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