Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Venus del Espejo (Venus at her Mirror, The Rokeby Venus) 1647–1651 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 177 cm National Gallery, London This is the only surviving female nude painted by Velázquez. The subject was rare in seventeenth-century Spain,…
(c.1595–1650) Herman Doomer in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Herman Doomer 1640 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Wife Baertje Martens (1596-1678) Occupation Cabinetmaker Woodworker
Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) Deaths: • Descartes, René (1596-1650) • Doomer, Herman (c.1595-1650) Literature: • Molière (1622-1673): The Jealousy of Le Barbouillé (1650) Architecture: • Richmond Palace, Surrey (England) destroyed. Art: • Bernini,…
Built: c.1501 Destroyed: c.1650 Deaths: • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1533-1603) See also: • Palaces
(1606–1669) Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn The artist’s works: Portrait of a Man c.1650–1660 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A Bearded Man in a Cap late 1650s National Gallery, London Large Landscape with Tower c.1651 Petit Palais, Paris A Scholar in His…