Renaissance Watercolors #12

 

The Ottoman Porte in Procession (aka Wedding Procession)

in《Costume Book》1573-4

- Lambert de Vos (active c.1563-74)

- pen, brush & wc on paper (27 x 40 cm) 

- State and University Library of Bremen (Germany)

Two [Persian] Grooms Holding a Sultan’s Horse
- Jacopo Ligozzi (1547-1627, Italian) 
- pen & brown ink, brush with watercolor
 & bodycolor (28 x 22 cm) c.1580–85
- Metropolitan Museum of Art 
(promised gift of David M. Tobey)

Design for arms, armour, horse trappings etc,
for a pageant or triumph
- attributed to Jacopo Ligozzi (1547-1627, Italian)
- pen & ink & watercolor on brown tinted paper
 (41 x 28 cm) late 16°C
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London)

World Map, 1508
- Francesco Roselli (1448 - before 1513)
- hand-colored engraving on paper (18 x 34 cm) 
- National Maritime Museum (Greenwich)

Source: Wikipedia

Renaissance Watercolors #11

 

[Holy Roman] Emperor Rudolf II
- Daniel Fröschl (1563-1613m German)
- wc on parchment (12.9 x 10.6 cm) c.1601-12
- Qatar Museums 

Woven medallion
- Iran or Iraq
- silk & gilded tapestry (dia 69 cm) 1st half of the 14°C
- David Collection (Copenhagen)

Constantinople
in《The Travels of Sir John Mandeville》c.1410-20
- Master of the Mandeville Travels (active c.1400-30)
- tinted grisaille on green parchment (22.5 x 18 cm) 
- British Library (London)

This folio portrays the fortified city as if it were a Central European city. The cathedral of Hagia Sophia is depicted as a late Gothic church. The gilded statue in the foreground might be the Column of Justinian, destroyed later in 1515.

Seated Scribe 
- Gentile Bellini (1429–1507, Venetian in Constantinople)
- pen in brown ink with wc and gold
on paper (18.2 x 14 cm) 1479-81
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston)

Gluttony 
in《The Cocharelli Codex》c.1330-40
- master of the Cocharelli Manuscript (active c.1330-40)
- wc & bodyc, ink & gold on parchment (17 x 10 cm) 
- British Library (London)

A rich banquet, with a seated Mongol ruler entertained by musicians, several in Asiatic costume.....

Source: Wikipedia

Renaissance Watercolors #10

 

Self-Portrait
- Jean Fouquet (c.1425-c.1478, French)
- painted enamel on copper (dia. 6 cm) c.1450
- Musée du Louvre (Paris)

Portrait miniature of Elizabeth I of England 
with a crescent moon jewel in her hair
- Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619, English) 
- wc & bodyc on parchment laid to card
(6.5 x 5.3 cm) c.1595-1600
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London)

Portraits of François I and Julius Caesar
in《Les Commentaires de la guerre gallique》1519
- Jean Clouet (1480-1541, French), or
François Demoulin & Godefroy le Batave
- black chalk and bodycolor on parchment (24 x 12 cm) 
- British Library (London)

Sir John Godsalve (c.1505–56, English politician)
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543, German)
- black & red chalks, pen & ink, brush & ink, bodyc
on pale pink prepared paper (36 x 29 cm) c.1532–4
- The Royal Collection (UK)

Suit of Armour for Lord (William) Compton 
in Elizabethan《Almain Armourer's Album》c.1557-1587
- Jacob Halder (active 1556-1608
at Royal Armory in Greenwich)
- pen, ink & watercolor on paper
 (86 x 58.5 cm, double page) 
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London)

Source: Wikipedia

Renaissance Watercolors #09

 

Portrait of Piero de Medici 
- Gherardo di Giovanni del Fora (1445–1497, Italian)
- watercolor on parchment (33 x 21 cm) c.1488
- Biblioteca Nazionale (Naples)

Self-Portrait with a Dog
- Giulio Clovio (1498-1578, Croatian)
- watercolor on parchment (10.7 x 9.7 cm) 1528
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset (1485–1535) 
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)
- watercolor on parchment (dia 5.5 cm) frame dated 1576
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

▪Second wife of Thomas Grey: one of her grandchildren was Lady Jane Grey, who became Queen of England for 9 days before executed
▪She rode in Anne Boleyn's coronation procession in 1533 and stood as one of the godmothers of the future Queen Elizabeth I.

Husband of the eldest daughter Margaret of Sir Thomas More.

Margaret Roper (Margaret More, 1505–1544)
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543, German)
- bodycolor on parchment (dia. 4.5 cm) 1535/6
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC)

Eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Moore

Renaissance Watercolors #08

 

John, Duke of Bedford, praying before St George 
in the《Bedford Hours》c.1410-30
- Bedford Master (active c.1415-35 )
- watercolor, bodycolor & ink
on parchment (26 x 19 cm)
- British Library (London)

The《Bedford Hours》is a French book of hours. Some of its miniatures, including the portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, have been attributed to the Bedford Master and his workshop in Paris.

François I (1494-1515-1547)
in《The Collection of the Kings of France》
by Jean du Tillet, c.1545-7[?]
- Master of《The Hours of Henri II》
- bodycolor on parchment (35.5 x 28 cm)
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)

Petrarch's Laura
- a follower of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
- oil on canvas laid on walnut panel
(61 x 46 cm) 17°C
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London)

Note: probably a 17°C copy, made by one of Leonardo's followers, of a lost work. Laura holds a carnation and touches an apple, the former a symbol of betrothal and fidelity, the latter an attribute of Venus. 

Louis II of Anjou, King of Naples and Sicily 
- attributed to Barthélemy d'Eyck (c.1410-c.1470)
- pen and watercolor on paper (22 x 17 cm) c.1456-65
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris)

Defaced Portrait of King Philip II of Spain
in《Patent of nobility for Sebastian de Besga
and Francisca de la Torre》by Valladolid, 1592
- unknown painter
- watercolor & ink on paper (36 x 24.5 cm)
- Victoria & Albert Museum (London)

Issued by the Spanish king to attest to the nobility of Sebastian de Besga and his sister. The Spanish king of a divided empire had many enemies and this portrait was probably damaged by a later owner of the manuscript who objected to Philip II's rule.

Philip II of Spain
- Sofonisha Anguissola 
(1532–1625, Italian) 
- oil on canvas (88 x 72 cm) 1573
- Museo del Prado (Madrid)

Source: Wikipedia

Renaissance Watercolors #07

 

Skates with an Egg Case and Two Flat Fish 
in《Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva)》c. 1575/1580
- Joris Hoefnagel (1542 - 1600, Flemish)
- watercolor & gouache, with oval border in gold,
on vellum ( 14.3 x 18.4 cm)
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (USA)

The Piece of Turf with the Columbine 
- Albrecht Durer (1471-1528, German)
- watercolor & bodycolor on parchment
 (36 x 29 cm) c.1490s
- Albertina Museum, Vienna (Austria)

A Lion 
- Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528, German)
- watercolor & bodycolor on parchment (18 x 29 cm) c.1490s
- Albertina Museum, Vienna (Austria)

A Dead Blue Roller 
- Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528, German)
- watercolor & bodycolor on parchment
 (27 x 20 cm) 1512
- Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria)

Portrait of Terence Supported by Two Actors in
《The Vatican Terence (Terentius Vaticanus)》c. AD 820-830
- Adelricus (active AD 830)
- watercolor & bodycolor & ink on parchment
- Vatican Library (Vatican)

Source: Wikipedia

Renaissance Watercolors #06

 

Study of Peonies 
- Martin Schongauer (c.1450/53 - 1491, Alsatian)
- bodycolor & watercolor on paper (26 x 33 cm) c.1472-3 
- private collection (Getty Museum, L.A.)

Young Hare    
- Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528, German)
- watercolour & bodycolour on paper (25 x 23 cm) 1502
- Albertina Museum (Vienna)

Young Hare on exhibition once a decade.

The Great Piece of Turf
- Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528, German)
- watercolor & bodycolor, pen & ink
on paper (40 × 31 cm) 1503
- Albertina Museum (Vienna)

Study of Morels and Champignons in
《C. Clusius, de Fungis cum tabulis pictis》c.1584
- unknown painter (active c.1584)
- watercolor, bodycolor & ink
on paper (44 x 28 cm)
- Leiden University Library (Netherlands)

Flower Vase with Tulip, Rosebud, Aquilegia & Insects
- Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1600, Flemish)
- watercolor, bodycolor & gold leaf
on parchment (16 x 12 cm) 1594
- Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford (UK)

Source: Wikipedia

Renaissance Watercolors #05

 

An Iris
- Jacopo Bellini (c.1400-c.1470, Venetian)
- watercolor on parchment
(38 x 26 cm) c.1430s - late c.1450s
- Louvre (Paris)

A Eurasian Hoopoe 
- (attributed to) Simon Marmion (c.1435-1489, French)
- watercolor on paper (17 x 28 cm) mid-15°C
- Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna)

decorations in《Cocharelli Manuscript》,
 a treatise on the Seven Vices
- unknown (active c.1330-40)
- watercolor on parchment (each 17 x 11 cm) c.1330-40
- British Library (London)

Decorated border with sprays of living things decorating a page from a verse history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II.

(L) “Catherine of Cleves kneels before the Virgin and Child”
in《Hours of Catherine of Cleves》c.1440
- anonymous Dutch artist known as the Master of Catherine of Cleves
- watercolor on parchment (each page 19 x 13 cm) 
- Morgan Library and Museum in NYC (USA)

Notes: This book of hours contains the usual offices, prayers and litanies in Latin, along with supplemental texts, decorated with 157 colorful and gilded illuminations -- an ornately illuminated manuscript in the Gothic art style.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

- Raphael

Note: a repetition of #01, not to be repeated here.

Sources: Wikipedia

Renaissance Watercolors #04

Charity of St. Martin 
《Hours of Etienne Chevalier, Tours》c.1452-60
- Jean Fouquet (c.1425-c.1478, French)
- watercolor, bodycolor, ink & gold
on parchment (21 x 14 cm)
- Louvre (Paris, France)

View of Flanders (Flemish countryside)
in《Trésor des Histoires, Bruges》c.1475-80 
- Master of the Getty Froissant (active c.1475-85)
& Master of the London Wavrin (active 1470s)
- bodycolor on parchment (48 x 23 cm) 
- British Library (London)

Courtyard of Innsbruck Castle to the South 
- Albrecht Durer (1471-1528, German)
- watercolor & bodycolor on paper
(34 x 27 cm) c.1495-6
- Albertina Museum (Vienna)

A Village Feast 
- Hans Bol (1534–1593, Flemish)
- bodycolor & gold paint, mounted on wood
(14 x 21 cm) 1591
- Royal Library of Belgium (Brussels)

A Flemish Village
- Hans Bol (1534-1593, Flemish)
- pen & brown ink with grey wash,
over graphite on paper (18 x 31 cm) c.1586
- British Museum (London)

Sources: Wikipedia

Renaissance Watercolors #03

Willow Mill 
- Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528, German)
- watercolor & bodycolor on paper (25 x 37 cm) 1496-9
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris) 

Dream Vision 
- Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528, German)
- watercolor on paper (30 x 43 cm) 1525
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

Landscape with a Woodcutter
- Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538, German)
- watercolor & bodycolor on paper (20 x 14 cm) c.1522
- Kupferstichkabinett,
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany)

Renaissance Watercolors #014
* Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
(of Mary and Joseph with the infant Jesus)
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525/30-1569, Dutch)
- oil** on wooden board (37 x 56 cm) 1563 
- Courtauld Gallery, London (UK)

**Bruegel made watercolors but none survived.

The Right Hand of God
Protecting the Faithful against the Demons
《Hours of Etienne Chevalier, Tours》c.1452-60
- Jean Fouquet (c.1425–c.1478, French) 
- watercolor, bodycolor, ink & gold on parchment
 (19 x 15 cm) 
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC, USA)

Source: Wikipedia