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Northern Baroque II. VERMEER. Girl with Pearl Earring c. 1665. moderately successful genre painter in his lifetime. (window lit from left side, interior of a room with domestic scene of a female) Never was particularly wealthy
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VERMEER Girl with Pearl Earring c. 1665
moderately successful genre painter in his lifetime. (window lit from left side, interior of a room with domestic scene of a female) Never was particularly wealthy relatively few paintings, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death. Worked as an art dealer and ran a tavern to support his 11 kids Rediscovered in 1866 VERMEER
JAN VERMEER, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664*oil on canvas, 15 7/8 x 14”NationalGallery of Art, Washington, D.C
Clio—muse of History VERMEER, Allegory of the Art of Painting, 1670–1675*. Oil on canvas, 4’ 4” x 3’ 8”. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
JAN STEEN, The Feast of Saint Nicholas, ca. 1660–1665. Oil on canvas, 2’ 8 1/4” x 2’ 3 3/4”. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Connected to more of a Baroque style due to ties with Spain and Italy FLANDERS
Handsome, talented, and cultured Most renowned artist of early 17th C. Europe Spent time in Rome to study—Michelangelo/Caravaggio Combo of Mike, Cara, Titian and Carracci Was very wealthy during his life and was a courtier that promoted peace in his travels Bridges the gap between Northern and Southern Baroque RUBENS
RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, from Saint Walburga, Antwerp, 1610*. Oil on wood, 15’ 1 7/8” x 11’ 1 1/2” (center panel), 15' 1 7/8" x 4' 11"
PETER PAUL RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles, 1622–1625. Oil on canvas, 12’ 11 1/2” x 9’ 7”. Louvre, Paris.
Rubens produced a cycle of 21 large, paintings glorifying the life of Marie de’ Medici (widow of King Henry of France) Completed them in only 4 years Portrayed her life and political career as it is watched by the gods of Greece and Rome
RUBENS, Consequences of War, 1638–1639*. Oil on canvas, 6’ 9” x 11’ 3 7/8”. Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
Peter Paul Rubens, Garden of Love, 1630-32*, oil on canvas, 6’6” x 9’ 3 ½” (1.98 x 2.83 m), Museo del Prado, Madrid
Mannerist Employed quite a few apprentices—van Dyck
ANTHONY VAN DYCK, Charles I Dismounted, ca. 1635. Oil on canvas, 8’ x 11” x 6’ 11 1/2”. Louvre, Paris.--known for portraits (heads)
Born in France but spent most of his life in Rome and this is where he gains notoriety Establishes the “norm” for academic art that continues until the end of the 19th century Poussin
NICOLAS POUSSIN, Et in Arcadia Ego, ca. 1655*. Oil on canvas, approx. 2’ 10” x 4’. Louvre, Paris.
Claude Lorrain, Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, 1648*, oil on canvas, 4’ 10” x 6’ 4” National Gallery, London
George de La Tour Mary Magdalen with the Smoking Flame* c. 1640, oil on canvas, 46 ¼ x 36 1/8”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louis XIV, 1701* oil on canvas, 9’2” x 7’ 10 ¾” Musée du Louvre, Paris Louis XIV=Sun King