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1658 In Art
Events from the year 1658 in art. Events * (unknown) Paintings Image:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 130.jpg, Rembrandt van Rijn, Rembrandt – ''Self-portrait'' File:Johannes Vermeer - Gezicht op huizen in Delft, bekend als 'Het straatje' - Google Art Project.jpg, Vermeer – ''The Little Street'' File:Pieter de Hooch - The Courtyard of a House in Delft.jpg, Pieter de Hooch, de Hooch – ''The Courtyard of a House in Delft'' Image:Guido_Cagnacci_003.jpg, Guido Cagnacci, Cagnacci – ''Death of Cleopatra'' *Guido Cagnacci – ''Death of Cleopatra'' *Pieter de Hooch **''The Courtyard of a House in Delft'' (National Gallery, London) **'':File:Hooch, Woman Drinking with Soldiers.jpg, Woman Drinking with Soldiers'' (The Louvre) **''A Woman drinking with Two Men, and a Maidservant'' (National Gallery, London) *Elisabetta Sirani – ''Baptism of Christ'' *Rembrandt van Rijn, Rembrandt – ''Self-portrait'' *Simon Ushakov **'':File:Ushakov Great Archierey.jpg, Great Hierarch'' **'':File: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.Gombrich, p. 420. Unlike most Dutch masters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of style and subject matter, from portraits and self-portraits to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes, biblical and mythological themes and animal studies. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age, when Dutch art (especially Dutch painting), whilst antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was prolific and innovative. This era gave rise to important new genres. Like many artists of the Dutch Golden Age, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
