Tuesday, April 09, 2019

I'm Back (#2 Wallace Collection)

Artefacts adorn 

The CityLit course of 100 Paintings  has been running along nicely and it was rather a pleasure to have time art galleries other than The National Gallery (which is of course great).

The Devonshire Arms

Walking along to Manchester Square (where the collection is) saw an old drinking haunt - somethings don't change!


The  Wallace collection is rather super and includes great art from Rembrandt as well as Canaletto  (perhaps not that unusual, below a Painting of Venice ) - some of the delight comes from the nature of the setting which features Furniture and other artefacts too.


Venice: the Bacino di San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore 

I also was pleased to see another of the rightly acclaimed   Dutch Golden Age artist  Jan Steens's works 'Celebrating the birth' - The painting is  full of life and humour.



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