The document contains descriptions and images related to art in 17th century Europe. It discusses major artists of the time like Rembrandt, Vermeer and Rubens and provides details on their most famous paintings. It also includes images and descriptions of architectural works from the period, with a focus on structures built for King Louis XIV of France like the Palace of Versailles.

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3. Europe in the 17 th Century

4. Figure 25-2 PETER PAUL RUBENS, Elevation of the Cross, from Saint Walburga, Antwerp, 1610. Oil on wood, 15’ 1 7/8” x 11’ 1 1/2” (center panel), 15' 1 7/8" x 4' 11" (each wing). Antwerp Cathedral, Antwerp.

5. Figure 25-3 PETER PAUL RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles , 1622–1625. Oil on canvas, 12’ 11 1/2” x 9’ 7”. Louvre, Paris.

6. Figure 25-4 PETER PAUL RUBENS, Consequences of War , 1638–1639. Oil on canvas, 6’ 9” x 11’ 3 7/8”. Palazzo Pitti, Florence..

7. Figure 25-5 ANTHONY VAN DYCK, Charles I Dismounted , ca. 1635. Oil on canvas, 8’ x 11” x 6’ 11 1/2”. Louvre, Paris.

8. ANTHONY VAN DYCK, Self Portrait Oil on canvas; Pinakothek, Munich

9. CHARLES I (1600-1649), King of England Portrait: Anthony van Dyck

10. Figure 25-6 CLARA PEETERS, Still Life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried Fruit, and Pretzels , 1611. Oil on panel, 1’ 7 3/4” x 2’ 1 1/4”. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

11. Figure 25-7 HENDRICK TER BRUGGHEN, Calling of Saint Matthew , 1621. Oil on canvas, 3’ 4” x 4’ 6”. The Hague.

12. Figure 25-8 GERRIT VAN HONTHORST, Supper Party , 1620. Oil on canvas, 4’ 8” x 7’. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

13. Figure 25-9 FRANS HALS, Archers of Saint Hadrian , ca. 1633. Oil on canvas, approx. 6’ 9” x 11’. Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem.

14. Malle Babbe , Frans Hal

15. The Merry Drinker, 1628-1630 Oil on canvas, 31.89 x 26.18 inches [81 x 66.5 cm] Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

16. Figure 25-11 JUDITH LEYSTER, Self-Portrait , ca. 1630. Oil on canvas, 2’ 5 3/8” x 2’ 1 5/8”. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss).

17. Figure 25-12 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp , 1632. Oil on canvas, 5’ 3 3/4” x 7’ 1 1/4”. Mauritshuis, The Hague.

18. Figure 25-13 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq ( Night Watch ), 1642. Oil on canvas (cropped from original size), 11’ 11” x 14’ 4”. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

19. Figure 25-14 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Return of the Prodigal Son , ca. 1665. Oil on canvas, approx. 8’ 8” x 6’ 9”. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.

20. 25-14A REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Blinding of Samson , 1636. Oil on canvas, 7’ 9 1/8” X 9’ 5/8”. Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt.

21. Figure 25-15 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Self-Portrait , ca. 1659–1660. Oil on canvas, approx. 3’ 8 3/4” x 3’ 1”. Kenwood House, London (Iveagh Bequest).

22. 25-15A REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Self-Portrait , 1658. Oil on canvas, 4’ 4 5/8” X 3’ 4 7/8”. Frick Collection, New York.

23. Figure 25-16 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving the Children (Hundred Guilder Print), ca. 1649. Etching, 11” x 1’ 3 1/4”. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.

24. Samuel van Hoogstraten Hoogstraten was a native of Dordrecht, where he was first trained by his father. He moved to Amsterdam shortly after his father's death in December 1640 and received further training in the studio of Rembrandt.

25. A Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House, Samuel van Hoogstraten about 1655-60

26. Figure 25-18 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL, View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen , ca. 1670. Oil on canvas, 1’ 10” x 2’ 1”. Mauritshuis, The Hague.

27. 25-18A JACOB VAN RUISDAEL, Jewish Cemetery , ca. 1655–1660. Oil on canvas, 4’ 6” X 6’ 2 1/2". Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (gift of Julius H. Haass in memory of his brother, Dr. Ernest W. Haass).

28. Figure 25-1 JAN VERMEER, Allegory of the Art of Painting , 1670–1675. Oil on canvas, 4’ 4” x 3’ 8”. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

29. Figure 25-19 JAN VERMEER, The Letter , 1666. Oil on canvas, 1’ 5 1/4” x 1’ 3 1/4”. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

30. 25-19B JAN VERMEER, Woman Holding a Balance , ca. 1664. Oil on canvas, 1’ 3 7/8” X 1’ 2”. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Widener Collection).

31. Figure 25-20 JAN STEEN, The Feast of Saint Nicholas , ca. 1660–1665. Oil on canvas, 2’ 8 1/4” x 2’ 3 3/4”. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

32. Figure 25-21 PIETER CLAESZ, Vanitas Still Life , 1630s. Oil on panel, 1’ 2” x 1’ 11 1/2”. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.

33. Figure 25-22 WILLEM KALF, Still Life with a Late Ming Ginger Jar , 1669. Oil on canvas, 2’ 6” x 2’ 1 3/4”. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis. (gift in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Art Association of Indianapolis, in memory of Daniel W. and Elizabeth C. Marmon).

34. Figure 25-24 NICOLAS POUSSIN, Et in Arcadia Ego , ca. 1655. Oil on canvas, approx. 2’ 10” x 4’. Louvre, Paris.

35. Figure 25-25 NICOLAS POUSSIN, Burial of Phocion , 1648. Oil on canvas, 3’ 11” x 5’ 10”. Louvre, Paris.

36. 25-25A NICOLAS POUSSIN, Landscape with Saint John on Patmos , 1640. Oil on canvas, 3’ 3 1/2" X 4’ 5 5/8”. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (A.A. Munger Collection).

37. Figure 25-26 CLAUDE LORRAIN, Landscape with Cattle and Peasants , 1629. Oil on canvas, 3’ 6” x 4’ 10 1/2”. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia (George W. Elkins Collection).

38. Figure 25-29 GEORGES DE LA TOUR, Adoration of the Shepherds , 1645–1650. Oil on canvas, approx. 3’ 6” x 4’ 6”. Louvre, Paris.

39. Figure 25-30 HYACINTHE RIGAUD, Louis XIV , 1701. Oil on canvas, 9’ 2” x 6’ 3”. Louvre, Paris.

40. Figure 25-31 CLAUDE PERRAULT, LOUIS LE VAU, and CHARLES LE BRUN, east facade of the Louvre, Paris, France, 1667–1670.

41. Figure 25-32 Aerial view (looking west) of the palace and gardens, Versailles, France, begun 1669.

42. Figure 25-33 JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART and CHARLES LE BRUN, Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors), palace of Louis XIV, Versailles, France, ca. 1680.

43. Figure 25-34 FRANÇOIS GIRARDON and THOMAS REGNAUDIN, Apollo Attended by the Nymphs , Grotto of Thetis, Versailles, France, ca. 1666–1672. Marble, life-size.

44. Figure 25-35 JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART, Royal Chapel, with ceiling decorations by Antoine Coypel, palace of Louis XIV, Versailles, France, 1698–1710.