GERMANY ~ Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum - Braunschweig

... Blogpost showing two works of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum (HAUM)... as one of Europe's oldest art museums, this museum looks back on 300 years of collecting... its opening in the year 1754 was due to Duke Carl I of Brunswick-Lüneburg... the museum houses the fourth largest painting gallery of Old Masters in German, sculptures and art from Antiquity to Early Modern Period... and a print collection that includes works from Medieval times to the present... about 4000 works of art from 3000 years of art history await on 4000 m2 exhibition area... both with really nice stamps and as always great special first day postmarks👍... Thanks a lot Dustin!¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

"Judith with the Head of Holofernes"

Peter Paul Rubens (around 1616)

Place of origin: Antwerp

The painting shows the biblical heroine Judith, who saved her people through her courageous actions (according to the account in the apocryphal Book of Judith). 

Rubens portrayed her as a sensual, bare-breasted young woman in the company of her aged servant. Judith looks at the viewer while holding the sword with her outstretched right arm, with which she has just cut off the head of the enemy general Holofernes.

Stamp:

Organ Donation

(Issued 02-07-2022)

"Lady with litchis eating boy"

China 1800

Could not find any information about this artwork...

Museum Photo: Michael Lindner

Stamp:

Antarctica – protect something unique together Series: For environmental protection

(Issued 02-07-2022)