European Portrait Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London, the Royal Collection and the Courtauld Gallery For the first time in the history of the Barber Institute, major paintings by Rembrandt, Goya, Lucas van Leyden and Cezanne will hang in its galleries in this fascinating interspersed display. Lady Barber stipulated that the collection to be acquired … Read more
Govert Flinck A Portrait of a Boy Amsterdam, 1640 Oil on canvas 73.3 x 91.8 cm This engaging portrait possibly shows David Leeuw who would have been about eight years old in 1640. He was related to the artist and was the son of a wealthy businessman and art collector. The full-length pose and the … Read more
Studio of Domenico Fetti The Blind Leading the Blind Mantua, 1621-1622 Oil on wood 60.7 x 44.2 cm This painting represents a parable (moral story) from the Bible: if a blind person follows another blind person, ‘they will fall in a ditch’. A group of figures journey across the painting from left to right, following … Read more
