Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Girl interrupted at Her Music (Onderbreking van de muziek) c.1658–1659 Oil on canvas, 39.4 x 44.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Music-making, a recurring subject in Vermeer’s interior scenes, was associated in the seventeenth century with courtship. In…
Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) Literature: • Molière (1622-1673): Les Précieuses ridicules (1659) Art: • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): Morte di Cleopatra (after 1659) • Flinck, Govert (1615-1660): Bathsheba with King David’s Letter (1659) • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Quattro donne che fanno musica (1658-60) • Murillo,…