1672 In Art
Events from the year 1672 in art. Events *March - Mural painter Antonio Verrio arrives in Britain, where he commences working on the decor of some of the country's great houses. *The Rampjaar, in which the Netherlands is invaded, results in a depression in the art market.Franits, Wayne, ''Dutch Seventeenth-Century Genre Painting'', Yale UP, 2004, , pp217 and ff. on 1672 and its effects. Paintings *Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Murillo – ''The Wedding Feast at Cana'' *Kanō Tanyū – ''春景図 (Spring Landscape)'' *Willem van de Velde the Younger – '':File:Willem van de Velde the Younger, Ships on a Stormy Sea (c. 1672).jpg, Ships on a Stormy Sea'' *Jan Vermeer **''The Guitar Player (Vermeer), The Guitar Player'' **''Lady Standing at a Virginal'' Publications *Gian Pietro Bellori - ''Le vite de’ pittori, scultori et architetti moderni (The lives of the modern painters, sculptors, and architects)'' Births *October 1 - René Frémin, French sculptor (died 1744 in art, 1744 ...
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Antonio Verrio
Antonio Verrio (c. 1636 – 15 June 1707) was an Italian painter. He was responsible for introducing Baroque mural painting into England and served the Crown over a thirty-year period.British Art Journal, Volume X No. 3, Winter/Spring 2009/10 Career Verrio, born in Lecce, Kingdom of Naples, started his career in Lecce and was a pupil of Giovanni Andrea Coppola (1597–1659). Several works by Verrio still exist in the Apulian city, including ''S. Francesco Saverio appare al Beato Marcello Mastrilli'' – his first known signed work. Around 1665, Verrio moved to the region of Toulouse where he was commissioned to decorate the Château de Bonrepos, the property of Pierre-Paul Riquet, promoter of the Canal du Midi. He then settled in Toulouse itself where he worked for the Carmes Déchaussées and the Capucins. Today two of his paintings, ''Le Mariage de la Vierge'' et ''Saint-Félix de Cantalice'', are in the collection of the Musée des Augustins there. Around 1670, Verrio mo ...
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