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Artists You Should Know: Baroque

Lists, facts, dates, links, and more, organized by period/movement

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 ND623 .L5	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

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:

Name	Birth	Death	Nationality	Movement(s)	Primary Medium	Representative Works
Aleijadinho	1738	1814	Brazilian	Baroque	Sculpture	Twelve Prophets Via Crucis at the Sanctuary of Matosinhos
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
Carracci, Annibale ND623 .C38	1560	1609	Italian	Baroque	Painting	Farnese Gallery
Poussin, Nicolas ND553 .P8	1594	1665	French	Baroque Classicism	Painting	The Death of Germanicus The Adoration of the Magi
Rembrandt van Rijn ND623 .L5	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
Schor, Johann Paul	1615	1674	Austrian	Baroque	Painting Drawing	The Annunciation
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
Watteau, Antoine ND553 .W3	1684	1721	French	Rococo	Painting	The Embarkation for Cythera L'Enseigne de Gersaint
Weissenkircher, Hans Adam	1646	1695	Austrian	Baroque	Painting	The Planetary Room at Schloss Eggenberg