Births: • Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) See also: • Cities | España
A Maid Asleep (1656-1657)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) A Maid Asleep (Slapend meisje) 1656–1657 Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 76.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The misbehavior of unsupervised maidservants was a common subject for seventeenth-century Dutch painters. Yet in his depiction of a…
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (c.1662)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (Vrouw met waterkan) c.1662 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 40.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Standing at an open window, a woman begins her day with ablutions from a gilt-silver…
1662
Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) Deaths: • Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662) Art: • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): La conversione della Maddalena (c.1661-62) • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): Morte di Cleopatra (1660-62) • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): La lotta tra Ercole e Nesso (c.1660-65) • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Cristo en…
Monte Mario (Roma)
Latin: Mons Malus (olim Mons Vaticanus vel Clivus Cinnae). See also: • Hills | Roma (Italia) | Roman Hills
Gianicolo (Roma)
Woman Holding a Balance (c.1664)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman Holding a Balance (Vrouw met weegschaal) c.1664 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 35.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Woman Holding a Balance is a superb example of Johannes Vermeer’s exquisite sense of stability and rhythm. A…
1664
Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) Deaths: • Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Literature: • Molière (1622-1673): Le Mariage forcé (1664) • Molière (1622-1673): Tartuffe; Or, The Hypocrite (1664) Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): La lotta tra Ercole e Nesso (c.1660-65) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): The Institution of the…
Colle Vaticano (Roma)
A Lady writing (c.1665)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) A Lady writing (Schrijvende vrouw in het geel) c.1665 Oil on canvas, 45 x 39.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Above all, Johannes Vermeer was a painter of light. In this exquisite painting, diffused light softly illuminates…