Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Baptême du Christ (The Baptism of Christ) 1641–1642 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 121 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Although Nicolas Poussin‘s work exerted an enormous influence on the development of French seventeenth-century painting, the artist perfected…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Adam and Eve 1642 Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 182.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The leading 17th-century Flemish painter after the deaths of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens distinguished himself from his…
Guercino (1591-1666) Agonia nell’orto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1640–1646 Oil on canvas, 232.1 x 162.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Diana Resting c.1640–1650 Oil on canvas, 123 x 159 cm Petit Palais, Paris Cézanne, who once said, “It is grotesque to imagine that we grow like a fungus, when we have all the generations behind us. Why not…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait in a Flat Cap and Embroidered Dress 1642 Etching, 9.2 × 6.1 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Rembrandt painted and drew a great many records of his own features, now highly prized for their penetrating introspection.…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Susanna Crouching c.1640–1645 Chalk with watercolor, 28.7 x 41.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Guercino (1591-1666) Flagellazione di Cristo (The Flagellation of Christ) c.1641–1644 Oil on canvas, 351 x 176.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Giovanni Francesco Barbieri eked out his first fifty years in his native town, day after day waiting for the death…
Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Portrait of a Lady c.1635–1645 Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 43.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
(1564–1642) Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei Works: • Discourse on Floating Bodies (English) • The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei (English) Galileo in Art: Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Ritratto di Galileo Galilei 1635 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Born February…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La costurera (The Needlewoman) c.1640–1650 Oil on canvas, 74 x 60 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Diego Velázquez ranks among the greatest masters of seventeenth-century Europe. By 1623, the twenty-four-year-old artist was established as court painter to…