Month: February 2013

Seven Hills of Rome

• Aventino • Campidoglio • Celio • Esquilino • Palatino • Quirinale • Viminale See also: • Hills | Roma (Italia)

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden)

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Opened: 1855 Address: Theaterplatz 1, Semperbau am Zwinger, 01067 Dresden, Germany Website: https://gemaeldegalerie.skd.museum/en/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Dresden (Germany)

Museums: • Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister: Theaterplatz 1, Semperbau am Zwinger, 01067 Dresden Births: • Siodmak, Robert (1900-1973) See also: • Cities | Germany

Officer and Laughing Girl (c.1657)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Officer and Laughing Girl (De soldaat en het lachende meisje) c.1657 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 46 cm Frick Collection, New York In what may be one of the first works of his mature style, Vermeer transforms the…

1657

Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) Art: • Guercino (1591-1666): Abramo ripudia Agar e Ismaele (1657) • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Dos mujeres en la ventana (c.1655-60) • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): La Adoración…

Girl interrupted at Her Music (c.1658-1659)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Girl interrupted at Her Music (Onderbreking van de muziek) c.1658–1659 Oil on canvas, 39.4 x 44.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Music-making, a recurring subject in Vermeer’s interior scenes, was associated in the seventeenth century with courtship. In…

1659

Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) Literature: • Molière (1622-1673): Les Précieuses ridicules (1659) Art: • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): Morte di Cleopatra (after 1659) • Flinck, Govert (1615-1660): Bathsheba with King David’s Letter (1659) • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Quattro donne che fanno musica (1658-60) • Murillo,…