Tag: 1675

Il rapimento delle Sabine (1675-1680)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Il rapimento delle Sabine (The Abduction of the Sabine Women) 1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 260 × 295 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perhaps the most acclaimed and well-traveled artist in Italy at the end of the 17th century,…

Rosalba Carriera

(1675–1757) Rosalba Giovanna Carriera The artist’s works: Ritratto d’uomo c.1710 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Una donna che si mette dei fiori nei capelli c.1710 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Autoritratto con il ritratto della sorella 1715 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Allegoria…

St Paul’s Cathedral (London)

Groundbreaking: 1675 Consecrated: 1697 Completed: 1710 Address: St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom Website: https://www.stpauls.co.uk/ St Paul’s in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) La Cathédrale Saint-Paul vue de la Tamise 1906 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis     See also:…

Cleopatra’s Banquet (1675-1680)

Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Cleopatra’s Banquet c.1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 74 x 95.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra made a bet with Mark Antony on who could give the most lavish banquet. She won by dissolving a priceless pearl in vinegar and…

Jan Vermeer (Johannes van der Meer)

(1632–1675) The artist’s works: Diana and her nymphs 1653–1654 Mauritshuis, The Hague Christ in the House of Martha and Mary 1654–1656 Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Saint Praxedis 1655 Barbara Piasecka-Johnson, Princeton The Procuress 1656 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden A Maid Asleep 1656–1657 Metropolitan Museum…

Crucifixión (c.1675)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Crucifixión (Crucifixion) c.1675 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 33 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This oil sketch helped Murillo to prepare a large painting that is today in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The artist’s…

Nymphenburg Palace (Munich)

Schloss Nymphenburg Completed: 1675 Location: Schloß Nymphenburg 1, 80638 München Website: https://www.schloss-nymphenburg.de/englisch/palace/ Nymphenburg Palace in Art: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Nymphenburg Palace, Munich c.1761 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Births: • Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1845-1886) See also: • Munich…