Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Portrait of Isabella Brant c.1620–1625 Oil on wood, 53 x 46 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Isabella Brant was Rubens’s first wife. He painted her many times in many different ways before she died at the…
Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) A Basket of Flowers probably 1620s Oil on wood, 47 x 68.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jan Brueghel the Younger was part of an artistic dynasty that transformed Flemish landscape, genre, and still-life…
Guercino (1591-1666) L’estasi di San Francesco (The Ecstasy of St. Francis) c.1620–1621 Oil on canvas, 162 x 127 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Guercino (1591-1666) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 89 x 75.7 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Typical of Guercino‘s early, pre-Roman phase are the very delicate gradations of the main sections, shimmering…
Guercino (1591-1666) Visione di santa Chiara (Vision of St Clare) 1615–1621 Oil on canvas, 50 x 37.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Guercino (1591-1666) Santa Veronica mostra il velo a San Pietro (Saint Veronica showing the vernicle to St Peter) 1620 Pen and brown ink on paper, 25.9 x 29.6 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Guercino (1591-1666) Elia nutrito dai corvi (Elijah fed by Ravens) 1620 Oil on canvas, 195 x 156.5 cm National Gallery, London The monumental figure in this painting is Elijah, an Old Testament prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of…
Rulers: • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Art: • Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680): Nudo maschile seduto (c.1618-24) • Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678): A Basket of Flowers (1620s) • Gentileschi, Artemisia…
(1606–1669) Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn The artist’s works: Musical Company 1626 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Tobit and Anna with the Kid 1626 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Artist in his Studio c.1628 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Self-Portrait c.1628 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Self-Portrait 1629 Alte Pinakothek,…