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Dec 12, 2016 · Alastair Sooke takes a closer look. On the face of it, it couldn’t be simpler: a small, charming painting, on a wooden panel, depicting a goldfinch perched on its feeding-box, seen against a ...
Location. Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands. Accession. 1896. The Goldfinch ( Dutch: Het puttertje) is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist Carel Fabritius of a life-sized chained goldfinch. Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. The work is a trompe-l'œil oil on panel measuring ...
Fabritius made one of his most extraordinary pieces, The Goldfinch, in 1654. It is a lifelike portrait of a goldfinch against a white wall. That same year, the 32-year-old painter died as a result of an explosion at a Delft gunpowder warehouse. Fabritius left behind a small but extraordinarily diverse body of work, consisting of just twelve ...
Sep 15, 2019 · Fabritius was 32 years old when he completed “The Goldfinch,” but it would be one of his last works. The painting is dated 1654, which coincides with the year of a tragic incident known as the ...
Other articles where The Goldfinch is discussed: Carel Fabritius: The Goldfinch (1654) is one of his best-known works and a unique composition in the tradition of 17th-century Dutch painting. An early portrait and a late portrait (1654) usually are regarded as self-portraits.
Oct 1, 2019 · The Goldfinch. 1654, oil on panel by Carel Fabritius (1622–1654) The real painting is not in The Met in New York, but in fact on display in the Mauritshuis in the Netherlands. The painting of The Goldfinch is a potent emblem of destruction in itself. Fabritius worked in the brief period between 1641 and 1654 until he was killed in a massive ...
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Jun 16, 2021 · Why did Fabritius paint a solitary bird and how was it originally displayed? The Goldfinch (1654) Carel Fabritius. Oil on panel. Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands.
