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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
Revered as one of the greatest artist of all time
Is a group portrait no arranged in row, Dr.Tulp is head of the surgeon’s guild
An “open composition”
White ruff frame there faces as they emerge from the darkness
Homage to science
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
Commissioned by wealthy
civic guard company
Because of the dark
pigments was originally
called the night watch but
later when cleaned it was
evident it was a day scene
Company is forming a
parade in an Amsterdam
street
Young girl very unusual
Characters may have
been added for flavor
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
Etching and
Drypoint
Deeping
religiousness
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
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Title: Self-Portrait
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 52 ⅝ X 40⅞" (133.6 X 103.8 cm)
Date: 1658
He painted over 100 self-portraits in
his life
This was very uncommon
His later work reflected-used
golden tones and subtle shading
Simplified scenes with one subject
Quiet and solemn mood
Painted with broad thick strokes
Died in 1669, after declaring
financial bankruptcy(1690) for his
lavish life style
Artist: Emanuel de Witte
Title: Portuguese
Synagogue, Amsterdam
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 43½ X 39" (110.5 X
99.1 cm)
Date: 1680
Specialized in
architectural interiors
Many interiors were
composites of several
locations
This one however was
true to form
Still stands in Amsterdam
Is a historical record on
the synagogue in the 17th
century
Artist: Jacob van
Ruisdael
Title: The Jewish
Cemetery
Medium: Oil on
canvas
Size: 4' 6" X 6'2½"
(1.42 X 1.89 m)
Date: 1655–60
Source/ Museum:
The Detroit Institute
of Arts.
Great at projecting
moods and dramatic
compositions.
Silent tombs,
crumbling ruins,
stormy landscape,
and a rainbow
Creates meanings
and symbols with
his work
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.
Only created
about 40
paintings in his
life
He moves
buildings
He used a
camera obscura
“Beaded”
highlights
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.
Genre painting- scenes of
contemporary or everyday life
His was usually of women
alone in their homes or with a
servant
Quiet interiors and low key
colors
Subdue emotions where light
usually pours in from one
window
What is in the background?
Artist: Gerard ter Borch
Title: The Suitor’s Visit
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 32½ X 29⅝" (82.6 X 75.3 cm)
Date: c. 1658
Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C
Strings instruments= the
harmony of souls
Dog- fido
Artist was well know for
his treatments of fabrics,
like lace, silk, and satin
Very dramatic lighting
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. donor (1976.56)
Before photographs scientist relied
on artist to create studies
She created cycle of life paintings
for insects which made the old idea
of insects simply rising from the
ground obsolete
Became a published art and
researcher
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)
Dutch tradition of flower painting
Had a long career and pieces
were highly prized
Here painting were worth twice of
what Rembrandts were at the
time
Diagonal compositions with lots of
interest
Placed fruit, shells, or insects in
her compositions
Artist:
Inigo
Jones
Title:
Banqu
eting
House,
Whiteh
all
Palace
Date:
1619–
22
Sourc
e/
Muse
um:
Londo
n
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Title: Interior, Banqueting House,
Whitehall Palace. Ceiling paintings of the
apotheosis of King James and the
glorification of the Stuart monarchy
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a
Date: 1630–35
One large room, not two stories per
say
Colonnade with ionic
columns/pilasters
Peter Paul Rubens was
commissioned to paint the ceiling
Royal triumphs that end with the
kind carried to heaven on clouds of
glory
No smoke or candles in here the
king was afraid it would harm the
ceiling
Artist: Christopher Wren
Title: Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London
Date: Designed 1673, built 1675–1710
Great fire of 1666 destroyed
Made to Rival St. Peters in Rome
Very long nave, short transepts with
semi circular ends, and a dome
Has oculus and is masonry cover
with wood and lead for outer dome
2 staged of paired Corinthian
columns support a carved
pediment
Size, ornamentation, vertical thrust,
complex form, and chiarscuro
effects created by the porches
make this baroque
“if you want to see his memorial,
look around you”
Artist: John
Vanbrugh
Title: Blenheim
Palace,
Woodstock
Date: 1705–12
and 1715–25
Source/ Museum:
Oxfordshire,
England
Title: Parson Capen House
Date: 1683
Source/ Museum: Topsfield, Massachusetts
Artist: Anonymous (“Freake Painter”)
Title: Mrs. Freake and Baby Mary
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 42¼ X 36¼" (108 X 92.1 cm)
Date: c. 1674
Source/ Museum: Worcester Museum of Art,
Worcester, Massachusetts
