a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver active in Antwerp and at the Habsburg court in Vienna. In addition to large religious history paintings, Jan Thomas painted landscapes with mythological or pastoral figures and portraits. His style shows a close relationship to the work of Rubens, in particular Rubens’ later work which was sent directly to Spain. Aro...

a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver active in Antwerp and at the Habsburg court in Vienna. In addition to large religious history paintings, Jan Thomas painted landscapes with mythological or pastoral figures and portraits. His style shows a close relationship to the work of Rubens, in particular Rubens’ later work which was sent directly to Spain. Around 1658 Jan Thomas began to work in the new medium of the mezzotint. Besides engravings in mezzotint Jan Thomas also made etchings. He made engravings of his own compositions as well as of the works of other artists such as Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Gerard Dou and Giovanni Ambrogio Figino.

a Flemish landscape painter and engraver. While his landscapes are usually in the Italianate style he also painted wooded landscapes that are reminiscent of the works of Cornelis Huysmans and the "The Sonian Forest Painters" such as Jacques d'Arthois. Immenraet is regarded as a member the group of pseudo-classicist to which Huysmans also belonged. His landsc...

a Flemish landscape painter and engraver. While his landscapes are usually in the Italianate style he also painted wooded landscapes that are reminiscent of the works of Cornelis Huysmans and the "The Sonian Forest Painters" such as Jacques d'Arthois. Immenraet is regarded as a member the group of pseudo-classicist to which Huysmans also belonged. His landscapes typically contain small figures of herders or of a religious or mythological scene.

a Chinese Linji Chán Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher. He is most known for founding the Obaku school of Zen Buddhism in Japan. Ingen's father disappeared when he was five. At age 20, while searching for him, Ingen arrived at Mount Putuo off Zhejiang province, where he served tea to monks. At 28, after the death of his mother, he was ordained as a monk...

a Chinese Linji Chán Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher. He is most known for founding the Obaku school of Zen Buddhism in Japan. Ingen's father disappeared when he was five. At age 20, while searching for him, Ingen arrived at Mount Putuo off Zhejiang province, where he served tea to monks. At 28, after the death of his mother, he was ordained as a monk at his family temple - Wanfu Temple, Mount Huangbo, Fujian.

a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest...

a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy.

an influential American landscape painter. His work was influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism found vivid expression in the work of Inness' maturity. Often called "the father of American landscape painting," Inness is best known fo...

an influential American landscape painter. His work was influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism found vivid expression in the work of Inness' maturity. Often called "the father of American landscape painting," Inness is best known for these mature works that not only exemplified the Tonalist movement but also displayed an original and uniquely American style.

a French painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Early in his career his paintings consisted of mostly watercolor landscapes. In 1820, he travelled to Normandy and Britain painting land and seascapes. Isabey journeyed with the French Expedition to Algiers in 1830 as an illustrator. The expedition's paintings sold poorly on the market and encouraged him to switch...

a French painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Early in his career his paintings consisted of mostly watercolor landscapes. In 1820, he travelled to Normandy and Britain painting land and seascapes. Isabey journeyed with the French Expedition to Algiers in 1830 as an illustrator. The expedition's paintings sold poorly on the market and encouraged him to switch to narrative and historical painting. He was later selected to become one of Louis-Philippe’s court painters.

a Flemish Northern Renaissance painter, who from documentary evidence was clearly a significant artist of his period, but to whom no specific works can be clearly documented. As hypothesised by art historians, he ran a large workshop specializing in religious subjects and devotional paintings, painting conservatively in the tradition of Early Netherlandish p...

a Flemish Northern Renaissance painter, who from documentary evidence was clearly a significant artist of his period, but to whom no specific works can be clearly documented. As hypothesised by art historians, he ran a large workshop specializing in religious subjects and devotional paintings, painting conservatively in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. He is believed by some to be the anonymous Master of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin. Other art historians doubt that any works can be reliably attributed to him, and the number of paintings attributed to him by major museums has been in decline for many decades.