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1646 In Art
Events from the year 1646 in art. Events * (unknown) Paintings * Georges de La Tour - ''The Smoker'' *Claude Lorrain **'' The Judgement of Paris'' (c.1645-46) **Landscape with Hagar and the Angel' *Carlo Dolci - '' Saint Andrew Praying Before his Crucifixion'' * Gerrit Dou - ''Girl Chopping Onions'' *Guercino **''Annunciation'' **''The Circumcision'' **'' Saul Attacking David'' * Murillo - ''The Angels' Kitchen'' *Karel Škréta - ''The Crucifixion'' (St. Nicholas Church, Prague) * Kano Sansetsu - ''Old Plum'' ' *Philips Wouwerman - ''Cavalry making a Sortie from a Fort on a Hill'' Births *January 6 - Jan Van Cleef, Flemish painter (died 1716) *February 10 - Hans Adam Weissenkircher, Austrian Baroque court painter (died 1695) * April 20 - Giacinto Calandrucci, Italian painter at the studio of Carlo Maratta (died 1707) * August 8 - Godfrey Kneller, portrait painter in England (died 1723) *''date unknown'' **Andrea Belvedere, Italian painter (died ''unknown'') **Lorenzo Bergo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrit Dou 1646 Painting Girl Chopping Onions
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January 6
Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. *1205 – Philip of Swabia undergoes a second coronation as King of the Romans. *1322 – Stefan Dečanski, Stephen Uroš III is crowned Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), King of Serbia, having defeated his half-brother Stefan Konstantin in battle. His son is crowned "young king" in the same ceremony. *1355 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan. *1449 – Constantine XI Palaiologos, Constantine XI is crowned List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor at Mystras. *1492 – The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War. *1536 – The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait
A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a Snapshot (photography), snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Kneller
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723), was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to Kingdom of England, English and British monarchs from Charles II of England, Charles II to George I of the United Kingdom, George I. His major works include ''The Chinese Convert'' (1687; Royal Collection, London); a series of four portraits of Isaac Newton painted at various junctures of the latter's life; a series of ten reigning European monarchs, including King Louis XIV of France; over 40 "kit-cat portraits" of members of the Kit-Cat Club; and ten "Hampton Court Beauties, beauties" of the court of William III of England, William III, to match a similar series of ten of Charles II's Windsor Beauties, mistresses painted by Kneller's predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely. Early life Kneller was born Gottfried Kniller in the Free City of Lübeck, the son of Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 8
Events Pre-1600 * 685 BC – Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi — but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu’s brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi. * 870 – Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions. * 1220 – Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. * 1264 – Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison. * 1503 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland. * 1509 – Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor. * 1576 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1707 In Art
Events from the year 1707 in art. Events * Antoine Coypel becomes professor and rector of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. * James Thornhill begins work on the Painted Hall of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, Greenwich (completed 1727), probably having concluded work at Chatsworth House. Paintings * Michael Dahl – Portrait of Sir William Whetstone (probable date) * Andrea Pozzo – ''Admittance of Hercules to Olympus'' ('' trompe-l'œil'' painting on ceiling of Liechtenstein Garden Palace, Vienna) * Francesco Solimena – Portrait of Charles III of Habsburg * Dirk Valkenburg – '' A Plantation in Suriname'' * Willem van de Velde the Younger – ''The Gust'' Births * January 11 – Giuseppe Bonito, Neapolitan painter of the Rococo period (died 1789) * January 28 ''(bapt.)'' – John Baskerville, typographer and craftsman (died 1775) * February 27 – Joseph Johann Kauffmann, Austrian painter of portraits, church decorations, and castle depictions (died 1782) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Maratta
Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition stemming from Raphael, he was not exempt from the influence of Baroque painting and particularly in his use of colour. His contemporary and friend, Giovanni Bellori, wrote an early biography on Maratta. Biography Born in Camerano (Marche), then part of the Papal States, Maratta went to Rome in 1636, accompanied by, Don Corintio Benicampi, secretary to Taddeo Barberini. He became an apprentice in the studio of Andrea Sacchi. It was at this time that the debate between Sacchi and Pietro da Cortona took place at the Accademia di San Luca, the artists academy in Rome. Sacchi argued that paintings should only have a few figures which should express the narrative whereas Cortona countered that a greater number of figures allowed for the develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacinto Calandrucci
Giacinto Calandrucci (Palermo 20 April 1646 – 22 February 1707, Palermo) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Originally from Palermo, he moved to Rome with his fellow Palermitan painter and engraver Pietro del Pò. Like many painters in Rome in his day, then entered the large and prolific studio of Carlo Maratta. He afterwards worked under Giuseppe Passeri. In the 1680s Calandrucci completed decorative frescoes of the ''Four Seasons'' in the Palazzo Lante; mythological frescoes in the gallery of the Palazzo Muti Papazzurri; the decoration of the gallery of the Palazzo Strozzi-Besso; and a ceiling fresco, and the ''Sacrifice of Ceres'' in the papal Villa Falconieri at Frascati. He also painted idyllic pastoral scenes, among them two pictures at Burghley House, Stamford, England. He also painted in Rome two works for the main altar and the Cimini Chapel in the church of Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi, a ''Virgin and Child with St Anne and Saints'' in frescoes an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 20
Events Pre-1600 * 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. * 1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City). * 1752 – Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57). * 1770 – The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza. * 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord. * 1789 – George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration. * 1792 – France declares war against the " King of Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1695 In Art
Events from the year 1695 in art. Events * French painter Évrard Chauveau travels to Sweden to work on the palaces of Queen Ulrike Eleonora. * François Girardon becomes "chancelier" of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Paintings * Ludolf Bakhuizen – Warships in a Heavy Storm' * Mei Qing – '' Two Immortals on Huangshan'' * Sebastiano Ricci – '' Phineas and the Sons of Boreas'' * Hyacinthe Rigaud ** '' Christ Atoning on the Cross'' (two versions) ** '' Portrait of the Artist's mother'' ( Musée du Louvre) * Godfried Schalcken – Self-Portrait by Candlelight' Births * May 2 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, French architect and painter (died 1766) * June 24 – Martin van Meytens, Austrian portrait painter (died 1770) * August 11 – Michelangelo Unterberger, Austrian painter of religious themes (died 1758) * December 19 – Andrea Locatelli, Italian painter of landscapes (vedute) (died 1741) * December 29 – Jean-Baptiste Pater, French rococo pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Hans Adam Weissenkircher
Hans Adam Weissenkircher (10 February 1646 – 16 January 1695) was an Austrian Baroque painter and court painter of the Prince Johann Seyfried von Eggenberg in Graz. Biography Weissenkircher was born in Laufen an der Salzach, which today lies on the Bavarian side of the Austrian - German border, into the family of a Salzburg artist. Like his fellow Laufen born contemporary, Johann Michael Rottmayr, he trained under the painter Johann Carl Loth who was born in Munich and ran an academy for German-speaking painters in Venice. Weissenkircher adopted much from Michelangelo Caravaggio's painting style. He traveled extensively during his studies, including to the important art and cultural centers of Rome, Florence and Bologna. He finally settled in Styria where he brought the style of the Italian Renaissance north to the court of the Princes of Eggenberg as court painter. He is responsible for numerous, well known works, most importantly the ceiling and wall paintings of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
