DETAILS
- Artist
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Date
- 1620
- Location
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
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THE ARTIST
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the leading sculptor of the 17th century, masterfully blended sculpture, painting, and architecture to define the Baroque style in Rome.
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Kitchen Scene
Diego Velázquez · 1618 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Musical Company
Rembrandt · 1626 · Museum De Lakenhal
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The Adoration of the Shepherds
El Greco · 1610
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Southern Barbarians
Artist Unknown - The Mercat Cross, Aberdeen · 1625 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Winter Landscape with Snowfall near Antwerp
Jan Brueghel the Elder · 1610
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An Elegant Company
Samuel Alcock & Company · 1632 · Art Institute of Chicago
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The Feast in the House of Simon
El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) and workshop · 1608 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Roman Charity
Hendrick ter Brugghen · 1622 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Fortune-Teller
Georges de La Tour · 1630 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Portrait of a man
Willem van der Vliet · 1634 · Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
