A Goldsmith in his Shop (1449)
Petrus Christus1449 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1475)
Specifications
- Year
- 1449
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1410–1475
About the artwork
"A Goldsmith in his Shop" (1449) is a work by Petrus Christus. Context for 1449: Printing with movable type spread across Europe in these decades, and woodcuts and engravings began to circulate images far more widely than hand-painted work ever could. The fifteenth century saw the early Renaissance in Italy and the rise of the early Netherlandish painters in the north, when oil paint, linear perspective, and close observation of nature reshaped European painting. Figurative, a short history: Figurative art depicts people and recognisable scenes, and it has been central to European painting since antiquity. Over the centuries, painters have used the figure to express social standing, narrative, and emotion. The catalogue places it in Figurative. The format is portrait.
"A Goldsmith in his Shop" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Dutch, 1410–1475
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