Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis Godefroy Animals Little is known about Cornelis

Little is known about Cornelis Jan Bolt aside from various exhibition catalogues that refer to his work

This is a masterclass in how to paint light cascading from a small window and the artist has captured a fascinating moment of complete stillness

Storms were his raison d’etre - wild conditions that could tear a sail to shreds

Perhaps she’s a lost love - or simply a manifestation of the music itself

Adorned in a sumptuous sheer turquoise gown trimmed with gold lace

Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis Godefroy Animals Little is known about CornelisThis meditative early 17th century oil painting depicts the French jurist and humanist Denis Godefroy (1549 1622), known in Latin as Dionysius Gothofredus, one of Europes most respected scholars. The sitters features closely echo the well known engraved portrait of Godefroy, and are rendered with austere precision. In early 17th century France, portraits such as this were acts of reverence. To own the image of a great jurist, theologian, or