Maryleen Schiltkamp
AMSTERDAM
Maryleen Schiltkamp exhibited worldwide with colorful oil on canvas paintings, and recently performs on stage during concerts with live music-painting.
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Dante and Virgil; the Divine Comedy
- Maryleen Schiltkamp
- Dante's Paradise
- Oil On Canvas
- 100 x 120 cm
- Signature: Signed in right below corner with the artist's initials 'MCJMS'; the year in Roman numerals'MCMXCVI', and the symbol of a diptych. NB: This diptych symbol, or sign, appears on several paintings from the Renaissance series. Originally it is a diptych by Quinten Matsys from 1517, with on the left panel the humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and on the right Pieter Gilles, city clerk of Antwerp. It was a token of friendship between the gentlemen, and given as a present to their mutual friend Thomas More. As an art-historian and priest, Antoine Bodar did academic research on this diptych, which was published also in his book "Gezellin van de Stilte" of 1992, in the chapter of the scholar's portrait, "Het Geleerdenportret". By the sign of the diptych, the artist wished to make the connection with Antoine Bodar and great classical friendships throughout time. Dutch title written on the back of the canvas: 'Dante's Paradijs'
Dante and Virgil traveling together in an Italian landscape with flowers and trees, or - as the title refers to - the Paradise described by Dante Alighieri in his narrative poem 'Divine Comedy' of the 14th century. The poem is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
- Subject Matter: Archaïc Landscape
- Collections: Classical and Archaïc subjects (1983 - 2012), Renaissance (1994 - 1998)
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