Frans Van Der Mijn, Portrait Of A Gentleman 1870s This preference for simplicity was

This preference for simplicity was in part inspired by the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum but also due to a desire to downplay wealth following the French revolution

“To play a wrong note is insignificant

This late 19th-century oil painting by A Hoeck depicts a weather-beaten Italian shepherd sporting the various layers of his rugged daily garb

Tintoretto was working

there are several other reasons for a lady to wear a veil at this time

Frans Van Der Mijn, Portrait Of A Gentleman 1870s This preference for simplicity wasThis mid 19th century oil painting by Dutch artist Frans van der Mijn (1719 1783) depicts a gentleman in half length wearing a white stock, grey woollen coat, powdered wig, and ivory waistcoat. Its presented in a feigned oval. Van der Mijn was an exceedingly talented portraitist, renowned for his considerable merit as an artist but also his apparent lack of decorum. Standing in a forthright fashion, with his chest out, silver embroidery gleaming, and