Seaport (Villa Medici), 1637.
Claude Lorrain (nb. Gellee), Duchy of Lorraine
Movement: Baroque
Born: c. 1600, Died: 21 or 23 November 1682
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Johannes Vermeer
View of Delft, 1660-61
Johannes Vermeer, Dutch
Movement: Baroque
Born: Baptised October 31, 1632, Died: December 15, 1675
Johannes Vermeer, Dutch
Movement: Baroque
Born: Baptised October 31, 1632, Died: December 15, 1675
Rembrandt van Rijn
Portrait of Jan Six, 1654. 112 × 102 cm
Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch
Movement: Baroque
Born: July 15, 1606 Died: October 4, 1669(1606-07-15)
Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch
Movement: Baroque
Born: July 15, 1606 Died: October 4, 1669(1606-07-15)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Francisco de Zurbaran
Saint Luke as a Painter before Christ on the Cross
Francisco de Zurbaran, Spanish
Movement: Chiaroscuro
Born: November 7, 1598, Died: August 27, 1664
Francisco de Zurbaran, Spanish
Movement: Chiaroscuro
Born: November 7, 1598, Died: August 27, 1664
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Bouquet, painted 1603. On wood. Size: 49 by 38 inches (125 by 96 cm), Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish
Movement: Independent
Born: 1568 Died: January 13, 1625
Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish
Movement: Independent
Born: 1568 Died: January 13, 1625
Caravaggio
The Raising of Lazarus (1609), Museo Regionale Uffici, Messina
Caravaggio, Italian
Movement: baroque
Born: 29 September 1571, Died: 18 July 1610
Caravaggio, Italian
Movement: baroque
Born: 29 September 1571, Died: 18 July 1610
Nicolas Poussin
Les Bergers d’Arcadie, late 1630s, oil on canvas, 85 x 121 cm, Louvre
Nicolas Poussin, French
Movement: Classicism
Born: 15 June, 1594, Died: 19 November 1665
Nicolas Poussin, French
Movement: Classicism
Born: 15 June, 1594, Died: 19 November 1665
Frans Hals
De Magere Compagnie, 1637. Oil on canvas, 209 x 429 cm, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Frans Hals, Dutch
Movement: Mannerism
Born: c. 1580, Died: August 26, 1666
Frans Hals, Dutch
Movement: Mannerism
Born: c. 1580, Died: August 26, 1666
Monday, February 23, 2009
Georges de La Tour
Nativity, Louvre, 1644, 107 × 137 cm
Georges de La Tour, French
Movement: baroque
Born: March 13, 1593, Died:January 30, 1652
Georges de La Tour, French
Movement: baroque
Born: March 13, 1593, Died:January 30, 1652
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