DETAILS
- Artist
- Cornelis Ketel
- Date
- 1577
- Location
- Bodleian Libraries
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
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THE ARTIST
Cornelis Ketel
Cornelis Ketel, a Dutch Mannerist painter, left his mark on portraiture in Elizabethan London and Amsterdam, pioneering the full-length group portrait.
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The Assumption of the Virgin
El Greco · 1577 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Penitent Magdalene
Titian · 1575
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The Tower of Babel
Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1563
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Virgin and Child in a Church, also known as the Van Maelbeke Virgin
Wierix · 1575 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1560s–1590s
Virgin and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist
Matteo Florimi · 1576 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1560s–1590s
Winter Landscape with Snowfall near Antwerp
Lucas van Valckenborch · 1575 · Städel Museum
Same era · 1560s–1590s
Backplate of an Armor for Vincenzo Luigi di Capua (d. 1627)
Pompeo della Cesa · 1570 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Trionfo Di Virtu. Libro Novo..., page 25 (recto)
Matteo Pagano · 1563 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Female Head
Gaetano Gandolfi · 1592 · Art Institute of Chicago