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1651 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1651, art Events from the year 1651 in art. Events * Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Paintings * David Bailly – '' Self-portrait with Vanitas symbols'' (approximate date) * Guercino - '' The Libyan Sibyl'' * Jacob Jordaens – ''The Triumph of Frederik Hendrik'' * Nicolas Poussin ** The Finding of Moses' ** ''The Holy Family'' * Salvator Rosa – ''Democritus amid the Tombs'' * David Teniers the Younger – '' Erzherzog Leopold Wilhelm in seiner Galerie in Brüssel'' ("Archduke Leopold William in his Gallery at Brussels") * Diego Velázquez – The ''Rokeby Venus'' (c.1647-1651) Births *August 13 - Balthasar Permoser, Austrian sculptor (died 1732) *''date unknown'' **Niccolò Bambini, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods (died 1736) ** Teresa Maria Languasco, Italian painter and monk (died 1698) ** Willem van Ingen, Dutch Golden Age painter active in Italy (died 1708) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (''Fountain of the Four Rivers'') is a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It was designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X whose family palace, the Palazzo Pamphili, faced onto the piazza as did the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone of which Innocent was the sponsor. Description The base of the fountain is a basin from the centre of which travertine rocks rise to support four river gods and above them, a copy of an Egyptian obelisk surmounted with the Pamphili family emblem of a dove with an olive twig. Collectively, they represent four major rivers of the four continents through which papal authority had spread: the Nile representing Africa, the Danube representing Europe, the Ganges representing Asia, and the Río de la Plata representing the Americas. Design Bernini's design was selected in competition. The circumstances of his victory are described as follows in Filippo Baldinucci's ''The life of Cavaliere Bernini'' (1682 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balthasar Permoser
Balthasar Permoser (13 August 1651 – 18 February 1732) was among the leading sculptors of his generation, whose evolving working styles spanned the late Baroque and early Rococo. Permoser was born in Kammer bei Waging, Salzburg, today a part of the Bavarian town of Traunstein. He was trained first in Salzburg, in the workshop of Wolf Weißenkirchner, Wolf Weißenkirchner the Younger and in Vienna, where he learned the art of ivory carving, before he left in 1675 on a trip to Florence to work for Giovanni Battista Foggini, in whose studio he remained fourteen years, maturing his style. Called to Dresden in 1689 by John George III, Elector of Saxony, Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony, he executed two monumental garden sculptures of Hercules. In 1697, on the way to Italy once more, he remained almost a year in his old haunts during which he sculpted the Atlas (architecture), atlantes for the west doorway of the Hofstallung in Salzburg. In the years 1704–1710 he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1582 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1582, art Events from the year 1582 in art. Events *''The Book of Felicity'' is produced in the Ottoman Empire, for Sultan Murad III. Paintings *Federico Barocci - ''Entombment'' (Santa Croce, Senigallia) *Robert Peake the elder, Robert Peake - ''Portrait of Anne Knollys'' *El Greco **''The Martyrdrom of Saint Maurice'' **''Saint Peter in Tears'' *Maso da San Friano - ''Christ Reborn'' *Cherubino Alberti **''Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, The Presentation at the Temple'' **''Resurrection of Jesus, The Resurrection'' **''The Holy Family'' *Lucas van Valckenborch – ''Mountainous Landscape'' Births *January 26 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1647 in art, 1647) *August - Bartolomeo Manfredi, Italy, Italian painter, a leading member of the Caravaggisti (died 1622 in art, 1622) *November 18 - Caspar de Crayer, Flemings, Flemish painter (died 1669 in art, 1669) *''date unknown'' **Wouter Abts, Flemish painter of conversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Franquart
Jacob Franquart or Jacob Franckaert the Younger (1582/83 – 6 January 1651 (buried)) was a Flemish architect, painter, print artist, draftsman, military engineer and poet.Jacques Franckaert (II) at the He is known for his altarpieces and publications on contemporary Italian architecture. He was employed by the court of the Archdukes Albert and in Brussels as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1730 In Art
Events from the year 1730 in art. Events * Pope Clement XII commissions Nicola Salvi to renovate the Trevi Fountain Works * Canaletto ** ''The Bacino di San Marco'' (National Museum Cardiff) ** '' The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute'' ** The Molo Looking East' ** ''Venice: the Grand Canal with S. Maria della Salute towards the Riva degli Schiavoni'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) * Rosalba Carriera – ''Flora'' * William Hogarth ** '' A Children's Party'' ** A House of Cards' * Henry Scheemakers – Memorial to Sir Francis Page and Frances, Lady Page (Steeple Aston church, Oxfordshire) * Enoch Seeman – Portrait of King George I * Hamlet Winstanley – Portrait of Bishop Edward Waddington Births * January 15 – Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian painter, active mainly in Bologna (died 1766) * January 22 – Johan Edvard Mandelberg, Swedish-born painter (died 1786) * April 1 – Solomon Gessner, Swiss painter and poet (died 1788) * April 11 – Josef Kramolín ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Alexandre Verdier
François-Alexandre Verdier (c. 1651 - 1730) was French painter, draftsman and engraver. He was a student and assistant of Charles Le Brun. Biography François-Alexandre Verdier was born in Paris around 1651. He studied under Charles Le Brun. In 1668 he was awarded the 1st prize in drawing at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. From 1668 to 1671 he lived in Italy at the Medici Villa. He won the Prix de Rome for drawing in 1668 for his work ''Première conquête de la Franche-Comté'', and again in 1671 for ''Le Roi donnant la paix à l'Europe''. He was admitted to the Academy in 1678. By 1684 he was a Professor. He exhibited at the Salon of 1704. He died in Paris in 1730. Œuvres Many of his drawings and paintings are at the Musée du Louvre. They include: * ''Saint Paulin de Nole'', drawing in red with white chalk highlights, 36.5 cm x 28.5 cm *''Le triomphe de la religion'', oil on canvas, 53x43cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre. *''La Chute des anges r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1708 In Art
Events from the year 1708 in art. Events * Flemish painter and engraver Pieter Casteels III comes to work in Britain. * Czech sculptor Ferdinand Brokoff sets up his own studio. Paintings * Michael Dahl – Portrait of George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie * Antonino Grano – Frescoes in Church of Santa Maria della Pietà in Kalsa, Palermo * Enoch Seeman ** Group portrait of the Bisset family ** ''Self-portrait'' Drawings * Portrait of Anne Hathaway by Nathaniel Curzon Publications * Roger de Piles – ''Cours de peinture par principes avec un balance de peintres'' Births * January 25 – Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter (died 1787) * June 20 – François-Elie Vincent, Swiss painter of portrait miniatures (died 1790) * December 18 – John Collier, English caricaturist and satirist (died 1786) * ''date unknown'' ** Francis Hayman, English painter and illustrator (died 1776) ** Giuseppe Ghedini, Italian painter and later a university professor of painting (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Van Ingen
Willem van Ingen, or Guilhelmo Den Eersten (1651–1708), was a Dutch Golden Age painter active in Italy. Biography According to Houbraken, he learned to paint in Utrecht and attracted the attention of Johannes van Neercassel, who took him along on a trip to Rome. In Rome, he registered in the Bentvueghels as ''Guilhelmo den Eersten''. Houbraken goes on to mention that he worked for a year in Rome under Karel Marat, painting in many churches, and then traveled to Venice where he worked for Valentin Lefebvre painting on copper after Paolo Veronese. He then traveled to Naples before returning to the Netherlands. He is also known as ''Guillelmo van Ingen''. He is known as the teacher of Albert van Spiers (1665–1718), who was the teacher of Jacob de Wit Jacob de Wit (19 December 1695 – 12 November 1754) was a Dutch artist and interior decorator who painted many religious scenes. Biography Jacob de Wit was born in Amsterdam, and became famous for his door and ceiling paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1698 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1698, art Events from the year 1698 in art. Events * September – Maximilian II Emanuel, Prince-Elector of Bavaria, purchases Rubens' ''Adoration of the Magi'' from Gijsbert van Ceulen. Works * Nicolò Fumo – ''Fallen Christ'' (wooden sculpture) * Hyacinthe Rigaud – '' Self-portrait in a turban'' Births * May 17 – Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter (died 1752) * May 29 – Edmé Bouchardon, French sculptor (died 1762) * September 15 – Pier Francesco Guala, Italian painter active for the most part in the region of his place of birth, Casale Monferrato (died 1757) * October 13 – Giacomo Ceruti, Italian painter of peasants (died 1767) * October 30 – Paul Troger, Austrian painter, draughtsman and printmaker (died 1762) * ''date unknown'' ** Benoît Audran the Younger, French engraver (died 1772) ** Gaudenzio Botti, Italian painter, mainly active in Brescia (died 1778) ** Felice Cappelletti, Italian painter active in Verona (died 1738 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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