Tag: 1654

The Standard Bearer, Floris Soop (1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Standard Bearer, Floris Soop 1654 Oil on canvas, 140.3 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The flag, the plume in the hat, and the tooled leather baldric (sword-belt) indicate that the figure is an ensign…

Portrait of a Man (1650-1660)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man c.1650–1660 Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 64.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This portrait is generally considered to be by Rembrandt, and is somewhat less uniformly thought to date from the 1650s. Both…

Flora (c.1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Flora c.1654 Oil on canvas, 100 x 91.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Unlike many of his ambitious contemporaries, Rembrandt never traveled to Italy. Nonetheless, Italian art had a profound effect on him; in this depiction of…

Skoklosters Slott (Sweden)

Built: 1654–1676 Location: Skoklosters slott, 746 96 Skokloster, Sweden Website: https://skoklostersslott.se/en Collection: • Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593): Il Bibliotecario (c.1570) • Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593): Rodolfo II in veste di Vertunno (c.1590) See also: • Castles

1654

Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) Architecture: • Skoklosters Slott built in Sweden. Art: • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): Allegoria dell’Astrologia sferica (1650-55) • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): La Morte di Cleopatra (c.1645-55) • Guercino (1591-1666): Il ritorno del figliol…