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) Landscape with a Stone Bridge 1638 Oil on panel, 29.5 x 42.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt painted only a few landscapes, mostly imaginary vistas with mountains in the background. While he might very well have seen the different…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Isaac Blessing Jacob c.1638 Oil on canvas, 117 x 141 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Bible recounts how Jacob, pretending to be his brother Esau, tricked their blind father into bestowing Esau’s rightful blessing on him. The idea of…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Self-Portrait with Beret c.1638–1643 Oil on panel, 66 × 51.4 cm Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow Compare: Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Self Portrait aged 24 1639 National Gallery, London
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Saskia van Uylenburgh, the Wife of the Artist probably begun 1634/1635 and completed 1638/1640 Oil on panel, 60.5 x 49 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) El Salvador bendiciendo (The Saviour in Blessing) 1638 Oil on canvas, 100 x 72 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is the only example known to have been painted by Zurbarán of the medieval iconography of…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco rezando (Saint Francis in Prayer) c.1638–1639 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Agnus Dei (The Lamb of God) 1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 37.3 x 62 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A dark background and a gray table are the setting for this painting’s only motive: a merino lamb between…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El dios Marte (Mars, God of War) c.1638 Oil on canvas, 179 x 95 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first documentation of Diego Velazquez‘s Mars is from 1701–03, when it appeared in the inventory of paintings…
(1586–1638) Cornelis van Beresteyn in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man 1632 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Born December 31 1586 Delft (Netherlands) Died August 13 1638 Haamstede (Netherlands) Wife Corvina van Hofdyck (1602-1667) Occupation Burgomaster