Tag: rembrandt
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Rembrandt’s only still life print is of a Philippine shell (1650)
Notice: This post is accompanied by a Facebook Reel in the hyperlink below. Full English translation below for international followers To celebrate West Philippine Sea Victory Day, I want to share an artwork that will give us even more motivation to protect our territorial waters. The title of this work is The Shell, and it…
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Doubting Thomas, an Easter Egg
The Feast of the Resurrection has just passed and now its time to return to work and to Manila traffic. I find myself going back to old emails. In them, I notice Vince Rafael’s last email and the profile picture he once used: a detail from The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio. It feels,…