miracle of St. Benedict, Uffizi
Perugino, Portrait of a young man, Uffizi
Filippino Lippi or Domenico Ghirlandaio, Portrait of an old man, Uffizi
Piero di Cosimo, Perseus freeing Andromeda, detail, Uffizi
Lorenzo di Credi, Annunciation, detail, Uffizi
Gerolamo Genga, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, Uffizi
Gerolamo Genga, Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, detail, Uffizi
Since my early days in The Hague (which is a lifetime ago for a younger reader) i’ve known Christie’s work, probably from the then illustrious Haags Centrum voor Actuele Kunst (HCAK, The Hague Centre for Contemporary Art), the first artist-run gallery in The Hague and one of the first in the country, and from the Gemeentemuseum (now Kunstmuseum).
At the time her colourful paintings were controversial.
The other day i met Christie in the gallery where she told me that critics were even hostile, while museum directors were enthusiastic.
Fortunately, all that has changed, and today both artists and critics are far less hostile, although one might think that they are less critical as well.
It is clear that we live in post-postmodern times.
It is strange with Christie’s installations; one is easily overcome by a kind of drunkenness.
The old sense of experiencing colour, space, inventiveness and craftsmanship is omnipresent in her work.
Even the artist herself is a bit overwhelmed that she has done all this.
The power of colour and ornament is simply overwhelming.
Bertus Pieters
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