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…
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…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Abduction of Proserpina c.1614–1615 Oil on canvas, 38 x 67 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Paradise Landscape with the Animals Entering Noah’s Ark c.1613–1615 Oil on oak, 61 × 90.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il gusto (The Sense of Taste) c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 113.8 x 88.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This jolly, somewhat ragged figure is an embodiment of the sense of taste, and perhaps also an allusion to the sin…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder c.1613–1615 Oil on panel, 95.2 x 125.1 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus at the Mirror 1613–1614 Oil on panel, 124 x 98 cm Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
(1614–1673) Hélène in Art: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment putting on a glove c.1632 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment (“The Furry”) c.1636–1638 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment with two of her children…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Peter Paul Rubens’s enormous painting, based on the Old Testament story of Daniel, puts us right in the lions’…