Tag: 1630

Christ on the Cross (c.1628-30)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Christ on the Cross 1628–1630 Oil on canvas, 133 x 101 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Christ on the Cross 1627 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid    

San Sebastiano curato da Irene (c.1630-1640)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Sebastiano curato da Irene (Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene and Her Maid) c.1630–1640 Oil on canvas, 208 x 157 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia Compare: Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Sebastiano curato da Sant’Irene 1628 Hermitage Museum, Saint…

Venus and Adonis (mid-1630s)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Adonis probably mid-1630s Oil on canvas, 197.5 x 242.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rubens took the subject of this painting from the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Accidently pricked by one of Cupid’s…

Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld (1630s)

Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld 1630s Oil on copper, 26.7 x 35.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This infernal image of the 1630s was inspired by the “hell landscapes” of Jan Brueghel…