Tag: 1663

Hendrickje Stoffels

(1626–1663) Hendrickje Stoffels in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Holy Family 1645 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Woman bathing in a Stream 1654 National Gallery, London     Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bathsheba at Her Bath 1654 Musée du Louvre, Paris    …

Guido Cagnacci

(1601–1663) The artist’s works: Gloria di san Mercuriale c.1642–1644 Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì La Morte di Cleopatra c.1645–1655 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Allegoria dell’Astrologia sferica c.1650–1655 Pinacoteca Civica, Forlì Morte di Cleopatra after 1659 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Morte di Cleopatra 1660–1662 Pinacoteca di Brera,…

Woman with a Pearl Necklace (1663-1665)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman with a Pearl Necklace (Vrouw met parelsnoer) 1663–1665 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 47.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: Inscription on the table top: IVMeer (IVM in ligature) A young woman stands at a table and…

Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (c.1663)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (Brieflezende vrouw) c.1663 Oil on canvas, 46.5 x 39 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Enjoying a quiet, private moment, this young woman is absorbed in reading a letter in the morning light. She is…

Woman with a Lute (1662-1663)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Woman with a Lute (De luitspeelster) 1662–1663 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A young woman glances out a window while tuning her lute. Open songbooks and a viola da gamba…

1663

Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) Deaths: • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) • Stoffels, Hendrickje (1626-1663) Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): La lotta tra Ercole e Nesso (c.1660-65) • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Cristo en la cruz (1660-70) • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Ecce Homo (1660-70)…

The Concert (1663-1666)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Concert (Het concert) 1663–1666 Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 64.7 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston In a pristine domestic parlor, two women and a man concentrate on making music. The standing woman holds a sheet of…