1599 In Art
Events from the year 1599 in art. Events * July 23 - Caravaggio receives his first public commission for paintings. Works File:Basket of Fruit-Caravaggio (c.1595).jpg, Caravaggio, '' Basket of Fruit'' File:Judith Beheading Holofernes-Caravaggio (c.1598-9).jpg, Caravaggio, '' Judith Beheading Holofernes'' Image:David and Goliath by Caravaggio.jpg, Caravaggio, '' David and Goliath'' File:Narcissus-Caravaggio (1594-96) edited.jpg, Caravaggio, ''Narcissus'' * Paul Bril – ''Mountain Scene'' (miniature) *Caravaggio **'' Basket of Fruit'' **'' Judith Beheading Holofernes'' **'' David and Goliath'' **''Narcissus'' *Pieter Pietersz the Elder – ''Poor Parents, Rich Children'' * Hendrick van Balen the Elder – '' The Judgement of Paris'' Births *February 15 - Pope Alexander II, Papal patron of the arts commissioned architectural and sculptural works by Gianlorenzo Bernini (died 1667) *March 22 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish Baroque artist who became England's leading court painter ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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July 23
Events Pre-1600 * 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury. * 1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 1601–1900 * 1632 – Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France. * 1677 – Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden. * 1793 – Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France. * 1813 – Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a ''de facto'' colony. * 1821 – While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts. * 1829 – In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. * 1840 – The Province of Canada is created by the Act o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Court Painter
A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the court artist might also be a court sculptor. In Western Europe, the role began to emerge in the mid-13th century. By the Renaissance, portraits, mainly of the family, made up an increasingly large part of their commissions, and in the Early Modern period one person might be appointed solely to do portraits, and another for other work, such as decorating new buildings. Especially in the Late Middle Ages, they were often given the office of valet de chambre. Usually they were given a salary and formal title, and often a pension for life, though arrangements were highly variable. But often the artist was paid only a retainer, and paid additionally for works he or, less often, she produced for the monarch. For the artist, a court appointment ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1642 In Art
Events from the year 1642 in art. Events *Isaack Gilsemans, the artist on Abel Tasman's expedition, produces the first European work of art made in New Zealand.Keith, 2007, pp 16-23 *Roman painter Giovanni Baglione publishes ''The Lives of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers, active from 1572–1642'' (''Le Vite de’ Pittori, scultori, architetti, ed Intagliatori dal Pontificato di Gregorio XII del 1572 fino a’ tempi de Papa Urbano VIII nel 1642''). Paintings * Philippe de Champaigne – ''Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu'' * Georges de La Tour - ''Joseph the Carpenter'' * Jusepe de Ribera - '' The Clubfoot'' * William Dobson - ''Charles II, when Prince of Wales, with a Page'' (''approximate date'') * Louis Le Nain - '' Peasant Family, or, The return from the baptism'' ("Happy Family") * Rembrandt ** ''The Night Watch'' (or ''The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq'') ** '' Half length figure of Saskia in profile in a red hat'' * Salomon van Ruysdael ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Genre Works
Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, genre scenes, or genre views) may be realistic, imagined, or romanticized by the artist. Some variations of the term ''genre art'' specify the medium or type of visual work, as in ''genre painting'', ''genre prints'', ''genre photographs'', and so on. The following concentrates on painting, but genre motifs were also extremely popular in many forms of the decorative arts, especially from the Rococo of the early 18th century onwards. Single figures or small groups decorated a huge variety of objects such as porcelain, furniture, wallpaper, and textiles. Genre painting ''Genre painting'', also called ''genre scene'' or ''petit genre'', depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One comm ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pieter Van Laer
Pieter Bodding van Laer (christened 14 December 1599, Haarlem – 1641 or later) was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He was active in Rome for over a decade and was known for genre scenes, animal paintings and landscapes placed in the environs of Rome.Pieter van Laer at the Pieter van Laer was an active member of the association of Flemish and Dutch artists in Rome known as the . His nickname in this group ("bent name") was Il Bamboccio. The style of genre painting he introduced was followed by other Northe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1661 In Art
Events from the year 1661 in art. Events * April 19 - Philip IV of Spain appoints Juan Bautista MartÃnez del Mazo to succeed his late father-in-law Diego Velázquez as court painter (''Pintor de cámara'') in Madrid. * October - The newly-restored King Charles II of England appoints Peter Lely as court painter. Paintings *Filippo Abbiati - ''Coriolanus Persuaded By His Family To Raise the Siege of Rome'' *Gerrit Dou - ''Old Lady with a Candle'' *Gabriël Metsu **'' Lovers at Breakfast'' **'' The Visit to the Nursery, after the birth of Sara Hinlopen (1660)'' *Reinier Nooms - '' Ships on the IJ at Amsterdam'' *''Rembrandt'' **'' St. Matthew and the Angel'' **'' Saint James The Elder'' *Jan van Kessel, senior - ''Allegory of Air'' *Jan Vermeer - ''View of Delft'' *John Michael Wright - '' Charles II in Coronation Robes'' Births *February 24 - Alexandre-François Desportes, French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animal works (died 1743) *March - Lucas de Valdà ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including the Iberian Peninsula it continued, together with new styles, until the first decade of the 19th century. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to France, northern Italy, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Russia. B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrea Sacchi
Andrea Sacchi (30 November 159921 June 1661) was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors Alessandro Algardi and François Duquesnoy, and the contemporary biographer Giovanni Bellori. Early training Sacchi was born in Rome. His father, Benedetto, was an undistinguished painter. According to the biographer Giovanni Pietro Bellori (who was also a great friend of Sacchi's), Andrea initially entered the studio of Cavalier d'Arpino. These are Bellori's words: Sacchi later entered Francesco Albani's workshop and spent most of his time in Rome where he eventually died. Much of his early career was helped by the regular patronage by Cardinal Antonio Barberini, who commissioned art for the Capuchin church in Rome and the Palazzo Barberini. Mature style A contemporary rival of Pietro da Cortona, Sacchi studied the paintings of Raphael ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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November 30
Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida. * 1718 – Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. * 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). * 1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). * 1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines. * 1803 – In N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1667 In Art
Events from the year 1667 in art. Events Paintings * Ludolf Bakhuizen – ''The Return of the Warship ''Hollandia'' in the Landsdiep near Huisduinen on 3 November 1665'' * Abraham van Beijeren – ''Banquet Still Life (with Mouse)'' * Ferdinand Bol – ''Portrait of Michiel de Ruyter'' * Rembrandt **''The Jewish Bride'' (approximate date; Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) **'' Portrait of an elderly man'' (Mauritshuis) * Johannes Vermeer -''Mistress and Maid'' (c.) Births *January 12 - Jonathan Richardson, English portrait painter, writer on art and collector (died 1745) *February 4 - Alessandro Magnasco, Italian Rococo painter of genre or landscape scenes (died 1749) * May 2 - Jacob Christoph Le Blon, German painter and engraver who invented the system of three- and four-colour printing (died 1741) *July 21 - Cristoforo Munari, Italian painter of the late-Baroque specializing in still life paintings (died 1720) * September 9 - Felice Torelli, Italian painter of altarpieces (died 174 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini (, ), byname of Francesco Castelli (; 25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino"Francesco Borromini." ''.'' Web. 30 Oct. 2010. who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and , was a leading figure in the emergence of Roman [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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September 25
Events Pre-1600 * 275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus. * 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate. * 1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England. * 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border. * 1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis. * 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. * 1555 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League. 1601–1900 * 1690 – '' Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick'', the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the firs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |