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)
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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Archangel Raphael Leaving Tobias’ Family 1637 Oil on panel, 66 x 52 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Tobit, Tobit’s old father, having regained his sight through the medication of the archangel Raphael, gives thanks to God with…
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…