Baroc rococo
Caravaggio 1571-1610
Caravaggio employed close physical observation with a dramatic use
of chiaroscuro that came to be known as tenebrism. He made the technique a dominant
stylistic element, darkening shadows and transfixing subjects in bright shafts of light. his
style was accepted and copied, and ultimately led to the Baroque period of painting.
The commissioned work he created for various churches, on the other hand, was often
returned to him with a request that it be repainted in a less sinful manner.
Peter Paul Rubens. 1577-1640
He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. But Rubens
greatest works were probably his religious paintings. Raising of the Cross, shows a
fantastic use of light playing across the figures (no doubt learned from Caravaggio) and
a powerful angled composition giving dynamic tension to the scene.
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642
he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the
most important in Dutch art history.[4] 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, and biblical and mythological themes as well as animal studies .
The Stoning of Saint Stephen (1625) – Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon
Andromeda Chained to the Rocks (1630) – Mauritshuis, The Hague
Jacob de Gheyn III (1632) – Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Philosopher in Meditation (1632) – The Louvre, Paris
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632) – Mauritshuis, The Hague
Artemisia (1634) – oil on canvas, 142 × 152 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Descent from the Cross (1634) – oil on canvas, 158 × 117 cm, looted from
the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), Germany in 1806,
currently Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Belshazzar's Feast (1635) – National Gallery, London
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (c. 1635) – oil on canvas, 161 ×
131 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Danaë (1636 - c. 1643) – Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
The Scholar at the Lectern (1641) – Royal Castle in Warsaw, Warsaw
The Girl in a Picture Frame (1641) – Royal Castle, Warsaw
The Night Watch, formally The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning
Cocq (1642) – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Christ Healing the Sick (etching c. 1643, also known as the Hundred Guilder
Print), nicknamed for the huge sum paid for it
Boaz and Ruth (1643) aka The Old Rabbi or Old Man – Woburn
Abbey/Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
The Mill (1645/48) – National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Old Man with a Gold Chain ("Old Man with a Black Hat and Gorget") (c. 1631) Art
Institute of Chicago
Susanna and the Elders (1647) – oil on panel, 76 × 91 cm, Gemäldegalerie,
Berlin
Head of Christ (c. 1648–56) – The Philadelphia Museum of Art[151]
Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer (1653) – Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York
Bathsheba at Her Bath (1654) – The Louvre, Paris
Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo) (1655) – Drypoint, Birmingham
Museum of Art
Selfportrait (1658) – Frick Collection, New York
The Three Crosses (1660) Etching, fourth state
Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther (1660) – Pushkin Museum,
Moscow
The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (1661)
– Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (Claudius Civilis led a Dutch revolt against
the Romans) (most of the cut up painting is lost, only the central part still exists)
Portrait of Dirck van Os (1662) – Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (Dutch De Staalmeesters, 1662) – Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
The Jewish Bride (1665) – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Haman before Esther (1665) – National Museum of Art of Romania,
Bucharest [152]
The Entombment Sketch (c. 1639, reworked c. 1654) – oil on oak
panel, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
Saul and David (c. 1660–1665) – Mauritshuis, The Hague
Johannes Vermeer
Since that time, Vermeer's reputation has grown, and he is now acknowledged as one of the
greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age.
The Milkmaid (c. 1658)
The Girl with the Wine Glass (c. 1659)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665), considered a Vermeer masterpiece
The Music Lesson or A Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (c. 1662–1665)
Vermeer's Art of Painting or The Allegory of Painting (c. 1666–1668)
The Astronomer (c. 1668)
The Geographer (1669)
Lady Seated at a Virginal (c. 1672)
Diego Velazquez
He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by
bold brushwork. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural
significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners,
culminating in his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).
