Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis Godefroy

Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis GodefroyThis meditative early 17th century oil painting depicts the French jurist and humanist Denis Godefroy (1549 1622), known in Latin as Dionysius Gothofredus, one of Europes most respected scholars. The sitters features closely echo the well known engraved portrait of Godefroy, and are rendered with austere precision. In early 17th century France, portraits such as this were acts of reverence. To own the image of a great jurist, theologian, or

This amalgam formed the basis of a flourishing career

and Range was entrusted with painting numerous life-size portraits of the Hessian Royal family for display

a rustic cottage sits partially concealed within the landscape

atop of which he would add a layer of pure

he produced several large-scale paintings for public buildings

Boswell & Son dating to the 1930s

He undertook many study trips to southern Europe

no country manor was complete without an exquisitely-rendered vase of vivid blooms

which provides insight into the artist’s thinking

New York (as a work by Thomas Luny) / Private collection

an area teeming with wildlife

Frame with some abrasions