Tag: Baroque

Annibale Carracci

(1560–1609) The artist’s works: Autoritratto c.1580 Private collection Piccola macelleria c.1582 Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Ragazzo che beve 1582–1583 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Vergine orante c.1582–1585 Private collection La sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino e santa Elisabetta c.1583 Musée d’Arts, Nantes…

Peter Paul Rubens

(1577–1640) Sir Peter Paul Rubens The artist’s works: Portrait of a Man 1597 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lamentation over the Dead Christ 1601–1602 Galleria Borghese, Roma Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Young Woman with a Rosary…

Santa Maria Maggiore (Roma)

Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore Papale Arcibasilica Maggiore Arcipretale Liberiana di Santa Maria Maggiore Groundbreaking: 432 Construction started: 435 Completed: 1743 Designated as World Heritage Site: 1980 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, 00100 Roma, Italia Website: https://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/sm_maggiore/index_en.html Burials:…

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 Art, Minneapolis     See…

Diego Velázquez

(1599–1660) Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez The artist’s works: El almuerzo c.1617 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg La educación de la Virgen c.1617–1618 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Almuerzo de campesinos c.1618–1619 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Bodegón 1618–1620 Art Institute of…

Jan Vermeer (Johannes van der Meer)

(1632–1675) The artist’s works: Diana and her nymphs c.1653–1654 Mauritshuis, The Hague Christ in the House of Martha and Mary 1654–1656 Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh The Procuress 1656 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden A Maid Asleep 1656–1657 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Girl Reading…

Caravaggio

(1571–1610) Michelangelo Merisi The artist’s works: Ragazzo che monda un frutto 1592–1593 Fondazione Roberto Longhi, Firenze Ragazzo che monda un frutto c.1592–1593 Hampton Court Palace, London Ragazzo che monda un frutto c.1592–1593 Private collection Ragazzo morso da un ramarro c.1594–1595 National…

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

(1617–1682) The artist’s works: La Anunciación c.1650 Museo del Prado, Madrid Magdalena penitente c.1650–1665 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Sagrada Familia del pajarito c.1650 Museo del Prado, Madrid Santa Rosa de Viterbo c.1650 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Dos mujeres en la…

Giambattista Tiepolo

(1696–1770) Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The artist’s works: Teste da un cammeo 1700s Rhode Island School of Design, Providence La regina Zenobia davanti all’imperatore Aureliano c.1717 Museo del Prado, Madrid Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva 1719–1721 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Madonna col Bambino c.1720–1725…

Rembrandt

(1606–1669) Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn The artist’s works: 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s No date Rembrandt in Art: Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Rembrandt as Shepherd c.1636 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam     Rembrandt’s influence in Art: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Tate Britain, London  …