Published On Feb 16, 2023
0:00 - 1600 - El Greco (Greek) - View of Toledo - The Council of Trent's ban against landscape painting lends credence to the idea that this work may stand as the first Spanish landscape painting of its time.
1:13 - 1601 - Caravaggio (Italian) - Supper at Emmaus - Depicts the moment when the resurrected but incognito Jesus, reveals himself to two of his disciples (presumably Luke and Cleopas) in the town of Emmaus, only to vanish from sight
2:26 - 1610 - Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian) - Susanna and the Elders - From chapter 13 of the Book of Daniel, depicts two elderly men spying on Susanna, and demanding sexual favors, which she refuses.
3:39 - 1610s - Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish) - The Wolf and Fox Hunt
4:52 - 1611-1612 - Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian) - Judith Beheading Holofernes - From the Book of Judith in the Old Testament, which recounts the assassination of the Assyrian general Holofernes by the Israelite heroine Judith
6:05 - 1612-1614 - Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish) - Descent from the Cross - Christ being lowered and received by St. John, Magdalene, Joseph, Nicodemus, Mary, and Salome, and two workers (at the top).
7:18 - 1616-1618 - Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian) - Mary Magdalene - St. A disciple of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of seven demons, and she financially aided him in Galilee. The first person to see him after the Resurrection.
8:31 - 1620 - Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish) - The Fall of the Damned - Alternately known as The Fall of the Rebel Angels, features a jumble of the bodies of the damned, hurled into abyss by archangel Michael and accompanying angels.
9:44 - 1620-1650 - Georges de La Tour (French) - Job Taunted by his Wife - After Job lost his children, possessions, and his health, but not his piety, his wife chides him to curse God and die.
10:57 - 1624 - Frans Hals (Dutch) - Laughing Cavalier - The unknown subject is in fact not laughing, but can be said to have an enigmatic smile, much amplified by his upturned moustache.
12:10 - 1625 - Frans Hals (Dutch) - Laughing Boy
13:23 - 1625–1650 - Georges de La Tour (French) - The Penitent Magdalene - The jewels on the floor symbolize luxury, which she has cast aside. In their place she holds a skull, a symbol of mortality.
14:36 - 1628 - Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish) - The Martyrdom of St. Serapion - He made two journeys for the ransom of 87 captives by English pirates, in 1240, staying in their stead. When payment did not arrive, he was killed.
15:49 - 1628 - Frans Hals (Dutch) - The Gypsy Girl
17:02 - 1628 - Nicolas Poussin (French) - Death of Germanicus
18:15 - 1628 - Nicolas Poussin (French) - The Martyrdom of St Erasmus
19:28 - 1629 - Georges de La Tour (French) - Saint Jerome reading
20:41 - 1629-1630 - Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish) - Peace and War
21:54 - 1630 - Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish) - Immaculate Conception
23:07 - 1631-1640 - Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish) - Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth
24:20 - 1632 - Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish) - St. Francis in meditation
25:33 - 1632 - Rembrandt (Dutch) - The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
26:46 - 1632-1633 - Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish) - The Young Virgin
27:59 - 1633 - Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish) - portrait of Francisco Zumel
29:12 - 1633 - Rembrandt (Dutch) - The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
30:25 - 1635 - Diego Velázquez (Spanish) - The Surrender of Breda
31:38 - 1635 - Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish) - Charles I in Three Positions
32:51 - 1635-1638 - Rembrandt (Dutch) - Belshazzar's Feast
34:04 - 1637-1638 - Nicolas Poussin (French) - The Arcadian Shepherds
35:17 - 1638-1639 - Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian) - Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting - Demonstrates rare feminist themes from when women seldom held jobs, let alone be known for them
36:30 - 1639 - Claude Lorrain (French) - An Artist Studying from Nature
37:43 - 1639 - Claude Lorrain (French) - Seaport at sunset
38:56 - 1639 - Claude Lorrain (French) - The Roman Campagna
40:09 - 1639 - Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish) - Lamb of God
41:22 - 1642 - Georges de La Tour (French) - Joseph the Carpenter
42:35 - 1642 - Rembrandt (Dutch) - The Night Watch
43:48 - 1644 - Diego Velázquez (Spanish) - Rokeby Venus
45:01 - 1650 - Diego Velázquez (Spanish) - Portrait of Pope Innocent X
46:14 - 1654 - Rembrandt (Dutch) - Bathsheba at Her Bath
47:27 - 1656 - Diego Velázquez (Spanish) - Las Meninas (The Ladies-in-waiting)
48:40 - 1656 - Diego Velázquez (Spanish) - The Spinners
49:53 - 1662-1665 - Johannes Vermeer (Dutch) - The Music Lesson
51:06 - 1665 - Johannes Vermeer (Dutch) - Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the large pearl earring worn by the girl portrayed there.
52:19 - 1668 - Johannes Vermeer (Dutch) - The Astronomer
53:32 - 1669 - Johannes Vermeer (Dutch) - The Geographer