Museums: • National Galleries of Scotland: 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR • Scottish National Gallery: The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL • Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: 75 Belford Rd, Edinburgh EH4 3DR • Scottish National Portrait Gallery: 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JD Births: • Connery, Sean…
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Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Little Street (Het Straatje, Delft) c.1658 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 44 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This is an unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre, and remarkable for its time as a portrait of ordinary houses. The composition is…
Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) Deaths: • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1610-1658) Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Quattro donne che fanno musica (1658-60) • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682):…
Founded: 1798 in The Hague Moved to Amsterdam in 1808 Address: Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands Website: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…
Births: • Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Deaths: • Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Architecture: • Groundbreaking of St Paul’s Cathedral (London) • Nymphenburg Palace completed in Munich. Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Diana ed Endimione (c.1675-80) • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Il rapimento delle Sabine (c.1675) • Lairesse, Gérard…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte au bouquet (Still Life with Bouquet) 1871 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 59.1 × 3.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston “Painting is done to decorate walls. So it should be as rich as possible. For me…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La promenade (The Walk) 1870 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles What Pierre-Auguste Renoir himself titled this painting is unknown, but La Promenade is in part an homage to earlier artists whom he greatly…
Museums: • Getty Villa: 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California 90272 Births: • Swain, Dominique (1980) Deaths: • Ashby, Hal (1929-1988) • Dunne, Philip (1908-1992) • Jarre, Maurice (1924-2009) • Jones, Jennifer (1919-2009) • Keith, Brian (1921-1997) • Meredith, Burgess (1907-1997) • Oberon, Merle (1911-1979)…
Opened: 2006 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California 90272 Website: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/ See also: • Getty Center | Los Angeles, CA (USA) | Museums