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 The Gospel of St. Matthew tells the story of the Massacre of the Innocents. King Herod ordered the…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La mort de Germanicus (The Death of Germanicus) 1627 Oil on canvas, 148 x 198.1 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis The young Roman general Germanicus has just been poisoned by his jealous adoptive father, the emperor…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Fuite en Egypte (The Flight into Egypt) 1627–1628 Oil on canvas, 102.9 x 127.6 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Sainte Famille au repos avec l’enfant saint Jean-Baptiste et les anges (The Holy Family at Rest with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels) c.1627 Oil on canvas, 57 × 74 cm Museum of Fine…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…
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
(1561–1627) Luis de Góngora y Argote, born Luis de Argote y Góngora Góngora in Art: Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Born July 11 1561 Córdoba (España) Died May 23 1627 Córdoba (España)…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La crucifixión (The Crucifixion) 1627 Oil on canvas, 290.3 × 165.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church clarified and reaffirmed its doctrine and practices in an effort to…
(1580–1627) Works: • The Revenger’s Tragedy (1606) Baptized April 18 1580 London (England) Died July 4 1627 Newington Butts, London (England) Occupation Playwright Poet Writer