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The Goldfinch is a trompe-l'œil painting which uses artistic techniques to create the illusion of depth, notably through foreshortening of the head, but also by highlights on the rings and the bird's foot, and strong shadows on the plastered wall.
Dec 12, 2016 · A 362-year-old painting of a tiny bird has become one of the most popular of its time. But will we ever know what The Goldfinch means? Alastair Sooke takes a closer look. On the face of it, it...
The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius is undoubtedly the most-seen bird in all of art history. The enchantment of the black, yellow and red against the white wall – the young Fabritius sensed it perfectly. The light and shade, that beady little eye. The shadow on the wall.
Carel Fabritius was a Dutch 17th-century painter with a completely unique style. He painted portraits, still lifes, views of towns and cities and history paintings, often in bright colours and with clever lighting. In 1654 Fabritius painted one of his most extraordinary pictures, The Goldfinch.
The Goldfinch, 1654. Oil on panel. 13 ¼ x 9 in. (33.5 x 22.8 cm) Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague. Acquired in 1896. Inv. no. 605. Fabritius uses a minimum of quick strokes to portray the house pet’s downy body. Such expert manipulation of paint to suggest form and texture may have been assimilated from Rembrandt, with whom he ...
The Goldfinch (Dutch: Het puttertje) is a 1654 animal painting by Carel Fabritius of a chained goldfinch. It is an oil painting on panel of 33.5 by 22.8 cm (13.2 by 9.0 in). The work belongs to the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands.
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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.
