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  • Martin Droeshout
    Martin Droeshout
    Martin Droeshout was an English engraver of Flemish descent, whose fame rests completely on the fact that he made the title portrait for William Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio of 1623, edited by John Heminges and Henry Condell, fellow actors of the Bard.-Shakespeare:Droeshout would...

     – First Folio of William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

    's plays
  • Dirck Hals
    Dirck Hals
    Dirck Hals , born at Haarlem, was a Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes. He was influenced by his elder brother Frans Hals.-Biography:...

    • Musicians
    • Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan
  • Gerard van Honthorst
    Gerard van Honthorst
    Gerard van Honthorst , also known as Gerrit van Honthorst and in Italy as Gherardo delle Notti for his nighttime candlelit subjects, was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Utrecht.-Biography:...

     – The Prodigal Son
  • Diego Velázquez
    Diego Velázquez
    Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist...

     – The Investiture Of St Ildefonso With The Chasuble

Births

  • Jean Michelin, French Protestant painter (d. 1695
    1695 in art
    -Paintings:* Mei Qing paints Two Immortals on Huangshan-Births:* Miguel Cabrera – Indigenous Zapotec painter, * Laurent Delvaux – French sculptor * Elias Gottlob Haussmann – German painter in the late Baroque era...

    )
  • Jürgen Ovens
    Jürgen Ovens
    Jürgen Ovens , also known as Georg, or Jurriaen Ovens whilst in the Netherlands, was a portrait painter from North Frisia and, according to Arnold Houbraken, a pupil of Rembrandt...

    , Danish or German Baroque painter and engraver (d. 1678
    1678 in art
    -Births:*June 3 - Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect *date unknown**Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli, Italian painter of still-life paintings **Antonio Baroni, Italian painter active in Verona...

    )
  • Thomas Simon
    Thomas Simon
    Thomas Simon , English medalist, was born, according to Vertue, in Yorkshire about 1623.He studied engraving under Nicholas Briot, and about 1635 received a post in connection with the Royal Mint...

    , English
    England
    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

     medalist (d. 1665
    1665 in art
    -Events:* April – Gian Lorenzo Bernini arrives in Paris, where he remains until November, fêted by the population.* Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.-Works:...

    )
  • Wallerant Vaillant
    Wallerant Vaillant
    Wallerant Vaillant, , was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the first artists to use the mezzotint technique, which he probably helped to develop.- Biography :...

    , Flemish
    Flemish people
    The Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...

     Baroque
    Baroque
    The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

     Era painter (d. 1677
    1677 in art
    -Paintings:* Thomas Flatman painted miniature portraits.* Pietro Giarguzzi painted the fresco "The Holy Trinity crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary" at San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane [view: http://web.comhem.se/~u13117202/scarlino.htm ComHem-se-Scarlino]....

    )
  • Reinier Nooms
    Reinier Nooms
    Reinier Nooms , also known as Zeeman , was a maritime painter known for his highly detailed paintings and etchings of ships....

     – Dutch
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

     maritime
    Ocean
    An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...

     painter known for his highly detailed paintings and etching
    Etching
    Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...

    s of ships (d. 1667
    1667 in art
    -Events:* February – the first theatre in Sweden, opens in Bollhuset and Lejonkulan in Stockholm.-Paintings:* Rembrandt van Rijn – The Jewish Bride-Births:*February 4 - Alessandro Magnasco, Italian Rococo painter of genre or landscape scenes...

    )
  • Francesco Barbieri
    Francesco Barbieri
    Francesco Barbieri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He died in Verona. He trained with Antonio Gandini and Pietro Ricchi. Painted historical and landscape canvases....

     – Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     painter of the Baroque
    Baroque
    The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

     period (d. 1698
    1698 in art
    -Births:* Gaudenzio Botti – Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia * Giovanni Francesco Braccioli – Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara...

    )
  • Giovanni Battista Caccioli
    Giovanni Battista Caccioli
    Giovanni Battista Caccioli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Caccioli was born in Budrio and trained in Bologna, where he was a figure painter for the collaborative effort in quadratura of Giovanni Giacomo Monti and Baldassare Bianchi....

     – Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     figure painter in quadratura (d. 1675
    1675 in art
    -Births:*April 29 – Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Italian decorative and mural painter from Venice *June 23 – Louis de Silvestre, French painter *October 7 = Rosalba Carriera, Venetian Rococo painter especially of portrait miniatures...

    )
  • Pieter Janssens Elinga
    Pieter Janssens Elinga
    -Biography:He was born in Bruges as the son of Gisbrecht Janssens, who probably taught him to paint. When he moved to Rotterdam in 1653, he changed his name to Elinga. He moved to Amsterdam in 1657, where he probably died. He is last registered alive in 1657, when he paid a poll tax in Amsterdam....

     – Dutch painter (d. 1682
    1682 in art
    -Births: *February 13 – Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian rococo painter *April 15 – Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter *August 15 - Annibale Albani, Italian Cardinal, whose library, gallery of paintings/sculpture, and cabinet of coins were added to the Vatican collection *October 24 - William Aikman...

    )
  • Giovanni Ghisolfi
    Giovanni Ghisolfi
    Giovanni Ghisolfi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Milan, he initially trained with his uncle, Antonio Volpino. At the age of 17, he travelled to Rome with his friend Antonio Busca where he painted veduta and capricci, mainly landscapes with architectural fragments and ruins...

     – Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     painter of veduta
    Veduta
    A veduta is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting of a cityscape or some other vista....

     and capricci, mainly landscapes (d. 1683
    1683 in art
    -Births:*date unknown**Gao Fenghan, Chinese painter **Miyagawa Chōshun, Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style **Ciro Adolfi, Italian painter...

    )
  • Filippo Lauri
    Filippo Lauri
    Filippo Lauri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.Born and active in Rome, his story was featured in the biographies by Baldinucci...

     – Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     painter, became the Principe or director of the Accademia di San Luca
    Accademia di San Luca
    The Accademia di San Luca, was founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome, under the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists", which included painters, sculptors and architects, above that of mere craftsmen. Other founders included Girolamo...

     (d. 1694
    1694 in art
    -Events:* Fair, from a copy of the 14th century Siyar-i Nabi of al-Zarir, Istanbul, Turkey, is made. It is now kept at New York Public Library, New York Spencer Collection.-Births:...

    )
  • Giacomo Lauri
    Giacomo Lauri
    Giacomo Lauri was an Italian engraver of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Rome.He published, in 1612, a set of one hundred and sixty-six prints, entitled, 'Antiqiiaa Urbis Splendor,' consisting of views of the ancient buildings of Rome.-Sources:...

     – Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     engraver of the Baroque
    Baroque
    The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

     period (d. 1694
    1694 in art
    -Events:* Fair, from a copy of the 14th century Siyar-i Nabi of al-Zarir, Istanbul, Turkey, is made. It is now kept at New York Public Library, New York Spencer Collection.-Births:...

    )
  • Francesco di Maria
    Francesco di Maria
    Francesco di Maria was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Domenichino. Maria was an early mentor of Francesco Solimena, Giacomo del Po, and Paolo de Matteis.-References:...

     – Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     painter active mainly in Naples
    Naples
    Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

     (d. 1690
    1690 in art
    -Events:*Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer leaves France for England, where he produces a series of decorative panels for Montagu House, Bloomsbury.-Births:*January 22 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter...

    )
  • Mei Qing
    Mei Qing
    Mei Qing was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet active during the Qing Dynasty.Mei was born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province. His style name was 'Yuangong' and his pseudonym was 'Mount Qu' , 'Winter Hut' , and 'Lao Qu Fan Fu' . Mei was taught by Wang Meng. He was a friend Shitao,...

     – Chinese
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

     landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Qing Dynasty
    Qing Dynasty
    The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

     (d. 1697
    1697 in art
    -Births:* October 28 – Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto, Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice * Bernard Accama or Bernardus, Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland...

    )

Deaths

  • Francesco Brizio
    Francesco Brizio
    Francesco Brizio was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School, active in the early-Baroque.He was also known as Nosadella and was born in Bologna. He was initially a pupil of Bartolommeo Passarotti, but then became a pupil under Agostino and Ludovico Carracci...

     – Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     painter and engraver of the Bolognese School
    Bolognese School (painting)
    The Bolognese School or the School of Bologna of painting flourished in Bologna, the capital of Emilia Romagna, between the 16th and 17th centuries in Italy, and rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting. Its most important representatives include the Carracci family, including Ludovico...

     (b. 1574
    1574 in art
    -Births:* Nicodemo Ferrucci – Italian painter of the Baroque period * Baccio Ciarpi – Italian painter * Francesco Brizio – Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School...

    )
  • Rodrigo de Villandrando
    Rodrigo de Villandrando (painter)
    Rodrigo de Villandrando was a court painter during the reign of Philip III of Spain. He worked in the tradition of Alonso Sánchez Coello and Juan Pantoja de la Cruz. His death opened the road to court for the young painter Diego Velázquez from Sevilla.-External links:*...

     – court painter during the reign of Philip III of Spain
    Philip III of Spain
    Philip III , also known as Philip the Pious, was the King of Spain and King of Portugal and the Algarves, where he ruled as Philip II , from 1598 until his death...

    (b. unknown)
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