1653 In Art

picture info	1653 In Art Events from the year 1653 in art. Events Architect and painter Lambert van Haven begins a 16-year period of travelling in Europe. Construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum at Agra in India is completed, probably to a design by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, together with the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in Agra Fort. Works Paintings Guercino - '' The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine'' Claude Lorrain - ''The Adoration of the Golden Calf'' Nicolaes Maes - ''Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael'' Rembrandt van Rijn - ''Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer'' Diego Velázquez '' Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain'' ''Portrait of Mariana of Austria'' (original version, Museo del Prado, 1652–53) Jan van Kessel - series of insects and fruit Sculpture * Alessandro Algardi - ''Fuga d'Attila'' relief (St. Peter's Basilica, Rome) Births January - Nicolas Fouché, French painter (died 1733) January 23 - Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter (died 1725) February 1 - Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Lambert Van Haven Lambert van Haven (16 April 1630 - 9 May 1695) was a Danish-Norwegian architect, master builder and painter. He was born in Bergen, the son of the artist Solomon van Haven who had already succeeded in winning the favour of the Danish-Norwegian monarchy. Starting in 1653, he spent some 16 years travelling in Italy, France and the Netherlands where he studied Baroque painting and architecture. Under Christian V, he was appointed Denmark-Norway's first official General Building Master in 1671 with overall responsibility for executing the king's architectural wishes. He died in Copenhagen. Principal works Church of Our Saviour Van Haven is remembered above all for his architecture, especially for the enormous Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen built in the Dutch Baroque style in the form of a Greek cross with Tuscan pilasters rising to the top of the facade. Nørreport Commissioned by Christian V, van Haven also designed the imposing new Nørreport city gate (1671) after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Portrait Of Mariana Of Austria ''Portrait of Mariana of Austria'' is a 1652–1653 oil-on-canvas painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, existing in a number of versions. Its subject, Doña Mariana (known as Maria Anna), was the daughter of Emperor Ferdinand III and Maria Anna of Spain. She was nineteen years old when the painting was completed. Although described as vivacious and fun-loving in life, she is given an unhappy expression in Velázquez's portrait. The portrait is painted in shades of black and red, and her face is heavily made up. Her right hand rests on the back of a chair, and she holds a lace handkerchief in her left hand. Her bodice is decorated with jewellery, including a gold necklace, bracelets and a large gold brooch. A clock rests on scarlet drapery behind her, signifying her status and discernment. Mariana had been betrothed to her first cousin, Prince Baltasar Carlos. He died in 1646 aged sixteen, and in 1649 she married her uncle, Baltasar Carlos's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Giuseppe Maria Mazza Giuseppe Maria Mazza (13 May 1653 – 6 June 1741) was one of the leading sculptors of Bologna, Italy, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was trained as a painter, but is best known for his fine sculptural work in terracotta and stucco. Life Mazza was born in Bologna on 13 May 1653, son of Camillo Mazza (1602–72). His father was a sculptor who had studied under Alessandro Algardi in Rome, and who worked in Bologna, Padua and Venice. He trained as a sculptor under his father for a while, then studied painting in Bologna under the fresco painter Domenico Maria Canuti. He painted in Carlo Cignani's life classes. He also studied with Lorenzo Pasinelli. He seems to have returned to sculpture after having left Canuti with the painter Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole and studied at a private school in the Palazzo Fava in Bologna. Mazza became a successful and prolific sculptor, producing many statuettes and reliefs in terracotta. Mazza's fully finished terracotta statuettes would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	May 13 Events Pre-1600 1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''. 1501 – Amerigo Vespucci, this time under Portuguese flag, set sail for western lands. 1568 – Mary Queen of Scots is defeated at the Battle of Langside, part of the civil war between Queen Mary and the supporters of her son, James VI. 1601–1900 1612 – Sword duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro on the shores of Ganryū Island. Kojiro dies at the end. 1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason. 1654 – A Venetian fleet under Admiral Cort Adeler breaks through a line of galleys and defeats the Turkish navy. 1779 – War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1713 In Art {{Year nav topic5, 1713, art Events from the year 1713 in art. Events * Construction of Hogarth's House in London begins. Paintings * Sir Godfrey Kneller – '' James Brydges and his family'' * Sebastiano Ricci – ''Selene and Endymion'' Births * April 21 – Anna Maria Hilfeling, Swedish miniaturist (died 1783) * May 4 – Stefano Maria Legnani, Italian painter, active mainly in Milan (born 1661) * July 10 - Anna Rosina de Gasc, German portrait painter (died 1783) * August 27 – Anton August Beck, German engraver (died 1787) * October 13 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish portrait painter (died 1784) * October 30 – Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Italian neoclassical architect and painter of quadratura (died 1791) * ''date unknown'' Johannes de Bosch, Dutch painter, engraver and draughtsman (died 1785) Gang Se-hwang, Korean politician, painter, calligrapher and art critic of the mid Joseon period (died 1791) Deaths * June 11 – Felix Meyer, Swiss painter and engraver (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Felix Meyer Felix Meyer (1 February 1653 – 11 June 1713) was a Swiss painter and engraver. Biography Meyer was born in Winterthur. He primarily painted landscapes. Meyer moved to Nuremberg in 1678 where he studied painting and the arts. During his time there he met Georg Philipp Rugendas. Meyer moved back to Winterthur in 1678 to live and work. He painted a number of landscape works based on the mountains and glaciers there. Starting in 1688, Meyer was involved in local politics and the community, first as First Sergeant in Winterthur, then in 1697 as part of the Grand Council of Winterthur. From 1699 to 1703 he lived for a time in Bern. He later returned to Winterthur where he acted as a steward at the Wyden Castle. References * Content was partly derived from a translation of the German wiki article: Felix Meyer (Maler) Felix Meyer (1 February 1653 – 11 June 1713) was a Swiss painter and engraver. Biography Meyer was born in Winterthur. He primarily painted landscap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). 1601–1900 * 1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. * 1713 – The ''Kalabalik'' or ''Skirmish at Bender'' results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. * 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. 1796 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York. 1814 – Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. * 1835 – Slavery is abolished in Mauritius. 1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1725 In Art {{Year nav topic5, 1725, art Events from the year 1725 in art. Events * January 20 – The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is refounded by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, as the ''k.k. Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst'', under the direction of the French-born court painter Jacob van Schuppen. * A number of artists including Juan Vicente Ribera are appointed by the Council of Castile to develop a tax structure for artworks Paintings * Canaletto ''Doge's Palace'' ''Entrance to the Grand Canal: Looking East'' ''The Grand Canal from Rialto toward the North'' ''The Grand Canal near the Ponte di Rialto'' ''The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in the Background'' ''Rio dei Mendicanti: Looking South'' ** ''Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco'' * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – '' The Skate'' * Sebastiano Ricci – '' Apotheosis of Saint Sebastian'' (approximate date) * Jacob de Wit – ''Hercules on Mount Olympus'' (ceiling painting now at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi (1653–1725) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Bologna. He was the pupil of the painter Giovanni Maria Viani, but followed the style of Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (15 May 1628 – 8 September 1719) was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well a .... He painted a ''St Francis of Sales kneeling before the Virgin'' for the church of San Marino; a ''St Thomas of Villanova giving Alms to the Poor'' for the church of San Biagio; and a ''Virgin and Infant Christ, with Mary Magdalene and St Hugo'' for the Certosa di Bologna. References * * 1653 births 1725 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. 1264 – In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War. 1368 – In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. 1546 – Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the ''Tiers Livre'', his sequel to '' Gargantua and Pantagruel''. 1556 – The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. 1570 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1733 In Art Events from the year 1733 in art. Events * March – William Hogarth sketches Sarah Malcolm, convicted of murder, in her condemned cell in London; from this he immediately publishes an engraving and makes a painting. Works * William Hoare of Bath – Portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo * Sebastiano Ricci ''Baldassarre'' and ''Ester before Ahasuerus'' (Quirinal Palace, Rome) ''Pope Gregory the Great intercedes for souls in Purgatory'' (St-Gervais-et-St-Protais, Paris) ''Pope Pius V, Saints Thomas Acquinus and Peter Martyr'' (Gesuati, Venice) ''Saint Francisco resuscitates the child Paola'' (San Rocco, Venice) ** ''Saint Helen discovers the True Cross'' (San Rocco, Venice) Births * January 8 – Anton von Maron, Austrian painter active in Rome (died 1808) * January 18 – Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, Swiss watercolour painter (died 1794) * March 13 – Johann Zoffany, German neoclassical painter (died 1810) * March 23 – Josiah Spode, English potter (died 1797) * May � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicolas Fouché Nicolas Fouché (1653–1733) was a French painter. Fouché was born in Troyes, the son of the painter Léonard Fouché. He was received into the Académie de Saint-Luc on 15 March 1679. The abbé de Monville, biographer of Pierre Mignard, called Fouché one of his students. Cardinal Melchior de Polignac owned a series of paintings of the eight liberal arts by Fouché, inventorised by his heir, in 1738. He died in Paris. Works * Budapest, Fine Arts Museum, ''Pomona'', oil on canvas, 1, 475 by 1,145 m. * Tours, musée des Beaux-arts, ''La Poèsie'', at the château de Chanteloup prior to the revolution, oil on canvas, 1,10 by 0,81 m. Engravers of his work * Louis Desplaces (1682–1739) * Audran family * Gérard Edelinck Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) – 2 April 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Southern Netherlands, Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666 and became a naturalized French citizen in 1675.Préaud 1998. ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]