Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of Pieter Brueghel c.1626–1632 Etching, 24.1 x 14.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Pieter Brueghel was the eldest son of the famous Flemish genre painter, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (about 1525–1569). The younger Brueghel painted landscapes, religious…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of Jan Brueghel c.1626–1632 Etching, 9 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Jan Brueghel (about 1568–1625) was a very successful Flemish painter active in Antwerp. He was the second son of Pieter Bruegel…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) c.1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 138.5 × 216 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left: HORATIVS GENTILESHVS FECIT On the run from Herod, the Holy Family rests…
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…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Bacchanale (Bacchanal) 1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 122 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a traditional scene from the iconography of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. It depicts his meeting with Ariadne on the island…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Young Man holding a Skull (Vanitas) 1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 92.2 × 80.8 cm National Gallery, London A life-size figure stands before us, holding a skull in one hand and gesticulating with the other. Shown close up, the…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) A Young Man in a Large Hat 1626–1629 Oil on panel, 29.3 x 23.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Frans Hals was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Massacre des Innocents (The Massacre of the Innocents) 1626–1627 Oil on canvas, 97 x 131.7 cm Petit Palais, Paris
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Gypsy Girl (La Bohémienne) c.1626 Oil on canvas, 58 x 52 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The title of “Bohemian”, inseparable from the fame of the painting, was given to her upon her entry into the Louvre (cat. Reiset).…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de un hombre (Portrait of a Man) 1623–1630 Oil on canvas, 51.4 × 40 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit