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…
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…
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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Anna and the Blind Tobit c.1630 Oil on oak, 63.8 x 47.7 cm National Gallery, London Even as a young man, Rembrandt was interested in the depiction of old age and aged people. He painted them as if…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem 1630 Oil on panel, 58 x 46 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The crestfallen Prophet Jeremiah rests his weary, old head on his hand. He laments Jerusalem going up in flames – in the…
Guercino (1591-1666) Madonna del cardellino (Madonna and Child with an Escaped Goldfinch) early 1630s Red chalk on paper, 26.3 x 20.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
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…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La fragua de Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) 1630 Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A figure suddenly appears on the left in a forge where various blacksmiths are working, dressed in…
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) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) • Urbanus…