Tag: 1658

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…

Virgen Niña (1658-1660)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (Childhood of the Virgin) 1658–1660 Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 53.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Francisco de Zurbarán, one of the leading painters of the Spanish Golden Age, played an important role in…

The Little Street (1658)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Little Street (Het Straatje, Delft) 1658 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 44 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This is an unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre, and remarkable for its time as a portrait of ordinary houses. The composition is…

1658

Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) Deaths: • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1610-1658) Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Quattro donne che fanno musica (1658-60) • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682):…