Tag: renaissance

• Arnolfini Double Portrait & Maternal Mortality

  

  This amazing painting by Jan van Eyck (1390-1441) features Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini (c1400 – after 1452) (possibly a cousin of Jan van Eyck) and his wife Costanza Trenta Arnolfini (c1413-c1432-3). They were both from Lucca (to the northwest of Florence in Italy). He was a prominent Italian merchant. Her aunt was married to Lorenzo…

  Aradia Wyndham

  June 19, 2024

  Pregnancy, Video

  15thcentury, art history, Bruge, Bruges, history, marriage, maternal mortality, Pregnancy, renaissance

• Maiolica: Renaissance Childbirth Dining Sets

  

  Sources: Met Museum. [They had a large exhibition of maiolica and not just those for use after childbirth.] Open Science Museum. Two ceramic plates with childbirth designs. JSTOR/ARTSTOR. [there are many examples of these dish sets not listed as maiolica in collections all over the world] Philadelphia Museum of Art. Piccolplasso, Cipriano. 1557. Li Tre…

  Aradia Wyndham

  April 23, 2023

  Babies, Birth, Video

  16th century, art history, Italy, renaissance