El Greco (1541-1614) San Mateo (St. Matthew) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas,28-1/4 x 21-5/8 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Domenikos Theotokopolous, known as El Greco (the Greek), was a native of the island of Crete. He was trained there as a painter…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Giovane donna col violino (Young Woman with a Violin) c.1612 Oil on canvas, 83.5 × 97.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This image of a young woman playing the violin has traditionally been interpreted as a personification of…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Oil on panel, 59.4 x 95.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Brueghel was born into a famous dynasty of artists and, together with Rubens, he was generally regarded as…
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo en la cruz con un paisaje de Toledo (Christ on the Cross with a View of Toledo) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas, 104.1 x 61.9 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Catedral Primada Santa María de…
(1612–1680) Frans Janszoon Post The artist’s works: The Old Portuguese Fort of the Three Kings 1638 Musée du Louvre, Paris A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Brazilian Landscape 1650s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Landscape in Dutch Brazil 1652 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Danae c.1612 Oil on copper, 41.3 × 52.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Artemisia Gentileschi excelled at capturing textures, as seen in this reclining figure’s golden hair, the lush fabrics, and metal coins that fall on…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Le lacrime di San Pietro (The Tears of Saint Peter) c.1612–1613 Oil on canvas, 161.9 x 114.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Spanish by birth, Ribera moved to Italy when he was fourteen or fifteen. He…
El Greco (1541-1614) Attributed El Apóstol San Andrés (Apostle Saint Andrew) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas, 74.9 x 58.4 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
El Greco (1541-1614) Visión del Apocalipsis (The Vision of Saint John) c.1608–1614 Oil on canvas, 222.3 x 193 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The painting is a fragment from a large altarpiece commissioned for the church of the…
(1612–1642) Saskia in Art: Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Woman in Profile c.1636 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Saskia s.d. National Gallery of Art, Washington Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bellona 1633 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York …