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1624 In Art
Events from the year 1624 in art. Events * Anna Visscher marries Dominicus Booth van Wesel. *Caravaggio's painting of '' Supper at Emmaus'' is recorded as being in the collection of Marchese Patrizi. Paintings *Frans Hals - ''Laughing Cavalier'' (Wallace Collection, London) *Diego Velázquez - '' Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares'' (Museu de Arte de São Paulo) Births *January 15 - Rombout Verhulst, sculptor from Brabant (died 1698) *February 11 - Lambert Doomer, Dutch painter (died 1700) *November - Barent Fabritius, Dutch painter (died 1673) *''date unknown'' **Benito Manuel Agüero, Spanish painter of the Baroque period (died 1668) **Valerio Castello, Italian painter (died 1659) **Antonio Giusti, Italian painter, active mainly in Florence (died 1705) **Bernhard Keil, Danish painter (died 1687) **Jan Peeters I, Flemish seascape painter (died 1677) ** Antonio Raggi, Italian sculptor (died 1686) **Pedro Roldán, Spanish sculptor (died 1699) **Orazio Talami, Italian paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Visscher
Anna Roemers Visscher (c. 2 February 1583 – 6 December 1651) was a Dutch artist, poet, and translator. Biography Anna Roemers Visscher was the eldest daughter of Amsterdam merchant and poet Roemer Visscher and the sister of Maria Tesselschade Visscher. Her family's economic and social status in Amsterdam enabled Visscher to be schooled in languages, calligraphy, embroidery, drawing, painting, glass engraving and other arts. Visscher married Dominicus Booth van Wesel in 1624. In 1646, they moved with their two sons Roemer and Johan to Leiden. Visscher lived during the Renaissance when women poets were often praised for who they were more than for their literary work. She was amongst the group of artists, writers and musicians who formed the Muiderkring or Muiden Circle. She was highly admired by the artistic elite such as P. C. Hooft, Jacob Cats, Joost van den Vondel, Constantijn Huygens and others. They called her a muse, the second Sappho, a fourth grace and more, and often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1673 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1673, art Events from the year 1673 in art. Events *Engraver Michael Vandergucht joins the Guild of St Luke at Antwerp. Paintings * John Greenhill – Portrait of Seth Ward (bishop of Salisbury) * Charles Le Brun – '' Alexander and Porus'' * Jan van Huchtenburg - '' Battle of Chocim'' Births *January 28 - Georg Gsell, Swiss painter (died 1740) *April - Maria Moninckx, Dutch botanical artist and painter (died 1757) * April 28 - Claude Gillot, French painter, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker, and theatrical designer (died 1722) * June 11 – Bernard Picart, French engraver (died 1733) *''date unknown'' ** Thomas Germain, silversmith (died 1748) **Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (died 1757) **Giovanni Battista Lama, Italian painter, active mainly in Naples (died 1748) **Giuseppe Melani, Italian painter, active mainly in Pisa (died 1747) ** Pietro Paltronieri, Italian painter of quadratura (died 1741) *''probable'' – Andrea dell'Asta, Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Raggi
Antonio Raggi (1624–1686), also called ''Antonio Lombardo'', was a sculptor of the Roman Baroque, originating from today's Ticino. Biography He was born in Vico Morcote on the Lake Lugano. His mentor in Rome for nearly three decades was Gianlorenzo Bernini. He initially joined the studio of Alessandro Algardi, but none of his work there is independently recognized and by 1647, like Ercole Ferrata, Raggi was working for Bernini, for whom he was to become his closest and most prolific pupil. "In most cases Bernini supplied Raggi with detailed ''modelli'' and supervised his work closely enough so that Raggi's statues express Bernini's conceit almost as well as a statue from Bernini's own hand." He completed the stucco decoration of ''San Tomaso di Villanova'' in Castel Gandolfo (1660–1), the stucco decoration of Bernini's Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, Sant'Andrea 1662–1665), the statues of ''Saint Bernardino'' and ''Pope Alexander VII Chigi'' for Duomo di Siena and the ''Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1677 In Art
Events from the year 1677 in art. Events *Mosaics are created in St Mark's Basilica, Venice, from cartoons by Giovanni Antonio Fumiani. Paintings * Claude Lorrain paints ''The Voyage of Jacob'' in his late Roman period. * Thomas Flatman paints miniature portraits. * Pietro Giarguzzi - ''The Holy Trinity crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary'' (fresco) at San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. * Abraham Hondius - ''The Frozen Thames'', a view over the Thames to the old London Bridge during the Little Ice Age. * Pieter de Hooch - '' A Musical Party in a Courtyard''. * Charles Le Brun - '' Apotheose of Louis XIV''. Births * October 23 – Giuseppe Antonio Petrini, painter (died 1755/1759) *November 29 – Guillaume Coustou the Elder, French sculptor and academician (died 1746) *''date unknown'' ** Pompeo Aldrovandini, Italian painter (died 1735) **Lovia Casalina, Italian woman portrait-painter (died 1702) ** Louis Du Guernier, French engraver (died 1716) **Abraham Rademaker, Dutch painte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Peeters I
Jan Peeters the Elder or Johannes Peeters (24 April 1624 – 1677) was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman. He is known for his seascapes often depicting stormy seas and shipwrecks as well as for his topographical drawings, many of which were engraved by contemporary printmakers and published by the Antwerp printers.Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585–1700'. Pelican History of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press. , pp. 198–199.Margarita Russell. "Peeters, Bonaventura, I." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 16 October 2014 Life Peeters was born in Antwerp as the son of Cornelis Peeters and Catharina van Eelen. He was the brother of the painters Gillis, Bonaventura I and Catharina. He studied with his brothers Bonaventura and Gillis as well as Joannes Boots. He became a master of Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1645. He was active in Hoboken near Antwerp from 1645 to 1654, likely working in his brother Bonaven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1687 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1687, art Events from the year 1687 in art. Events * September 26 – An Ottoman Turk ammunition dump inside the Parthenon at Athens is ignited by Venetian bombardment. The resulting explosion severely damages the building and its sculptures. Paintings * Godfrey Kneller – ''The Chinese Convert'' * Carlo Maratta – ''Madonna and Child with St. Stanislaus Kostka'' (Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, Rome) * Willem van de Velde – '' The 'Gouden Leeuw' at the Battle of the Texel, 21 August 1673'' * Alida Withoos – ''Pineapple'' (painting of the first pineapple bred in Europe; not extant) Births * April 13 – Sigismund Streit, German merchant and patron of the arts (died 1775) * June 6 – Giambattista Pittoni, Italian painter of religious, historical, and mythological subjects (died 1767) * ''date unknown'' ** Pietro Anderlini, Italian painter of the Rococo period (died 1755) ** Jean Duvivier, French medallist (died 1761) ** Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi, Ottom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard Keil
Bernhard Keil or Keyl (1624 – 3 February 1687) was a Danish Baroque painter who became a pupil of Rembrandt. Biography Keil was born in Helsingør. According to the RKD he was a pupil of the Danish painter Morten Steenwinkel, who became a pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam in the years 1642–1644.Bernhard Keil in the In 1645-1648 he was with Hendrick Uylenburgh and he had a workshop of his own in the years 1649–1651. In 1656 he travelled to Rome, and is registered there until 1687, when he died. He also worked in Bergamo and Venice. He was influenced by |
1705 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1705, art Events from the year 1705 in art. Events * The Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera becomes the first woman elected to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Paintings * Federiko Benković – ''Juno on the Clouds'' * Michael Dahl – '' Queen Anne'' * Sebastiano Ricci ** ''The Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs'' ** ''The Vision of St. Bruno'' Births * February 15 – Charles-André van Loo, French subject painter (died 1765), and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo * June 1 – Carl Marcus Tuscher, German-born Danish polymath, portrait painter, printmaker, architect, and decorator (died 1751) * August 18 – Emanuel Büchel, Swiss painter (died 1775) * ''date unknown'' ** Jean Barbault, French painter and engraver (died 1765/1766) ** Andrés de la Calleja, Spanish painter (died 1785) ** Andrea Casali, Italian painter of the Rococo period (died 1784) ** Carlo Costanzi, Italian gem engraver of the late-Baroque period (died 1781) ** Claude Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Giusti
Antonio Giusti (1624–1705) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He was a pupil of the painters Cesare Dandini and Mario Balassi. Giusti was known for his landscape paintings, in the style of Salvatore Rosa. Among those who studied with Giusti, was Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani. by Luigi Lanzi
Luigi Lanzi (14 June 1732 – 30 March 1810) was an Italian art historian and archaeologist. When he died he was buried in the church of the Santa Croce at Florence by the side of Michelangelo.
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1659 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1659, art Events from the year 1659 in art. Events *Frescoes at the Quirinal Palace in Rome are completed by Pietro da Cortona and his team of artists. Paintings * Peter Lely - '' A Boy as a Shepherd'' (approximate date) * Rembrandt **'' Jacob Wrestling with the Angel'' **'' Self Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar'' * Salvator Rosa - '' Allegory of Fortune'' * Adriaen van Ostade - '' The Fish Market'' * Diego Velázquez ** '' Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress'' ** '' Portrait of Prince Philip Prospero'' * Jan Vermeer - ''Officer and a Laughing Girl'' (1657–59) Births *January 21 - Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes (died 1722) *March 4 - Pierre Lepautre, French sculptor (died 1744) * April 11 - Hendrick van Streeck, Dutch Golden Age painter of church interiors (died 1719) *July 8 - Justus van Huysum, Dutch Golden Age flower painter (died 1716) *July 18 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerio Castello
Valerio Castello (1624October 1659) born in Genoa, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and one of the pre-eminent Ligurian painters of his time. His art drew inspiration from a wide range of sources. He painted on canvas and fresco.Maria Clelia Galassi and Federica Lamera. "Castello (ii)." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 11 Mar. 2016. Life He was the youngest son of Bernardo Castello, who died when Valerio was six years old. Valerio and his brothers were attached to the noble family of Torquato. While it had been the original intention for him to study a literate profession, he showed an affinity to drawing. This was noted by his patrons, who arranged his apprenticeship with Domenico Fiasella. Later he studied with Giovanni Andrea de’ Ferrari. To seek new inspiration, he travelled to Milan and then to Parma, probably between 1640 and 1645. In Milan he admired the work of Camillo Proccacini. From there, he traveled to Parma. He excel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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