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The Goldfinch
Unsigned humble copy of dutch artist Carel Fabritius - just for my own study. There are some paintings in history that fascinate me. Goldfinches were often kept and trained as household pets and I believe this was the case for this one, as he was chained to the mailbox. This work may have been in Carel Fabritius's home in Delft at the time of a gunpowder explosion that killed him and destroyed much of the city (I am reading more about that now). After this, the painting was lost for more than two centuries before its rediscovery in Brussels. It is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. It was restored in 2003. I had a few hours today before the holiday whirlwind begins, so I painted this for myself. Apparently, gunpowder was stored in barrels in a former convent and the cause of the explosion is unknown.
The Goldfinch
Unsigned humble copy of dutch artist Carel Fabritius - just for my own study. There are some paintings in history that fascinate me. Goldfinches were often kept and trained as household pets and I believe this was the case for this one, as he was chained to the mailbox. This work may have been in Carel Fabritius's home in Delft at the time of a gunpowder explosion that killed him and destroyed much of the city (I am reading more about that now). After this, the painting was lost for more than two centuries before its rediscovery in Brussels. It is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. It was restored in 2003. I had a few hours today before the holiday whirlwind begins, so I painted this for myself. Apparently, gunpowder was stored in barrels in a former convent and the cause of the explosion is unknown.