Matthijs naiveu biography definition

  • Dutch painter (1647-1726).
  • Naiveu was born in 1647 and died in 1726 at the age of seventy-nine.
  • Matthijs Naiveu, known for his ability to portray female figures in intimate and melancholic poses, is inspired here by 17th century Flemish Masters.

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    Surgery, Matthijs Naiveu
    If you mention genre painting to most people today you'd probably be met with a blank stare. And even those who know the general definition of "genre," likely wouldn't have a clue as to what it means as applied to painting. However, they'd probably be too embarrassed to ask simply, "What's that?" For the ben-efit of such individuals, generally speaking, genre is a system of clas-sifying items or qualities that bear similar features (a sports car is a genre of the automobile). Taking it from there, the word "genre" can be applied to various and sundry types of art. But it's usually not (for the reasons I've just mentioned). Usually it's applied to only onetype of art; that depicting scenes from common, everyday life such as a visit to the doctor similar to the one at right (the actual title is Interior of a Surgery with a Surgeon Treating a Wound in the Arm of a Man, with a Boy and Five Other Figures). Other genre scenes depict th

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    Matthijs Naiveu (1647 – 1726)

    THIS PAINTING WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT BRAFA 2025

    Matthijs Naiveu (1647, Leiden – 1726, Amsterdam)

    Woman with dog and parrot

    Oil on panel, 24 x 19 cm

    Published on RKD

    In this något privat eller personligt scene, Matthijs Naiveu captures the viewer's attention with the figure of a young woman lost in deep thoughts. Her pale skin contrasts with the bright colours of her clothes, while her eyes, slightly half-closed, reveal a sensitive soul. The parrot, with its bright plumage, and the small dog, curled up in the woman’s arms, add a touch of liveliness to the en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film. The soft light illuminating her face creates an intimate atmosphere, as if inviting the viewer to share her thoughts.

    Full of symbolic meaning, the parrot could symbolisera communication, wisdom or the soul, while the dog could företräda loyalty or companionship. The window could be a metaphor for life or for the soul.

    Naiveu’s painting can be read as an allegory of human life. The window, separating

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    The cross-disciplinary exhibition opened on March 11 at the Metropolitan Museum explores the way carpets moved and were used around the globe by pairing three seventeenth–century Islamic rugs with Dutch paintings of the same period. The Magazine ANTIQUES spoke to exhibition curator Deniz Beyazit, the assistant curator in the Department of Islamic Art, to understand the origins of the project, and asked Peter Pap, the renowned San Francisco-based dealer in Oriental rugs, to take us through each pairing to understand more about the trade, the carpets themselves, and what they meant to makers in the east and consumers in the west.

    • Fig. 1a. Carpet from Iran, 17th Century. Cotton (warp and weft); wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile; 97 1/2 x 56 1/4 inches.  
    • Fig. 1b. The Newborn Baby by Matthijs Naiveu  (Dutch, Leiden 1647-1726 Amsterdam) , 1675. Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 by 31 1/2 in.

       

       

    • Fig. 2a. Chessboard” carpet, probably from Syria, late 16th
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