Top 10 Flemish and Dutch Paintings
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1. Descent from the Cross
Felipe II hung this beautiful composition (c.1435) by Rogier van der Weyden (1399– 1464) in El Escorial (see El Escorial). It was moved here after the Civil War.
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2. The Garden of Delights
The meaning of this work (1500) by Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450–1516) is hotly debated. The traditional view is that it is a warning against earthly pleasures.
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3. The Triumph of Death
This terrifying version of the Dance of Death (c.1560) is by Flemish master, Pieter Breughel the Elder (c.1525–69).
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4. Portrait of Mary Tudor
Antonis Moor (1517–76) painted this superb portrait in 1553 of the 37-year-old Queen of England, who was to marry Felipe II.
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5. Artemisia
This 1634 painting is only work in the Prado by Rembrandt (1606–69). Artemisia is the artist’s wife.
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6. The Three Graces
This erotic masterpiece (1636–8) by Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) was inspired by classical sculpture and features Love, Desire and Virginity, two of them modelled on wives of the artist.
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7. Jordaens Family in a Garden
Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678) was one of the finest portrait artists of the 17th century, as can be witnessed in this 1623 painting.
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8. The Artist with Sir Endymion Porter
Anton van Dyck’s (1589–1641) 1623 portrait is of Endymion Porter, the artist’s patron at court.
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9. The Triumph of the Eucharist over Heresy
This superb 1628 Rubens sketch was for a tapestry in the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (see Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales).
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10. The King Drinking
David Teniers the Younger (1610–90) excelled in rustic scenes, as shown in this 1638 work.
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