Tag: 1627

La Sainte Famille au repos (c.1627)

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…

Charity (c.1627-1628)

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.…

Luis de Góngora

(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)…

La crucifixión (1627)

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…

Thomas Middleton

(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

Santa Lucía (1625-1630)

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…

Cabeza de venado (1626-1636)

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…