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,…
(1593–1678) The artist’s works: Head of Girl c.1615–1620 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester The Holy Family with Shepherds 1616 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Temptation of the Magdalene c.1616–1617 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo Niño distribuyendo pan a los peregrinos (The Infant Christ Distributing Bread to the Pilgrims) 1678 Oil on canvas, 219 × 182 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
(1678–1741) Antonio Lucio Vivaldi Works: • Concertos for Violin or Oboe, Op.7 (1720) • Filiae maestae Jerusalem (c.1715) • La Follia (1703) • La Stravaganza (1712-1713) • Le quattro stagioni (1725) ◊ La primavera (1725) ◊ L’estate (1725) ◊ L’autunno (1725) ◊ L’inverno (1725)…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Diana ed Endimione (Diana and Endymion) c.1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 149.2 x 164 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Hagar in the Desert 1675–1680 Oil on canvas, 74 x 60 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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…
(1596–1678) Baertje Martens in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Baertje Martens c.1640 Hermitage Museums, Saint Petersburg Husband Herman Doomer (c.1595-1650)
Births: • Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) Deaths: • Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) • Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) • Martens, Baertje (1596-1678) Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Diana ed Endimione (c.1675-80) • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Il rapimento delle Sabine (1675-80) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Cleopatra’s Banquet (1675-80) • Lairesse,…
(1601–1678) The artist’s works: A Basket of Flowers probably 1620s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld 1630s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jan Brueghel the Younger in Art: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Family of Jan…