Museums: • Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister: Theaterplatz 1, Semperbau am Zwinger, 01067 Dresden Births: • Siodmak, Robert (1900-1973) See also: • Cities | Germany
Dresden (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,…
Quirinale (Roma)
Latin: Collis Quirinalis. See also: • Hills | Roma (Italia) | Roman Hills | Seven Hills of Rome
Esquilino (Roma)
Latin: Collis Esquilinus. See also: • Hills | Roma (Italia) | Roman Hills | Seven Hills of Rome
The Geographer (1669)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Geographer (De geograaf) 1669 Oil on canvas, 52 x 45 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt The geographer has just been measuring distances on a map with his compass; now, he pauses for thought. The globe and the map…
Städel Museum (Frankfurt)
Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie Founded: 1815 Address: Schaumainkai 63, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Website: https://www.staedelmuseum.de/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…
Frankfurt (Germany)
Museums: • Städel Museum (Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie): Schaumainkai 63, 60596 Frankfurt am Main Births: • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) • Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902) Deaths: • Scholderer, Otto (1834-1902) See also: • Cities | Germany