Baroque – General
Notable Baroque Artists (1600-1750)
If you wish to be generally familiar with art history, here is a short list of artists you should know from this period.
Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Movement(s) | Primary Medium | Representative Works |
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo NB623 .B5 N6923 .B5 | 1598 | 1680 | Italian | Baroque | Sculpture Architecture | David Fountain of the Four Rivers |
Caravaggio, Michelangelo ND623 .C26 | 1573 | 1610 | Italian | Baroque | Painting | The Calling of Saint Matthew The Supper at Emmaus Salome Receives the Head of John the Baptist |
Rembrandt van Rijn ND653 .R4 | 1606 | 1669 | Dutch | Baroque | Painting | Belshazzar’s Feast The Night Watch |
Rubens, Peter Paul ND673 .R9 | 1577 | 1640 | Flemish | Baroque | Painting | Massacre of the Innocents Venus and Adonis The Three Graces |
van Dyck, Anthony ND673 .D9 | 1599 | 1641 | Flemish | Baroque | Painting | Portrait of a Woman and Child Samson and Delilah |
Velázquez, Diego ND813 .V4 | 1599 | 1660 | Spanish | Baroque | Painting | The Surrender of Breda Las Meninas The Rokeby Venus |
Vermeer, Johannes ND653 .V5 | 1632 | 1675 | Dutch | Baroque | Painting | The Girl with a Pearl Earring The Milkmaid |