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Baroque Artists (1600-1750)

If you are a student of Art or Art History, here is a more detailed list of artists you should know from this period.

NameBirthDeathNationalityMovement(s)Primary MediumRepresentative Works
Aleijadinho17381814BrazilianBaroqueSculptureTwelve Prophets
Via Crucis at the Sanctuary of Matosinhos
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
 NB623 .B5
 N6923 .B5
15981680ItalianBaroqueSculpture
Architecture
David
Fountain of the Four Rivers
Caravaggio, Michelangelo
 ND623 .C26
15731610ItalianBaroquePaintingThe Calling of Saint Matthew
The Supper at Emmaus
Salome Receives the Head of John the Baptist
Carracci, Annibale
 ND623 .C38
15601609ItalianBaroquePaintingFarnese Gallery
Poussin, Nicolas
 ND553 .P8
15941665FrenchBaroque
Classicism
PaintingThe Death of Germanicus
The Adoration of the Magi
Rembrandt van Rijn
 ND653 .R4
16061669DutchBaroquePaintingBelshazzar’s Feast
The Night Watch
Rubens, Peter Paul
 ND673 .R9
15771640FlemishBaroquePaintingMassacre of the Innocents
Venus and Adonis
The Three Graces
Schor, Johann Paul
 
16151674AustrianBaroquePainting
Drawing
The Annunciation
van Dyck, Anthony
 ND673 .D9
15991641FlemishBaroquePaintingPortrait of a Woman and Child
Samson and Delilah
Velázquez, Diego
 ND813 .V4
15991660SpanishBaroquePaintingThe Surrender of Breda
Las Meninas
The Rokeby Venus
Vermeer, Johannes
 ND653 .V5
16321675DutchBaroquePaintingThe Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Milkmaid
Watteau, Antoine
 ND553 .W3
16841721FrenchRococoPaintingThe Embarkation for Cythera
L’Enseigne de Gersaint
Weissenkircher, Hans Adam16461695AustrianBaroquePaintingThe Planetary Room at Schloss Eggenberg