Annibale Carracci  Flight to Egypt 1604  Oil on canvas  Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome Italian Baroque   genre scene genre elements

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Meresi Caravaggio) Boy Being Bitten by a Lizard  c1600 oil on canvas Italian Baroque tenebrism ala prima chiaroscuro Tenebrism means using light as a spotlighting effecting or a murky or dark scene. ala prima-directly onto canvas; paints directly form life http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng6504

Caravaggio Conversion of St. Paul- 1601  Italian Baroque Light as a symbol "enlightenment"

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Meresi Caravaggio) Calling of St. Matthew- 1597-1601,  Oil on canvas,  located in the Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi. Italian Baroque

St. Matthew Cycle  (Contarelli Chapel) c1602 Rome,St.Luigi dei Francesi

 
 
 
 

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Rembrandt  Self-Portraits

Self-Portrait with Saskia as the Prodigal Son c1636 to 1637,  based on Luke 15:11-32

Return of the Prodigal Son 1665.  Oil on canvas, approximately 8' 8" x 6' 9"

Caravaggio St. Matthew and the Angel

Rembrandt St. Matthew and the Angel 1661

caravaggisti- a follower of Caravaggio

Orazio Gentileschi Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1628, canvas, Musée du Louvre, Paris

Artemisia Gentileschi
Self Portrait as Allegory of Painting or"La Pittura" 1630

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Artimisia Gentileschi  Judith Slaying Holofernes c1620

Artimisia Gentileschi  Judith with the head of Holofernes c1625

Artimisia Gentileschi  Judith Slaying Holofernes c1620

Artimisia Gentileschi  Judith with the head of Holofernes c1620

Diego Velasquez Las Meninas 1656
Oil on canvas 10'5''x9' Located in Museo del Prado, Madrid
Spanish Baroque

 
 
 
 
 
 

Diego Velasquez Las Meninas 1656 Oil on canvas 10'5''x9' Located in Museo del Prado, Madrid Spanish Baroque