Gallery Edition – Head of a woman with eyes looking up by Bernaert de Rijckere – 44×62 Interior Architectural Study

Curatorial Narrative In the midst of the Renaissance’s grandeur, Bernaert de Rijckere’s “Head of a woman with eyes looking up” (1580) distills the era’s opulence into an intimate, Baroque-inflected portrait. De Rijckere’s fine brushwork and deliberate palette choices conjure a sense of quiet contemplation, as if the subject’s upward gaze has stilled time itself. The artist’s masterful handling of dark brown, white, gold, red, and green hues imbues the composition with a sense of luxury and refinement, evoking the ornate textures and jewel-toned accents characteristic of Renaissance design.When scaled to 44×62, the artwork’s chromatic structure and spatial depth take on an architectural quality, as if the subject’s gaze has pierced the plane of the canvas to occupy the surrounding space. The dark brown and gold tones anchor the composition, grounding it in a sense of weight and materiality that echoes the solidity of rich wood paneli