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Baroque | bəˈrɒk

architecture, sculpture, painting, musicians portraits, dance, clothing, gardens, furniture, jewellery

Architecture

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Residenzplatz Kempten 1740-1742

Kloster Schöntal, Germany

Stift Haug in Würzburg (north Bavaria)

Kloster Ettal, Germany

Kloster Ettal, Germany

Kloster Ettal, Germany

Banqueting Hall of Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha

Duomo di Siracusa, Sicily.

Neues Palais Postdam, Germany.

Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola, Rome, Italy.

Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam (Germany)

Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam (Germany)

Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam (Germany)

Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Venice, Italy. - The Jesuits

Schleissheim palace, Munich, Germany.

Basilica di San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.

Neuzelle Monastery, Germany.

Baroque stairs in the Castle Church of Eisenberg in Thuringia.

Baroque stairs in the Castle Church of Eisenberg in Thuringia.⠀

Eisenberg Castle Church in Thuringia, 1692

Eisenberg Castle Church in Thuringia, 1692

Eisenberg Castle Church in Thuringia, 1692

Eisenberg Castle Church in Thuringia, 1692

Donauwörth Abbey front door, Germany.

Donauwörth Abbey front door, Germany.

The Hermitage Winter Palace St Petersburg, Russia.

Palace of Versailles

The Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth

Weesenstein Castle, Germany

Basilica Birnau, The pilgrimage church on Lake Constance, Germany

Ottobeuren Abbey, Germany

Ottobeuren Abbey, Germany

Sculpture

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Portrait of Johan de Witt

Portrait of Johan de Witt

“Veiled truth” by Antonio Corradini (1688-1752)

Marsyas ca. 1680–85 by Balthasar Permoser (German)

Apollo and Daphne (Gian Lorenzo Bernini)

Dafne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Apollo (Gian Lorenzo Bernini)

Christ Resurrected Terracotta by Alessandro Algardi (1598 – 1654)

Pierre Puget (1620-1694). Buste d’homme « à l’antique » c.1660-1669. Marbre.

Monument of John Digby by John Nost

Augustusburg Palace in Brühl, Germany

Dying Warrior by Andreas Schlüter (1659 – 1714)

Bust Venice ca. 1700 by Orazio Marinali (1643-1720)

Grotesque Mascaron, Circle of Bernardo Buontalenti (1531-1608)

Grotesque Mascaron, Circle of Bernardo Buontalenti (1531-1608)

Grotesque Mascaron, Circle of Bernardo Buontalenti (1531-1608)

Bust of Paul V, Gian Lorenzo Berini

Saint Sebastian by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1617-1618)

Salvator Mundi by Pierre Puget

David by Bernini Gian Lorenzo

Torso of the "Dancing Faun" After 1630

Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borguese.

Detail Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borguese.

Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Berini (1598-1680)

The Rape of Proserpina by Bernini Gian Lorenzo

Christ Resurrected by Alessandro Algardi (1598 -1654)

The Sleeping Hermaphrodite by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

The Sleeping Hermaphrodite by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

The Kidnapping of the Sabine Women by Giambologna, in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence

Orpheus (1600–1601) by Cristoforo Stati (Cristofano da Bracciano) Italian

Paintings

Italian Paintings

Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614–1691) Crowned by Apollo.

Samson Captured by the Philistines 1619

Portrait of a Woman ca. 1670s

The Immaculate Conception 1627

The Denial of Saint Peter 1610

Self-Portrait ca. 1647

The Triumph of Marius 1729

Esther before Ahasuerus

Salvator Mundi ca. 1622–23

Bathsheba at Her Bath ca. 1700

Saint Francis in Ecstasy ca. 1650

The Battle of Vercellae 1725–29

The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga ca. 1650

Charity ca. 1630

Diego Pignatelli d'Aragona (1687–1750) and an Enslaved African Servant

The Baptism of Christ ca. 1713–14

The Birth of the Virgin ca. 1690

French Paintings

The Sacrifice of Polyxena 1647

Lute Player ca. 1625–26

Everhard Jabach (1618–1695) and His Family ca. 1660

The Penitent Magdalen ca. 1640

Mezzetin ca. 1718–20

Allegory of Music 1649

The Annunciation ca. 1644

André François Alloys de Theys d'Herculais (1692–1779) 1727

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist ca. 1627

The Companions of Rinaldo ca. 1633

Angelica and Medoro possibly early 1630s

Woman and an Enslaved Servant 1696

Dutch Paintings

Merry Company on a Terrace ca. 1670

Landscape with a Cottage 1629

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John ca. 1624–25

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer 1653

A Musician and His Daughter 1629

Self-Portrait 1660

Sandy Road with a Farmhouse 1627

Musicians Portraits

1520-30 Portrait of a Violinist by Giovanni Cariani

1606 - Saint Cecilia by Guido Reni

1612 - Young Woman playing a Violin by Orazio Lomi Gentileschi

1623 - The Merry Fiddler by Gerard van Honthorst

1623 - The Violin Player by Dirck van Baburen

1626 - The Violin Player by Gerrit van Honthorst

1626 - 1630 Boy Playing a Violin by Frans Hals

1630 - The Carousing Couple by Judith Leyster

Early 17th Century, A woman playing the violin with two children singing by Nicolas Tournier

1635 - The Duet by Cornelis Saftleven

1650 - The Five Senses, Hearing by Gonzales Coquesca.

1665 - Interior of a Tavern, with Cardplayers and a Violin Player by Jan Steen

1685 - Musicians of the Medici court by Anton Domenico Gabbiani

1687 - Portrait of Three Musicians of the Medici Court by Anton Domenico Gabbiani

1737 - The Grand Turk giving a concert by Charles André van Loo

1738 - Michel Corrette, L'Ecole d'Orphée

1744 - Franceso Maria Veracini

1755 - A violinist and a flutist making music by Julius Henricus Quinkhard

1756 - Leopold Mozart

1773 - Portrait of a Violinist by Anne Vallayer-Coster

1794 - Portrait of the artist's son playing the violin, seated on a stone ledge in a landscape by Barbara Steiner Krafft

1852 - Flute Concert in Sanssouci by Adolph von Menzel shows Frederick the Great

1854 - Music Lesson by Basile De Loose

1877 - Blanche, Lady Lindsay, playing the violin by George Frederic Watts

1886 - The Violinist by George Adolphus Storey

19th Centuary. A violin player sby Federico Andreotti

Late 19th Century. A young girl with a violin

Late 19th Century. Eduardo Leon Garrido (1856-1906)

Early 20th Century. Violinist by Serge Petrovitch Ivanoff

Dances

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Clothing

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Women and Men Baroque Clothing

Common fashions during the second half of the period

Margareta Maria de Roodere (1652)

Mary, Princess of Orange (1652)

Maria Theresa of Spain (1653)

The Concert by Gerard Ter Borch

Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck (1637–1723)

nfanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress (1659) by Diego Velázquez.

English court dress from the 1660s,

Two Ladies of the Lake Family c.1660 by Sir Peter Lely

Woman Playing the Viola da Gamba by Gabriël Metsu

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Gardens

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Gardens of Versailles, France

Parterres of Augustusburg Palace, Brühl, Germany

Villa Borghese Gardens, Italy

Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria

Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, Spain

Royal Palace of Caserta, Naples, Italy

Upper Garden at Peterhof Palace near Saint Petersburg, Russia

Frederiksborg Castle, in Hillerød north of Copenhagen, Denmark

The Great Garden, Hannover, Germany

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England

Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome, Italy

Furniture

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French Baroque Table (c. 1670)

Dutch Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé) ca. 1685

Pair of side chairs ca. 1724–36 Attributed to Thomas How (British)

Commode ca. 1710–20 André Charles Boulle (French)

Cabinet on stand ca. 1700 (British)

Barberini Cabinet ca. 1606–23 Galleria dei Lavori (Florence)

Bookcase ca. 1715 Design attributed to the architect Niccolo Michetti (Italian)

Mirror ca. 1710 Johann Valentin Gevers (German)

Armchair (fauteuil à la reine) ca. 1690–1710 (French)

Upholstered armchair, originally from a set of eight, from Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland (one of a pair) ca. 1689. Attributed to Thomas Roberts

Pair of candlestands ca. 1700 French

Side table ca. 1685 after a design by Charles Lebrun

Armchair ca. 1700–1710 (French)

Armoire ca. 1710–20 French

Jewellery

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Necklace with Sapphire 1660

Bow Brooch Design, 17th Century.

A breast ornament enameled gold set with diamonds ( ca. 1620-1630)

Brooch Design, c.1723.

Pendant (1680-1700)

Pendant (made late 17th century)

Miniature case (ca. 1650-1660)

Badge (1700-20)

Bracelet (ca. 1640)

Ring (1600-1650)

An Antique Cameo, Surrounded by a Symmetrical Array of Diamonds, Rubies and Enameled Gold.

Jewel by Alessandro Cesati (1550-1630)

Broque Brilliants

Johannes Vermeer