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Fyt, Jan: still life by the sea
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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
Ultimate Art Quiz
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Artists, Painters, & Architects
Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?
"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World?
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25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence
Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson
Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art
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Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies
Guild houses along the Lys River in Ghent, Belgium.
11 Buildings That Reveal Belgium’s History
Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries
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Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
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6 Lost Civilizations
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Just How Many Oceans Are There?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Jan Fyt: Facts & Related Content

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Born 1611 • Antwerp • Belgium
Died September 11, 1661 (aged 50) • Antwerp • Belgium

Photos

Fyt, Jan: still life by the sea
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still life by Clara Peeters
Clara Peeters
Flemish painter
Snyders, Frans: Interior of an Office
Frans Snyders
Flemish painter
Bruegel, Jan, the Elder; Francken, Hieronymus, II: The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose
Jan Bruegel the Elder
Flemish painter
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
Caravaggio
Italian painter
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne
French artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French artist
Claude Monet: Self-portrait in a Beret
Claude Monet
French painter
Édouard Manet: Self-Portrait
Édouard Manet
French painter
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter
Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
Georges Braque
French artist
Self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French painter
Eugène Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix
French artist
Ma Yuan: Scholar by a Waterfall
Ma Yuan
Chinese painter
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
Pierre Bonnard
French artist
Self-portrait by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, pastel, 1775; in the Louvre, Paris.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
French painter

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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
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Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
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