Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Couple (Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 140 x 166.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This happy, smiling pair sits comfortably close to each other. Posing a couple together in…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Maddalena penitente (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) c.1622–1628 Oil on canvas, 163 × 208 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower right: HORATIVS GENE …FLORENTINVS Fully possessed of her physical beauty, the repentant sinner lies on the ground in…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Danae e la pioggia d’oro (Danae and the Shower of Gold) 1621–1623 Oil on canvas, 161.5 × 227.1 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles This painting is part of a series of works executed by Gentileschi in 1622 for…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Lot e le sue figlie (Lot and His Daughters) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 151.8 × 189.2 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles From the safety of the cave where they have taken refuge, Lot’s daughters appear absorbed by an…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Giuditta e la sua serva con la testa di Oloferne (Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes) 1621–1624 Oil on canvas, 136.5 x 159.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Orazio Gentileschi represents the biblical episode of Judith,…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Nudo maschile seduto (Seated Male Nude) c.1618–1624 Red chalk heightened with white chalk on buff laid paper, 42.2 × 27.2 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Bernini’s graphic oeuvre, which largely consists of quick sketches for sculptural…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist 1620–1625 Oil on oak, 123 x 93.9 cm National Gallery, London In this painting, the Virgin Mary, Joseph and Christ look almost as if they are posing for a family…
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…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La Cena de Emaús (The Supper at Emmaus) 1622–1623 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 132.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment after the Resurrection when Jesus is recognized by two disciples as…
(1554–1623) Alessandro Ludovisi Pope Gregory XV (1621–1623) Alessandro Ludovisi in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Busto di papa Gregorio XV 1621 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi c.1625–1626 National Gallery, London See also: • Popes