
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) & Workshop Venere e il suonatore di liuto (Venus and the Lute Player) c.1565–1570 Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 209.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Detail: Venus and Cupid. Detail of the landscape. Detail of the lute…
Rulers: • 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) Births: • Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) • Maffeo Barberini (1568-1644), Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) Art: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): The…