Events from the year 1640 in art. Nicolas Poussin completes the first series of Seven Sacraments. Abraham van Linge begins painting the windows for the chapel of University College, Oxford. Opening of the iconography studio at the Kremlin Armoury.

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1640 Louis XIII summons Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) to Paris as his principal painter. Between 1624 and 1640, Poussin is active in Italy; he first travels to Venice and is influenced by the poetic mythological subjects and warm palette of Titian , and later settles in Rome.

Oct 1, 2003 · Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, the greatest Flemish artists of the seventeenth century, were prominent figures on an international stage, namely that of the Catholic church and the royal courts and commercial centers of Europe.

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3 days ago · Below is a timeline of art movements throughout history. The beginning of art movements goes back to the dawn of humanity and is still an evolving story. Egyptian, Greek/Hellenistic and Roman Art. Early Christian, Celtic, Byzantine, Coptic, Orthodox, Islamic, Romanesque and Gothic.

Jan 19, 2024 · Sutton, Elizabeth. “Dogs and Dogma: Perception and Revelation in Rembrandt’s Presentation in the Temple, c. 1640.” Art History, vol. 39, no. 3, June 2016, pp. 466–485. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/1467-8365.12190.

Mar 6, 2025 · Peter Paul Rubens by Maria Varshavskaya; Xenia Yegorova Universally celebrated for his rosy and concupiscent nudes, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was an artist whose first concern was sensuality in all its forms. This Baroque master devoted himself to a lifelong celebration of the joys and wonders of the physical realm.

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May 17, 2016 · Animals are significant presences in seventeenth-century Dutch art, and dogs especially seem to be a recurring leitmotif. Animal behaviour could provide the model for or foil to human behaviour.