Artist: n/a Title: The Seventeenth Century in Europe and North America Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: The Seventeenth Century in Europe and North America Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Maria Sibylla Merian Title: Plate 9 from Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam Medium: Hand-colored engraving Size: 18 ⅞ X 13" (47.9 X 33 cm) Date: 1719 Source/ Museum: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay Collection, funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. George G. Anderman and an anonymous donor (1976.56)
Artist: n/a Title: Saint Peter’s Basilica and Piazza, Vatican, Rome Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Carlo Maderno, façade, 1607–26; Gianlorenzo Bernini, piazza design, c. 1656–57 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: Baldacchino Medium: Gilt bronze and marble Size: height approx. 100' (30.48 m) Chair of Peter shrine, 1657–66. Gilt bronze, marble, stucco, and glass Date: 1624–33. Pier decorations, 1627–41 Source/ Museum: Crossing, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, Rome
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: Baldacchino Medium: Gilt bronze and marble Size: height approx. 100' (30.48 m) Chair of Peter shrine, 1657–66. Gilt bronze, marble, stucco, and glass Date: 1624–33. Pier decorations, 1627–41 Source/ Museum: Crossing, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, Rome
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: David Medium: Marble Size: height 5'7" (1.7 m) Date: 1623 Source/ Museum: Galleria Borghese, Rome
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: David Medium: Marble Size: height 5'7" (1.7 m) Date: 1623 Source/ Museum: Galleria Borghese, Rome
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: St. Lawrence (patron st. of bakers)
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: Rape of Persephone
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: Rape of Persephone
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1642–52 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: Saint Teresa of Ávila In Ecstasy Medium: Marble Size: height of the group 11'6" (3.5 m) Date: 1645–52 Source/ Museum: Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: Saint Teresa of Ávila In Ecstasy Medium: Marble Size: height of the group 11'6" (3.5 m) Date: 1645–52 Source/ Museum: Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini Title: Baldacchino Medium: Gilt bronze and marble Size: height approx. 100' (30.48 m) Chair of Peter shrine, 1657–66. Gilt bronze, marble, stucco, and glass Date: 1624–33. Pier decorations, 1627–41 Source/ Museum: Crossing, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, Rome
Artist: Francesco Borromini Title: Façade, Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1665–67 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Francesco Borromini Title: Interior, Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1638–41 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Francesco Borromini Title: Dome Interior, Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1638–41 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Giuseppe Vasi Title: The Flooding of the Piazza Navona, Rome Medium: engraving Size: n/a Date: 18th century Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Annibale Carracci Title: Ceiling of Gallery, Palazzo Farnese, Rome Medium: Fresco Size: approx. 68 X 21' (20.7 m X 6.4 m) Date: 1597–1601 Source/ Museum: n/a
Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne
Artist: Annibale Carracci Title: Landscape with The Flight Into Egypt Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 48 X 90½” Date: 1603–04 Source/ Museum: Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome
Artist: Caravaggio Title: self-portrait as bacchus
Artist: Caravaggio Title: Bacchus Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 37 X 33½" (94 X 85.1 cm) Date: 1595–96 Source/ Museum: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Artist: Caravaggio Title: The Calling of Saint Matthew Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10'7½" X 11'2" (3.24 X 3.4 m) Date: 1599–1600 Source/ Museum: Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Artist: Caravaggio Title: The Calling of Saint Matthew Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10'7½" X 11'2" (3.24 X 3.4 m) Date: 1599–1600 Source/ Museum: Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome
Artist: Caravaggio Title: Entombment Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 9'10 ⅛ " X 6'7 15⁄16" (3 X 2.03 m) Date: 1603–4 Source/ Museum: Vittrici Chapel, Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome / Musei Vaticani, Pinacoteca, Rome
Artist: Caravaggio Title: Entombment Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 9'10 ⅛ " X 6'7 15⁄16" (3 X 2.03 m) Date: 1603–4 Source/ Museum: Vittrici Chapel, Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome / Musei Vaticani, Pinacoteca, Rome
Artist: Caravaggio Title: Doubting Thomas
Artist: Caravaggio Title: David and Goliath
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Artist: Caravaggio Title: Narcissus
Artist: Caravaggio Title: John the Baptist
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Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi Title: Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 6'½" X 4'7" (1.84 X 1.41 m) Date: 1625 Source/ Museum: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Gift of Leslie H. Green (52.253)
Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi Title: Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 X 29" (96.5 X 73.7 cm) Date: 1630 Source/ Museum: The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, England (RCIN 405551, ML 49 BP 2652)
Artist: Drawing by Lieven Cruyl Title: Barberini Palace and Square, 1628–36 Medium: Ink and chalk on paper Size: 15 X 19¾" (38.2 X 49.4 cm) Date: 1665 Source/ Museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. Dudley P. Allen Fund 1943.26
Artist: Pietro da Cortona Title: The Glorification of The Papacy of Urban VIII Medium: Fresco Size: n/a Date: 1632–39 Source/ Museum: Ceiling in the Gran Salone, Palazzo Barberini, Rome
Artist: Pietro da Cortona Title: The Glorification of The Papacy of Urban VIII Medium: Fresco Size: n/a Date: 1632–39 Source/ Museum: Ceiling in the Gran Salone, Palazzo Barberini, Rome
Artist: Pietro da Cortona Title: The Glorification of The Papacy of Urban VIII Medium: Fresco Size: n/a Date: 1632–39 Source/ Museum: Ceiling in the Gran Salone, Palazzo Barberini, Rome
Artist: Giovanni Battista Gaulli Title: The Triumph of The Name of Jesus and The Fall of the Damned Medium: Fresco with stucco figures Size: n/a Date: 1672–85 Source/ Museum: Vault of the Church of Il Gesù, Rome
Artist: Giovanni Battista Gaulli Title: The Triumph of The Name of Jesus and The Fall of the Damned Medium: Fresco with stucco figures Size: n/a Date: 1672–85 Source/ Museum: Vault of the Church of Il Gesù, Rome
Artist: Juan Sánchez Cotán Title: Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27 ⅛ X 33¼" (68.8 X 84.4 cm) Date: c. 1602 Source/ Museum: San Diego Museum of Art. Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam
Artist: Jusepe de Ribera Title: Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 41¼ X 44 ⅞ " (1.05 X 1.14 m) Date: 1634 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gift of the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee (1990.137.1)
Artist: Jusepe de Ribera Title: Martyrdom of Saint Phillip Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 41¼ X 44 ⅞ " (1.05 X 1.14 m) Date: 1634 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gift of the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee (1990.137.1)
Artist: Francisco de Zurbarán Title: Saint Serapion Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47½ X 40¾" (120.7 X 103.5 cm) Date: 1628 Source/ Museum: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: Los Borrachos
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: Water Carrier of Seville Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 41½ X 31½" (105.3 X 80 cm) Date: c. 1619 Source/ Museum: Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title:
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: The Surrender At Breda (The Lances) Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10' ⅞ " X 12'½" (3.07 X 3.67 m) Date: 1634–35 Source/ Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor) Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10'5" X 9'½" (3.18 X 2.76 m) Date: 1656 Source/ Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor) Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 10'5" X 9'½" (3.18 X 2.76 m) Date: 1656 Source/ Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: The Rokeby Venus (La Venus del espejo, c. 1648-1651)
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: Innocent X
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: Jester
Artist: Diego Velázquez Title: Mars
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Title: The Immaculate Conception Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 7'8" X 6'5" (2.35 X 1.96 m) Date: c. 1645–50 Source/ Museum: State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Artist: n/a Title: West Façade, Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: South tower 1667–1680; north tower and central block finished mid-18th century by Fernando de Casas y Nóvas Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Rubens House, looking toward the garden: house at left, studio at right. From an engraving of 1684 Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Built 1610–15 Source/ Museum: Antwerp, Belgium
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Title: Henri IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12'11 ⅛ " X 9'8 ⅛ " (3.94 X 2.95 m) Date: 1621–25 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Title: Garden of Love Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 6'6" X 9'3½" (1.98 X 2.83 m) Date: 1630–32 Source/ Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Title: Garden of Love Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 6'6" X 9'3½" (1.98 X 2.83 m) Date: 1630–32 Source/ Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Title: Garden of Love Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 6'6" X 9'3½" (1.98 X 2.83 m) Date: 1630–32 Source/ Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Title: Garden of Love Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 6'6" X 9'3½" (1.98 X 2.83 m) Date: 1630–32 Source/ Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Title: Hippo Hunt
Artist: Anthony Van Dyck Title: Charles I at the Hunt Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 8'11" X 6'11 (2.75 X 2.14 m) Date: 1635 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: Clara Peeters Title: Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit, and Pretzels Medium: Oil on panel Size: 20½ X 28¾" (52 X 73 cm) Date: 1611 Source/ Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid
Artist: Jan Brueghel and Peter Paul Rubens Title: Allegory of Sight Medium: Oil on wood panel Size: 25 ⅝ X 43" (65 X 109 cm) Date: c. 1617–18 Source/ Museum: From Allegories of the Five Senses . Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Artist: Hendrick ter Brugghen Title: Saint Sebastian Tended By Saint Irene Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 58 15⁄16 X 47½" (149.6 X 120 cm) Date: 1625 Source/ Museum: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio
Artist: Frans Hals Title: Catharina Hooft and Her Nurse Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 33 ¾ X 25½" (85.7 X 64.8 cm) Date: c. 1620 Source/ Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie
Artist: Frans Hals Title: Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company of Saint Adrian Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 6' X 8'8" (1.83 X 2.67 m) Date: c. 1627 Source/ Museum: Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem
Artist: Judith Leyster Title: Self-Portrait Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 29 ⅜ X 25 ⅝ " (72.3 X 65.3 cm) Date: 1635 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
Artist: Judith Leyster Title: Self-Portrait Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 29 ⅜ X 25 ⅝ " (72.3 X 65.3 cm) Date: 1635 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 5'3¾" X 7'1¼" (1.6 X 2.1 m) Date: 1632 Source/ Museum: Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Captain Frans Banning Cocq Mustering His Company (The Night Watch) Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 11'11" X 14'4" (3.63 X 4.37 m) (Cut down from the original size) Date: 1642 Source/ Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Three Crosses (First State) Medium: Drypoint and etching Size: 15 1⁄6 X 17¾" (38.5 X 45 cm) Date: 1653 Source/ Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Three Crosses (Fourth State) Medium: Drypoint and etching Size: 15 1⁄6 X 17¾" (38.5 X 45 cm) Date: 1653 Source/ Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941 (41.1.3)
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Self-Portrait Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 52 ⅝ X 40 ⅞ " (133.6 X 103.8 cm) Date: 1658 Source/ Museum: The Frick Collection, New York
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Bathsheba having her bath
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title:
Artist: Jan Vermeer Title: View of Delft Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 38 ½ X 46¼" (97.8 X 117.5 cm) Date: c. 1662 Source/ Museum: Mauritshuis, The Hague. The Johan Maurits van Nassau Foundation
Artist: Jan Vermeer Title: Woman Holding a Balance Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15 ⅞ X 14" (39 X 35 cm) Date: c. 1664 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Widener Collection (1942.9.97)
Artist: Jan Vermeer Title: Woman Holding a Balance Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15 ⅞ X 14" (39 X 35 cm) Date: c. 1664 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Widener Collection (1942.9.97)
Artist: Jan Vermeer Title: Woman Holding a Balance Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15 ⅞ X 14" (39 X 35 cm) Date: c. 1664 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Widener Collection (1942.9.97)
Artist: Jan Vermeer Title: Woman Holding a Balance Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15 ⅞ X 14" (39 X 35 cm) Date: c. 1664 Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Widener Collection (1942.9.97)
Artist: Pieter Claesz Title: Still Life with a Watch Medium: Oil on panel Size: n/a Date: 1636 Source/ Museum: Royal Picture Gallery, Maurithuis, The Hague
Artist: Rachel Ruysch Title: Flower Still Life Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 30 X 24" (76.2 X 61 cm) Date: After 1700 Source/ Museum: The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment. Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey (1956.57)
Artist: Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart; gardens by André Le Nôtre Title: Palais de Versailles Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1668–85 Source/ Museum: Versailles, France
Artist: n/a Title: Central Block of the Garden Façade, Palais de Versailles Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: Versailles, France
Artist: Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun Title: Hall of Mirrors, Palais de Versailles Medium: n/a Size: Length approx. 240' (73 cm) Date: Begun 1678 Source/ Museum: Versailles, France
Artist: Drawing by Leland M. Roth after Delagrive’s engraving of 1746 Title: Louis Le Vau and André Le Nôtre, Plan of the Palais de Versailles, Versailles, France, c. 1661–1785 Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud Title: Louis XIV Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 9'2" X 7'10¾" (2.19 X 2.4 m) Date: 1701 Source/ Museum: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Artist: François Girardon Title: Apollo Attended by the Nymphs of Thetis Medium: Marble Size: life-size Date: c. 1666–75. Grotto by Hubert Robert in 1776; sculpture reinstalled in a different configuration in 1778 Source/ Museum: From the Grotto of Thetis, Palais de Versailles, Versailles, France
Artist: Georges de La Tour Title: Mary Magdalen with the Smoking Flame Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 46¼ X 36 ⅛ " (117 X 91.8 cm) Date: c. 1640 Source/ Museum: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of the Ahmanson Foundation (M. 77.73)
Artist: Antoine Le Nain Title: The Village Piper Medium: Oil on copper Size: 8¾ X 11½" (21.3 X 29.2 cm) Date: 1642 Source/ Museum: Detroit Institute of Arts
Artist: Nicolas Poussin Title: Landscape with Saint John on Patmos Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 40 X 53½" (101.8 X 136.3 cm) Date: 1640 Source/ Museum: The Art Institute of Chicago. A. A. Munger Collection, 1930.500
Artist: Claude Lorrain Title: Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 4' 10" X 6' 4" (1.48 X 1.93 m) Date: 1648 Source/ Museum: National Gallery, London. Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the National Gallery, London