Baroque Art in Northern Europe

and Rococo Art

William V. Ganis, PhD

Peter Paul Rubens

Elevation of the Cross

Antwerp Cathedral, Antwerp, Belgium

1610oil on panel15 ft. 2 in. x 11 ft. 2 in.

Peter Paul Rubens

The Three Graces

oil on canvas87 in. x 71 1/4 in.

Rembrandt van Rijn

Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

1632oil on canvas5 ft. 3 3/4 in. x 7 ft. 1 1/4 in.

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch)

1642oil on canvas11 ft. 11 in. x 14 ft. 4 in.

Jan Vermeer

The Letter

1666oil on canvas1 ft. 5 1/4 in. x 1 ft. 3 1/4 in.

Jan Vermeer

Allegory of the Art of Painting

1670-1675oil on canvas4 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

Jan Vermeer

Allegory of the Art of Painting

1670-1675oil on canvas4 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

Jan Vermeer

Girl with the Pearl Earring

1670-1675oil on canvas18 x 16 in.

Pieter Claesz

Vanitas Still Life

1630soil on panel1 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 11 1/2 in.

Christopher Wren

new Saint Paul’s Cathedral

London, England

1675-1710

John Vanbrugh

Blenheim Palace

Oxfordshire, England

1705-1722

Hyacinthe Rigaud

Louis XIV

1701oil on canvas9 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 3 in.

Claude Perrault, Louis Le Vau and Charles Le Brun

east façade of the Louvre

Paris, France

1667-1670

Palace at Versailles

Versailles, France

1669

Jules Hardouin-Mansart & Charles Le Brun

Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)Palace of Versailles

Versailles, France

1667-1670

Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun

Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)Palace of Versailles

Versailles, France

1667-1670

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Swing

1766oil on canvas2 ft. 11 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.