Tag: 1563

Inverno (1563)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Inverno (Winter) 1563 Oil on panel 66.6 x 50.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Estate (1563)

Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593) Estate (Summer) 1563 Oil on panel, 67 x 50.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife (c.1560-1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife c.1560–1565 Oil on oak, 22 x 18.4 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Such studies of facial expressions, known as tronies, served to capture a fleeting moment of powerful emotion and its…

The Triumph of Death (1562-1563)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Triumph of Death 1562–1563 Oil on panel, 117 x 162 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In this moral work, the triumph of Death over mundane things is symbolized by a large army of skeletons razing…

1563

Rulers: • Caterina de’ Medici, Queen regent of France (1519-1589) • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567) Births: • Gentileschi,…