c. 1622í1625................................... Rubens paints the Marie
de’Medici cycle.
1624................................................. Bernini begins work in and on the
Basilica of St. Peters continuing on and
off until his death.
c. 1640í1642................................... Night Watch by Rembrandt.
1645 í1651 ...................................... Fountain of the Four Rivers, Piazza
Navona, Rome, by Bernini.
1648................................................. Treaty of Münster, end of the Eighty
Years’ War; Fronde Parliament.
1656................................................. The Maids of Honor by Velázquez.
1661–1715....................................... Louis XIV reigns as absolute monarch
in France.
1662................................................. The Syndics of the Cloth Guild
by Rembrandt.
1662 í1665 ...................................... The Art of Painting by Vermeer.
1676–1708....................................... Design and construction of the Palace
of Versailles, with Louis Le Vau
as architect and André Le Nôtre as
landscape architect.
1682................................................. French court moves to Versailles.
1720sí1760s ................................... Rococo style in France.
1748................................................. Archaeological discoveries at
Pompeii and Herculaneum bring about
renewed interest in ancient art and
Renaissance Classicism.
c. 1770–1850 ................................... Neoclassicism and Romanticism.
1775 í1783 ...................................... American Revolution.
1789–1793....................................... French Revolution.