Baroque Art
17th Century Europe
Saint Peter’s Basilica and Piazza, Vatican, Rome
Carlo Maderno, façade, 1607–26; Gianlorenzo Bernini, piazza design, c. 1656–57
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Baldacchino
Gilt bronze and marble
height approx. 100
1624–33 Pier decorations, Crossing,
Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, Rome
Gianlorenzo Bernini
David
Marble
height 5'7"
1623
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Saint Teresa of Ávila In Ecstasy
Marble
height of the group 11'6"
1645–52
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Francesco Borromini
Façade, Church of San Carlo alle Quattro
Fontane, Rome
1665–67
Francesco Borromini
Dome Interior, Church of San Carlo
alle Quattro Fontane, Rome
1638–41
Gianlorenzo Bernini and
his workshop
Fountain of the Four
Rivers: The Ganges
(Asia)
Travertine and marble
1648–51
Piazza Navona, Rome
Annibale Carracci
Ceiling of Gallery, Palazzo
Farnese, Rome
Fresco
approx. 68 X 21'
1597–1601
Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew , Oil on canvas, 1599–1600
Contarelli Chapel,Rome
Caravaggio
Entombment
Oil on canvas
9'10⅛" X 6'7 15⁄16"
1603
Artemisia Gentileschi
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of
Painting
Oil on canvas
38 X 29"
1630
The Royal Collection, Windsor
Castle, England
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, 1614-20, oil on canvas,
Uffizi
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Guido Reni, Aurora, Fresco, 1613–14, Ceiling of the Garden House, Palazzo Rospigliosi-Pallavicini,Rome
Pietro da Cortona, The Glorification of The Papacy of Urban VIII ,
Fresco ,1632–39, Ceiling in the Gran Salone, Palazzo Barberini, Rome
Francisco de Zurbarán
Saint Serapion
Oil on canvas
47½ X 40¾"
1628
Diego Velázquez
Water Carrier of Seville
Oil on canvas
41½ X 31½"
c. 1619
Diego Velázquez, The Surrender At Breda (The Lances), Oil on canvas, 10'⅞" X 12'½" , 1634–35
Diego Velázquez
Las Meninas (The Maids
of Honor)
Oil on canvas
10'5" X 9'½"
1656
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Peter Paul Rubens, The Raising of the Cross , Oil on canvas, center panel 15'1⅞" X 11'1½“,
each wing 15'1⅞" X 4'11" ,1610,Church of Saint Walpurga, Antwerp, Belgium
Peter Paul Rubens
Henri IV Receiving the Portrait of
Marie de’ Medici
Oil on canvas
12'11⅛" X 9'8⅛"
1621–25
Louvre
Rubens, detail of Marie de’Medici Cycle, oil on canvas, 1622-25, Louvre
Anthony Van Dyck
Charles I at the Hunt Oil on
canvas
8'11" X 6'11 1635
Louvre, Paris
Clara Peeters, Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit and Pretzels, oil on panel, 1611
Frans Hals
Catharina Hooft and Her Nurse
Oil on canvas
c. 1620
Frans Hals, Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company of Saint Adrian
Oil on canvas, 6' X 8'8" ,c. 1627
Judith Leyster
Self-Portrait
Oil on canvas
1635
National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C.
Rembrandt van Rijn
Self-Portrait
Oil on canvas
1658
Rembrandt van Rijn, Captain Frans Banning Cocq Mustering His Company (The Night Watch)
Oil on canvas,11'11" X 14'4" ,1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Oil on canvas
1632
Jan Vermeer, View of Delft, oil on canvas, 1662
Jan Vermeer
Woman Holding a Balance
Oil on canvas
c. 1664
Gerard ter Borch
The Suitor’s Visit
Oil on canvas
c. 1658
National Gallery of
Art, Washington, D.C.
Jacob van Ruisdael, The Jewish Cemetery, Oil on canvas, c. 1660
Pieter Claesz, Still Life with a Watch , Oil on panel, 1636
Rachel Ruysch
Flower Still Life
Oil on canvas
After 1700
Jules Hardouin-Mansart and
Charles Le Brun
Hall of Mirrors,
Versailles
Length approx. 240'
Begun 1678
Plan of the Palais de Versailles, Versailles, France, c. 1661–1785
Georges de La Tour
Mary Magdalen with the
Smoking Flame
Oil on canvas
c. 1640
Nicolas Poussin, Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, Oil on canvas, 1640
Nicholas Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, oil on canvas, 1655, Louvre
Claude Lorrain, Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Oil on canvas, 4' 10" X 6' 4“, 1648
Hyacinthe Rigaud
Louis XIV
Oil on canvas
1701
Inigo Jones, Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace, 1619–22, London
Christopher Wren
Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London
Designed 1673, built 1675–1710
John Vanbrugh, Blenheim Palace, 1705, Oxfordshire, England