17th century
Artworks 21 to 30 of 73:
Christ and Two Followers on the Road to Emmaus
by Alonso Cano, circa 1630
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20 1/4 x 26 1/4 in (51.5 x 66.7 cm)
- Credits
- Gift of Leonard and Barbara Scherlis, 2003
- Notes
Possibly by Alonso Cano
- Location
- Walters Art Museum
Euclid
by Jusepe de Ribera, circa 1630–1635
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 125.1 × 92.4 cm (49 1/4 × 36 3/8 in); framed: 158.1 × 124.5 × 7.3 cm (62 1/4 × 49 × 2 7/8 in)
- Notes
Emerging from deep shadows behind a table, a solemn individual stands displaying a well-worn book with various geometric figures, pseudo-Greek characters, and an imaginary script. Jusepe de Ribera paid considerable attention to the man's facial details, from the unkempt beard to the distinctive creases of his high forehead and the irregular folds of the lids above his dark, penetrating eyes. He depicted the wise man with tattered clothes and blackened, grimy fingers to emphasize the subject's devotion to intellectual, rather than material, pursuits.
The presence of mathematical diagrams in the illegible book reveal the figure's identity as Euclid, a prominent mathematician from antiquity, best known for his treatise on geometry, the Elements. Portraits of wise men were very popular in the 1600s, when there was a revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. Rather than portraying the subject as a refined and noble figure, Ribera depicted him as an indiv
- Location
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Portrait of the Jester Calabazas
by Diego Velázquez, circa 1631–1632
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 199.3 x 133.1 x 12.7 cm (78 7/16 x 52 3/8 x 5 in.); Unframed: 175 x 106 cm (68 7/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The Young Virgin
by Francisco de Zurbarán, circa 1632–1633
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46 x 37 in (116.8 x 94 cm)
- Credits
- Fletcher Fund, 1927.
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
Saint Bartholomew
by Jusepe de Ribera, circa 1632
- Medium
- Oil
- Dimensions
- 47 x 38 1/2 in (119 x 98 cm)
- Location
- San Diego Museum of Art
Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose
by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1633
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 24-1/2 x 43-1/8 in (62.2 x 109.5 cm)
- Credits
- The Norton Simon Foundation
- Location
- Norton Simon Museum
Portrait of a Knight of Santiago
by Jusepe de Ribera, circa 1635
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 57 1/2 x 42 in (146.1 x 106.7 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.77.02. Photography by Michael Bodycomb.
- Location
- Meadows Museum
Agnus Dei (”Lamb of God”)
by Francisco de Zurbarán, circa 1635–1640
- Medium
- Oil
- Dimensions
- 14 in x 20 1/2 in (35.56 cm x 52.07 cm)
- Location
- San Diego Museum of Art
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
by José Leonardo, circa 1635
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 77 × 46 3/4 in (195.58 × 118.75 cm)
- Location
- LACMA
Immaculate Conception
by Alonso Miguel de Tovar, 1637
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 105 7/8 x 75 1/2 in
- Location
- Columbia Museum of Art