Tag: 1628

Felipe IV (1626-1628)

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…

Self-Portrait (c.1628)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-Portrait c.1628 Oil on panel, 22.6 x 18.7 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam As inexperienced as he is, the young Rembrandt does not shy away from experimenting. Here the light rakes his right cheek while the rest of his face…

La Inmaculada Concepción (1628-1630)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La Inmaculada Concepción (Immaculate Conception) 1628–1630 Oil on canvas, 128 x 89 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The worship of the Immaculate Virgin is one of seventeenth-century Spain‘s identity traits, especially following a considerable argument between…

Los borrachos (1628-1629)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Los borrachos, o El triunfo de Baco (The Drunkards, or The Triumph of Bacchus) 1628–1629 Oil on canvas, 165 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Documentation of payment received by Velázquez in July 1629 for an…

Saint Bavo Cathedral (Ghent)

Consecrated: 942 Completed: 1628 Location: Sint-Baafsplein, 9000 Ghent Website: https://www.sintbaafskathedraal.be/en/ Works of Art: • Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441): Ghent altarpiece (1432) See also: • Bavo of Ghent | Cathedrals | Churches | Ghent (Belgium)

1628

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) Architecture: • Saint Bavo Cathedral completed in Ghent. Art: • Gentileschi,…