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A Pronkstilleven from Vermeer to Kalf Poster
by Levin Rodriguez
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A Pronkstilleven from Vermeer to Kalf poster by Levin Rodriguez. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Vermeer started looking for new patrons or dealers that could help him break the lock that Pieter Claez Van Ruijven and his wife Maria de Knuijt had... more
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Vermeer started looking for new patrons or dealers that could help him break the lock that Pieter Claez Van Ruijven and his wife Maria de Knuijt had on his works. Although Van Ruijven paid him well, he thought that he could get higher prices from other sources. Rembrardt Van Rijn was being paid handsome sums for his historic paintings in Amsterdam, so why not him.
One of his colleagues in the Delft Guild of Saint Luke suggested him to meet a well known painter turned dealer and appraiser by the name of Willem Kalf.
Vermeer took his “Allegory of Painting” his favorite showing piece and went to see Kalf in Rotterdam. He was quite impressed by his detailed works that included richly decorated silverwares, Chinese porcelain dishes, fancy venetian glasses and exotic fruits. Vermeer however, did not like the darkness and fuzziness of Kalf’s backgrounds, he decided to incorporate some of Kalf designs, but make them his own by changing the background. This way he was sure to impress Ka...
About Levin Rodriguez
You love paintings, you would love to paint but you have trained yourself as a photographer. Can you merge your two artistic passions? I did…. I grew up admiring classic paintings, specially the Renaissance and the Dutch Golden Age periods.There is one particular feature of Dutch Golden Age paintings that led me to believe that I could try to reproduce them. Their level of detail is unparalleled in painting history, they look like photographs. Some are so detailed, that they can trick you into the removal of an ant or to scare away a fly. I decided to use a photographic camera to replace the hard work of the brushes, paint, the strokes.This is how I came up with the concept of Photographic Painting, which is the creation of a...
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