Chapter 25
Northern Europe 1600-1700
Rubens• Studied the Italian masters, Michelangelo,
Titian, Caravaggio and mixed them all together
• Patrons were Medici and Charles I of England
• Permanent court painter to Spanish governors in Flanders
• Amicable, friendly & well liked
• Studied statues of Hellenistic sculpture
Rembrandt
• Use of light hallmark of his style
• Inspired by Caravaggio but not as “abrupt”
• Shows mood of his subjects
• Had several self portraits showing him as assertive
Vermeer• Yes, he painted the Girl with the Pearl Earring
• Renown for his interiors, middle class dwellings with men, women, children doing household chores
• View of his paintings makes us feel like we are peeking or evesdropping
• Used the Camera obscura ( a drawing device meaning “dark room”, preceeded the development of the camera)
Rubens, Elevation of the Cross, 1610
Rubens, Arrival of Marie d’ Medici at Marseilles, 1622
Rubens, Consequences of War, 1638
Van Dyck, Charles I Dismounted, 1635
Peeters, Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit, Pretzels, 1611
Brugghen, Calling of St Matthew, 1621
Honthorst, Supper Party, 1620
Hals, Archers of St Hadrian, 1633
Hals, The Women Regents of Old Men’s Home at Haarlem, 1664
Leyster, Self Portrait, 1630
Rembrandt, Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632
Rembrandt, Night Watch, 1642
Rembrandt, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1665
Rembrandt, Self Portrait, 1659
Rembrandt, Christ with the Sick around him, 1649
Ruisdael, View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen, 1670
Vermeer, The Letter, 1666
Vermeer, Allegory of the Art of Painting, 1670
Steen, Feast of St Nicholas, 1660
Claesz, Vanitas Still Life, 1630
Kalf, Stll Life with Late Ming Ginger Jar, 1669
Ruysch, Flower Still Life, 1700
Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, 1655
Poussin, Burial of Phocion, 1648
Lorrain, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, 1629
Le Nain, Family of Country People, 1640
Callot, Hanging Tree, 1629
De la Tour, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1645
Rigaud, Louis XIV, 1701
Perrault, Le Vau, Le Brun, façade of the Louvre, 1667
Palace and Garden of Versailles
Mansart & Le Brun, Hall of Mirrors, Versailles
Mansart, Royal Chapel, 1698
Jones, Banqueting House at Whitehall, 1619
Wren, St Paul’s Cathedral, 1675