Tag: 1637

Jane Seymour (c.1636-1637)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Jane Seymour c.1636–1637 Oil on oak, 65.5 × 47 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna See also: • Jane Seymour, Queen of England (c.1508-1537)

Hélène Fourment (c.1636-1638)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Hélène Fourment (“The Furry”) c.1636–1638 Oil on oak, 178.7 × 86.2 × 2.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The posture of Rubens‘ second wife Helena Fourment (1614-1674, married in 1630) is reminiscent of the type of the ancient…

Landscape with bridge and ruins (1637)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Landscape with bridge and ruins 1637 Oil on wood, 49.5 × 75 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris One of the rare landscapes signed by Flinck, and of completely Rembranesque inspiration, undoubtedly through the master’s drawings, but of fundamental…

Ben Jonson

(1572–1637) Benjamin Jonson Works: • A Tale of a Tub (English) • Bartholomew Fair (1614) • Cynthia’s Revels (English) • Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems (English) • Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman (English) • Every Man…

Autoritratto (1635-1638)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1635–1638 Oil on canvas, 46 x 32 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Bernini‘s Self-portrait that has been kept in the Museo del Prado since 1929, since it was published in 1908 by D’Achiardi, critics…

The Resurrection (1635-1639)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Resurrection c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, transferred to oak wood, 91.9 x 67 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The…

The Entombment (1635-1639)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Entombment c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 68.9 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings however do…

Belshazzar’s Feast (c.1636-1638)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Belshazzar’s Feast c.1636–1638 Oil on canvas, 167.6 x 209.2 cm National Gallery, London Belshazzar’s Feast was painted somewhere between 1636 and 1638, when Rembrandt was about 30 years old. He had to make his way in Amsterdam, a…

A Polish Nobleman (1637)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Polish Nobleman 1637 Oil on panel. 96.8 x 66 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for…