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1574 In Art
Events from the year 1574 in art. Events *Niccolò Circignani decorates the "Room of the Exploits" in the Palazzo del Comune at Castiglione del Lago. Works *Niccolò Circignani - Frescos at Palazzo della Corgna in Castiglione del Lago * Jean de Court - '' Henri, Duke of Anjou'' *Corneille de Lyon - ''Gabrielle de Rochechouart'' *Hans von Aachen - ''Self-portrait'' (approximate date) Births *April - Matteo Zaccolini, Italian painter, priest and author of the late Mannerist and early Baroque periods (died 1630) *May 14 - Daniel Dumonstier, French portraitist in crayon (died 1646) *''date unknown'' **Francesco Brizio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (died 1623) **Baccio Ciarpi, Italian painter (died 1654) **Guillaume Dupré, French sculptor and medallist (died 1643) **Nicodemo Ferrucci, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1650) **Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Italian painter and sculptor of Milan (died 1625) ** Wen Zhenmeng, Chinese Ming Dynasty painter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niccolò Circignani
Niccolò Circignani (c. 1517/1524 – after 1596) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period. Biography Born in Pomarance, he is one of three Italian painters called Pomarancio. His first works are documented from the 1560s, where he painted frescos on the Old Testament stories for the Vatican Belvedere, where he may have worked alongside Santi di Tito and Giovanni de' Vecchi. He also completed altarpieces for Orvieto (1570), Umbertide (1572), Città di Castello (1573–1577) as well as Città della Pieve. He worked at Orvieto Cathedral with Hendrick van den Broeck, a brother of the sculptor Willem van den Broecke and a relative of the painter Chrispijn van den Broeck. He painted frescoes (1568) in the church of the ''Maestà delle Volte'' in Perugia, the ''Resurrection'' (1569 in Panicale) and an ''Annunciation'' (1577, now in the Pinacoteca Comunale, Città di Castello). He painted frescoes (starting 1574) on mythologic themes including a ''Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolognese School (painting)
The Bolognese School of painting, also known as the ''School of Bologna'', flourished between the 16th and 17th centuries in Bologna, which rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting in Italy. Its most important representatives include the Carracci family, including Ludovico Carracci and his two cousins, the brothers Agostino and Annibale Carracci. Later, it included other Baroque painters: Domenichino and Lanfranco, active mostly in Rome, eventually Guercino and Guido Reni, and Accademia degli Incamminati in Bologna, which was run by Lodovico Carracci. Certain artistic conventions, which over time became traditionalist, had been developed in Rome during the first decades of the 16th century. As time passed, some artists sought new approaches to their work that no longer reflected only the Roman manner. The Carracci studio sought innovation or invention, seeking new ways to break away from traditional modes of painting while continuing to look for inspiration fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1636 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1636, art Events from the year 1636 in art. Events * (unknown) Paintings * Orazio Gentileschi - ''Allegory of Peace and the Arts'' (ceiling for The Queen's House, Greenwich; now at Marlborough House, London) * Nicolas Poussin **'' A Dance to the Music of Time'' (''La Danse des Saisons''; 1634-36) **''The Triumph of Pan'' and ''The Triumph of Bacchus'' (decoration of Cardinal Richelieu's château) (1635-36) * Rembrandt **''Belshazzar's Feast'' (1635-36) **''The Blinding of Samson'' (using chiaroscuro) **'' Susanna'' ** Danae * Peter Paul Rubens **''An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning'' **''Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye'' (sketch; approximate date) **'' The Judgement of Paris'' (first version; approximate date) * Anthony van Dyck - ''Charles I in Three Positions'' (1635-36) Births *March - Lancelot Volders, Flemish portrait painter (died 1723) *November - Adriaen van de Velde, Dutch animal and landscape painter (died 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han Chinese, Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family—collectively called the Southern Ming—survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wen Zhenmeng
Wen Zhenmeng (; 1574–1636) was a late Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, scholar, author, and Chinese garden designer. Biography Zhenmeng was born to a very wealthy family in the city that is today known as Suzhou. He was the great-grandson of the very famous Ming Dynasty, Ming artist, Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), and also the elder brother of Wen Zhenheng (1585–1645), the latter of which was the author of "Treatise on Superfluous Things". From a very wealthy family, Wen Zhenmeng placed first in the highest level of the civil service exams. This brought him to a national level of importance within the political realm. In 1635, he was given the bureaucratic post of "Grand Secretary", which was notable as a most supreme position. Wen Zhenmeng loved to garden and his owgarden in Suzhouwas known as "Medicine Patch". Wen's garden was very much celebrated in its day and was especially noted as being quite remarkable for its loveliness. His garden is still preserved to this day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1625 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1625, art Events from the year 1625 in art. Events *Abraham van der Doort becomes the first Surveyor of the King's Pictures to Charles I of England. Works *Gian Lorenzo Bernini – ''Apollo and Daphne'' (marble) *Artemisia Gentileschi – '' Judith and Her Maidservant'' ( Detroit Institute of Arts) *Gerard van Honthorst **''The Matchmaker'' **'' Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image'' *Pieter Lastman – ''The Angel and Tobias with the Fish'' *Rembrandt ** ''The Senses'' (series) ** ''The Stoning of Saint Stephen'' *Jacopo Vignali – ''Cyparissus'' (approximate date) Births *May 13 – Carlo Maratta, Italian painter (died 1713) *November 20 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter specializing in animals in landscapes (died 1654) *''date unknown'' ** Antonio Busca, Italian painter active in Lombardy (died 1686) **Pietro Bellotti, Italian painter (died 1700) **Antonio Castrejon, Spanish painter (died 1690) **Federico Cervelli, Italian painter, born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early Baroque era in Milan. Biography Born in Bologna he was son of the Mannerist painter Ercole Procaccini the Elder and brother of Camillo Procaccini and Carlo Antonio Procaccini. The family moved to Milan around 1585 with the help of the rich art collector Pirro Visconti. He began as a sculptor in the Cathedral and in the Milanese church of Santa Maria presso San Celso. In 1610 he painted six of the '' Quadroni'', large canvases celebrating Saint Charles Borromeo. Among his many altarpieces are the ''Circumcision'' (c.1616) now in Galleria Estense, Modena, and the ''Last Supper'' (1616) for Convent associated with the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato in Genoa. He also painted the '' Scourging of Christ''. In 1620 for the Church of Santa Maria di Canepanova in Pavia he painted two canvases depicting ''Debora who has the army gather'' and ''Rachel with Jacob'' at the we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1650 In Art
Events from the year 1650 in art. Events * Giovanni Angelo Canini is received into the Accademia di San Luca of Rome * Pieter van Bredael enters the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp. * Govert Dircksz Camphuysen becomes a poorter and moves from Jordaan to Kalverstraat Paintings Image:Gerrit Dou - De Hollandse huisvrouw.jpg, Dou – ''The Dutch Housewife'' Image:Falcone, Aniello, The Anchorite, ca 1650.jpg, Falcone – ''The Anchorite'' File:Innocent-x-velazquez.jpg, Velázquez – ''Innocent X'' Image:Van der Neer - Moonlit Landscape with Bridge.jpg, van der Neer - ''Moonlit Landscape with Bridge'' * Bartolomeo Biscaino, ''Adoration of the Magi'' *Claude Lorrain **''Coast Scene with the landing of Aeneas'' **''View of La Crescenza'' * Gerard Dou – ''The Dutch Housewife'' *Aniello Falcone – ''The Anchorite'' * David Ryckaert – ''Temptation of St. Anthony'' *Aernout van der Neer – ''Moonlit Landscape with Bridge'' (1648–50) *Gerard van Honthorst – '' Portrait of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicodemo Ferrucci
Nicodemo Ferrucci (1574–1650) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. He was born in Fiesole. He was the pupil of the painter Domenico Passignano and assisted him with frescoes in Rome. Ferrucci was also a prolific painter of portraits, including contemporary artists from Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra .... References Further reading * 1574 births 1650 deaths People from Fiesole 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1643 In Art
Events from the year 1643 in art. Events * (unknown) Works *Sébastien Bourdon – A Brawl in a Guard-room' ( Dulwich Picture Gallery; approximate date) *Alonzo Cano – ''Ideal portrait of a Spanish King'' * Jan van Goyen – '' An Evening River Landscape with a Ferry'' * Cornelius Johnson – '' Major-General Sir William Waller'' *Rembrandt **''The Artist's Wife, Saskia'' ( Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) **''Landscape with a Castle'' ( Musée du Louvre) **''Portrait of an Old Man'' (or ''The Old Rabbi''; Woburn Abbey, England) **''The Three Trees'' (etching) *Diego Velázquez – ''Self-portrait'' ( Uffizi; approximate date) Births * 7 December - Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian engraver especially of contemporary and antique structures in Rome (died 1678) *''date unknown'' **Juan de Alfaro y Gamez, Spanish painter of the Baroque (died 1680) ** Giovanni Battista Buonocore, Italian painter (died 1699) **Filippo Gherardi – Italian painter of frescoes (died 1704) **Ludovico Gimig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Dupré
Guillaume Dupré (1574 or 1576 – 1643) was a French sculptor and medallist. Life Dupré was born in Sissonne. He was initially trained by the sculptor Barthélemy Prieur, and in 1600 he married Prieur's daughter. They had a son, Abraham, who also became a medal engraver. Dupré applied his artistic skills into producing medals, in particular for Henry IV of France. In 1603 he was named ''Sculpteur Ordinaire du Roi'', and the following year was promoted to ''Contrôleur Général des Poinçons et Effigies des Monnaies de France''. Dupré's success continued, and in 1611 he was awarded the title ''Premier Sculpteur du Roi''. During his career he engraved medals for Henri IV, Louis XIII and the beginning of the reign of Louis XIV. He died in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
