painted Mother Combing the Hair of Her Child. in 1652 Related Paintings of Gerard ter Borch the Younger :. | Einzug des Gesandten Adriaen Pauw in MUnster | Portrait of Francois de Vicq | Seated girl in peasant costume, probably Gesina (1631-90), the painter's half-sister. | The Concert | A Lady at her Toilet | Related Artists:
Willem DrostDutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1630-1680
Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker, possibly of German origin. According to Houbraken, he was a pupil of Rembrandt, possibly in or shortly before 1650. An early etching signed w drost 1652 is probably a self-portrait, in which Drost portrayed himself as a young man drawing. His earliest dated paintings are two pendants of 1653: the Portrait of a Man (New York, Met.) and the Portrait of a Woman .
Diego de Carpiopainted Christ gathering his clothes after the Flagellation in 1798
st ambroseMilan; feast day December 7) Bishop of Milan. Raised in Rome, he became a Roman provincial governor. As a compromise candidate, he was unexpectedly elevated from unbaptized layman to bishop of Milan in 374. He established the medieval concept of the Christian emperor as subject to episcopal advice and censure when he forced the emperor Theodosius to seek forgiveness from the bishop, and he opposed tolerance for adherents of Arianism. He wrote theological treatises influenced by Greek philosophy, including On the Holy Spirit and On the Duties of Ministers, as well as a series of hymns. His brilliant sermons and personal example converted St. Augustine.