Baroque

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The Baroque period in painting and sculpture, stretching from the late 16th century to the early 18th century and occurring between the Mannerist and Rococo movements, was marked by richness, drama, and grandeur. Stylistically complex yet intensely engaging, Baroque art commonly combined dramatic lighting effects and theatrical compositions with great movement and energy. Caravaggio, Annibale Carracci, Rembrandt, and Rubens are among the artists most commonly associated with the Baroque movement. Artists featured: Francesco Albani, Caravaggio, Valentin de Boulogne, Jan Breughel the Elder, Annibale Carracci, Anthonis van Dyck, Adam Elsheimer, Georg Flegel, Luca Giordano, Guercino, Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob Jordaens, Willem Kalf, Giovanni Lanfranco, Charles Le Brun, Johann Liss, Claude Lorrain, Batolomé Esteban Murillo, Nicolas Poussin, Mattia Preti, Rembrandt, Guido Reni, Jusepe de Ribera, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Stehen, Hendrick Terbrugghen, Georges de la Tour, Diego Velázquez, Willem van der Velde the Younger, Jan Vermeer, Simon Vouet, Francisco de Zubarán.

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The painting of the 17th century in Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands -- Francesco Albani: Sacra Famiglia (The Holy Family) -- Valentin de Boulogne: The Concert at the Bas-Relief -- Jan Brueghel the Elder: The Holy Family -- Annibale Carracci: Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne -- Caravaggio: The Entombment of Christ -- Anthonis van Dyck: Susanna and the Elders -- Adam Elsheimer: The Glorification of the Cross -- Georg Flegel: Still Life with Parrot -- Luca Giordano: The Archangel Michael Driving the Rebellious Angels into Hell -- Guercino: The Return of the Prodigal Son -- Frans Hals: Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen -- Pieter de Hooch: Card Players in an Opulent Interior -- Jacob Jordaens: The Satyr and the Peasant -- Willem Kalf: Dessert -- Charles Le Brun: The Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist at the Porta Latina -- Claude Lorrain: Seaport at Sunrise -- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: The Little Fruit Seller -- Nicolas Poussin: St Cecilia -- Guido Reni: The Massacre of the Innocents -- Jusepe de Ribera: Saint Christopher -- Hyacinthe Rigaud: Louis XIV -- Rembrandt Harmensz, van Rijn: The Night Watch -- Peter Paul Rubens: The Honeysuckle Bower -- Jan Steen: The Lovesick Woman -- Hendrick ter Brugghen: The Duo -- Georges de la Tour: St Sebastian Attended by St Irene -- Diego Velázquez: Velazquez and the Royal Family (Las Meninas) -- Willem van de Velde the Younger: The Cannon Shot -- Jan Vermeer: The Art of Painting -- Francisco de Zurbarán: Saint Margaret of Antioch.