Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Lucía (Saint Lucy) c.1625–1630 Oil on canvas, 104.14 × 77 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Few images of saints show women as gorgeously attired as Francisco de Zurbarán‘s. His Saint Lucy portrays the young…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Cabeza de venado (Head of a Deer) 1626–1636 Oil on canvas, 66 x 52 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid While there is no documentation indicating this work was made for the Torre de la Parada, its subject…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) 1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 57 x 44 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an extraordinary example of the eventful life of many royal portraits during the Siglo de Oro, and it shows…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Musical Company 1626 Oil on panel, 63.5 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The subject of this painting is a mystery: is it an exhortation to praise God through singing and string music, or a scene of seduction with…
Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi (Saint Gregory the Great with Saints Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier) c.1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 296 x 211 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece commemorates one of the most important events of the papacy…
(1626–1663) Hendrickje Stoffels in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Holy Family 1645 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Woman bathing in a Stream 1654 National Gallery, London Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bathsheba at Her Bath 1654 Musée du Louvre, Paris …
Consecrated: 1626 Location: Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano Website: http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/san_pietro/index_it.htm Art: • Michelangelo (1475-1564): Pietà (1498-1499) Basilica di San Pietro in Art: Bouguereau, William (1825-1905) Le Repos 1879 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Burials: • Barberini, Maffeo (1568-1644), Pope Urban VIII…
Rulers: • Charles I, King of England (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Ireland (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Scotland (1625-1649) • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Felipe IV, King of Portugal (1621-1640) • Urbanus VIII (Maffeo Barberini), Pope (1623-1644) Births: • Stoffels, Hendrickje (1626-1663) Deaths: • Bacon, Francis…