This painting presents the artist himself, he painted it in 1659 after he had suffered financial crisis despite many years of success. You can see determination and strength in his eyes and the way he is posing, and the clothes he is wearing show that he wanted to present himself as a learned painter. 2. This new exhibition presents works of artists living and working in European countries, with a special focus on their most recent artwork. You will be able to see paintings, photography, installations and some digital work. That’s definitely something you can’t miss! 3. This is a great tool to use in painting with acrylics. They come in different sizes and shapes and you can buy them in your craft shop. Some have longer edges, others have short ones, and you can use them for a lot of applications, for example to create different sizes of details or for blending paint. 4. Many of the most important painters of that period included beautiful elements of urban life as a background in their paintings. In some of them, the precision with which artists painted the architecture of towns and cities, their buildings, river banks and railways, made several critics suggest that they had used a camera obscura. 5. Paintings made with this technique have an amazing durability and survive longer than any other medium. It is mostly used for large‑scale paintings on walls and ceilings. It used to be widespread in the past, especially during the Renaissance period, but even today, a lot of contemporary mural artists still use it in their works.