Tag: 1666

Jeremias de Decker

(1609–1666) Jeremias de Decker in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Jeremias de Decker 1666 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg   Born 1609 Dordrecht (Netherlands) Died 1666 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Occupation Poet Writer

Guercino

(1591–1666) Giovanni Francesco Barbieri The artist’s works: La Veronica 1600 Fondazione Carige, Genova Visione di santa Chiara 1615–1621 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Susanna e i vecchioni 1617 Museo del Prado, Madrid Cristo morto compianto dagli angeli c.1617–1618 National Gallery, London…

Study of a Young Woman (1665-1667)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Study of a Young Woman (Meisjeskopje) 1665–1667 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Soft light illuminates the face of a young woman dressed in clothing and costume jewelry that would have…

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…

The Art of Painting (c.1666-1668)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Art of Painting (De Schilderkunst) c.1666–1668 Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: Marked on the lower border strip of the map: I Ver-Meer Inscribed on the top border of the map: NOVA…

Mistress and Maid (c.1666-1667)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Mistress and Maid (Dame en dienstbode) c.1666–1667 Oil on canvas, 90.2 x 78.7 cm Frick Collection, New York Vermeer chose a large canvas for this composition, which presents two women pondering a newly arrived letter. Depicting an interior…

1666

Deaths: • Decker, Jeremias de (1609-1666) • Guercino (1591-1666) • Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Literature: • Molière (1622-1673): Le Médecin malgré lui (1666) Art: • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Cristo cargando la cruz (c.1665-75) • Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Cristo en la cruz (1660-70) • Murillo, Bartolomé…

Margarita Teresa de Austria (Holy Roman Empress)

(1651–1673) Holy Roman Empress (1666–1673) Queen of Germany (1666–1673) Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia (1666–1673) Archduchess consort of Austria (1666–1673) Margarita Teresa in Art: Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Omaggio a Velázquez c.1692–1700 National Gallery, London     Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Infanta Margarita Teresa…