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Contemporary Art

1960Pop Art Post Modernism Shona Sculpture Contemporary Indigenous Australian Art Zaire School of Popular Painting2020

Baroque

The drama of deep color and shadow

Portrait of Caravaggio

Caravaggio

How a murderer invented Baroque painting

Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Great painter, perfect entrepreneur

Portrait of Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

Foppish men, elegant women, and cavalier style

Trophime Bigot

Candle Master

Georges de La Tour

A Caravaggisti embraces silence

Portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi

Heads will roll

Portrait of Clara Peeters

Clara Peeters

A mysterious woman paints hyperrealistic brunch

Portrait of Frans Snyders

Frans Snyders

Harnessing the power of the diagonal line

Portrait of Diego Velázquez

Diego Velázquez

The apex of Baroque portraiture

Portrait of Judith Leyster

Judith Leyster

Jovial portraitist forgotten for 200 years

Portrait of Elisabetta Sirani

Elisabetta Sirani

The mysterious death of a young art teacher

Portrait of Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn

Your sins and your good deeds will leave a mark

Portrait of Giovanna Garzoni

Giovanna Garzoni

Travel, socialize, paint lemons and beans

Johannes Vermeer

Can you cheat at art?

Portrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Making marble move

Portrait of Louise Moillon

Louise Moillon

The original peaches-as-butts emoji

Portrait of Mary Beale

Mary Beale

Mary brings home the bacon

Portrait of Giulia Lama

Giulia Lama

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

Portrait of Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby

The birth of science out of fire

Portrait of a Man with a Gloved Hand

Anthony van Dyck, 1540

Church of the Gesù

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1568-1580

Boy Peeling Fruit

Caravaggio, 1592

Fortune Teller

Caravaggio, 1594

The Musicians

Caravaggio, 1595

Bacchus

Caravaggio, 1596

Narcissus

Caravaggio, 1594-1596

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Caravaggio, 1595-1596

Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto

Caravaggio, 1597

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Caravaggio, 1597

The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio, 1599

Calling of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio, 1600

Conversion on the way to Damascus

Caravaggio, 1600-1601

Cupid as Victor

Caravaggio, 1601

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Caravaggio, c. 1598-1602

Supper at Emmaus (1602)

Caravaggio, 1602

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Caravaggio, 1601-1602

The Entombment of Christ

Caravaggio, 1602-1603

John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Caravaggio, 1604

Supper at Emmaus (1606)

Caravaggio, 1606

David with the Head of Goliath (1607)

Caravaggio, 1607

Madonna of the Rosary

Peter Paul Rubens, 1607

Still life with Venetian glass, Römer wine glass and a candle

Clara Peeters, 1607

Raising of Lazarus

Caravaggio, 1609

David with the Head of Goliath (1610)

Caravaggio, 1610

John the Baptist

Caravaggio, 1610

Susanna and the Elders

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1610

Still Life with Fish, Candle, Artichokes, Crabs and Shrimp

Clara Peeters, 1611

Still Life with Sparrow Hawk, Fowl, Porcelain and Shells

Clara Peeters, 1611

Table with Orange, Olives and Pie

Clara Peeters, 1611

Still Life with Flowers and Gold Cups of Honour

Clara Peeters, 1612

Self-portrait as a Female Martyr

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1615

Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels

Clara Peeters, 1615

The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1615

Self-Portrait as a Lute Player

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1615-1617

Head of Medusa

Peter Paul Rubens, 1617-1618

Judith and her Maidservant

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1618-1619

Jael and Sisera

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1614-1620

Mary Magdalene

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1613-1620

Still Life of Fish and Cat

Clara Peeters, 1620

Study Head of a Young Woman

Anthony van Dyck, 1618-1620

The Head of an Old Man

Anthony van Dyck, 1618-1620

Perseus Releases Andromeda

Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Oneglia

Anthony van Dyck, 1624

Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1621-1624

Daedalus and Icarus

Anthony van Dyck, 1615-1625

Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke, and Cherries

Clara Peeters, 1625

The Triumph of Bacchus

Diego Velázquez, 1628-1629

A Market Stall with a Young Woman Giving a Basket of Grapes to an Older Woman

Louise Moillon, 1630

Next Movement

Edo Period

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