French Baroque

This king ended France’s disastrous civil war, restoring peace and prosperity to the region while rebuilding Paris, in transition from a medieval to a modern city. Give the name of this king.

Henry IV

Painting in France was revitalized when, in 1627, this son of Henry IV summoned Simon Vouet from Rome to serve as his court painter. Name this king.

Louis XIII

The most important French art patron of the 17th century, this “Sun King” became monarch in 1643 at the age of four, eventually fighting wars that first increased France’s territory and prestige, but eventually left the country financially exhausted. Although not a true art connoisseur, he spent lavishly on art as a means of promoting his own power and glory.  Give the name of this king.

Louis XIV

Give the name of the conflict that ended in 1598 which weakened France and set its art at a low ebb.

Wars of Religion

This man became the chief minister to Louis XIII in 1624 and remained in office until his death in 1642. Give the name of this man, one of France’s greatest statesmen and a notable patron of art and learning.

Cardinal Richelieu

The dynamism and warmth of this artist’s work was admired by French Baroque painters. Give the name of this artist, whose influential work, The Pesaro Altarpiece, was copied or adapted by many French Baroque artists.

Titian

This man’s wonderful draftsmanship was an inspiration to many artists who followed him. Vouet followed him in stressing the importance of drawing as the foundation of painting. Give the name of this artist, who urged his pupils “to set this study above all others”

Annibale Carracci

This artist’s dramatic use of light and shade was influential on French painters working in Rome, including Vouet, and also some provincial areas of France. Give the name of this artist, whose style although made comparatively little impact in Paris.

Caravaggio

Give the name of this 1609 painting by Caravaggio that was stolen from a church in Palermo, Sicily, in 1969 and has never been recovered.

The Nativity

This artist’s svelte, idealized forms influenced French Baroque painting. Give the name of this artist, whose work was admired in Paris.

Guido Reni

This painting was presented by Cardinal Richelieu to the newly built church of St. Paul and St. Louis, the first Jesuit church in Paris. Give the name of this 1641 painting by Simon Vouet.

Presentation in the Temple

This French painter was active from his early teens, reportedly as early as 14 in England, and later was summoned by Louis XIII to Paris as a court painter. He revitalized French painting through his work and training many leading artists of the next generation, though most of his large decorative designs have been destroyed. Give the name of this artist.

Simon Vouet

While Paris was far and away the most important art center in France during the 17th century, painting was also produced at royal chateaus such as Fontainebleau and Versailles. Give the name of this provincial area where there were distinctive art traditions, and where Georges de La Tour was the major figure.

Lorraine

One mythological painting by this artist is one of the few surviving works from a series of 78 paintings he and his assistant produced for one of Henry IV’s residences near Paris. Give the name of this painter of Hyante and Climene Offering a Sacrifice to Venus, which comes from a poem by the French writer Pierre de Ronsard.

Toussaint Dubreuil

This very large and handsome square is the most imposing part of Henry IV’s rebuilding campaign in Paris after a period of civil war. Give the name of this square that was begun in 1605.

the Place Royale

This man achieved greater prestige in Rome than he did in France, even being elected president of the Academy of St. Luke, which was a rare honor for a foreigner, in 1624. Give the full name of this artist.

Simon Vouet

This painting depicts a biblical scene in which the young prophet Daniel saves a woman who has been unjustly accused of adultery. Give the name of this painting by Valentin de Boulogne.

The Innocence of Susanna

Before the arrival of Vouet in 1627, this artist was probably the leading painter and art teacher in Paris. The elongated figures in his St. Martin and the Beggar are still in the Mannerist tradition, but the sense of swagger is more Baroque. Give the name of this painter.

Georges Lallement

This painter was the leading French portraitist of the 17th century, combining grandeur with incisive characterization. He was the favorite painter of Cardinal Richelieu, who was virtually the ruler of France, and portrayed him numerous times. Give the last name of this artist.

Philippe de Champaigne

Like many other artists of the period, this man was inspired by Caravaggio’s dramatic use of light and shade, but he used it in his own exquisitely sensitive, contemplative way. He is generally regarded as the greatest of all Caravaggio’s followers. Give the name of this painter, whose favorite subject is seen in his The Penitent Magdalene.

Georges de La Tour

There were three brothers with this surname: Antoine, Louis, and Mathieu. They sometimes signed their paintings, but only with this surname, proving very difficult to separate their work into individual contributions. Give the surname of these artists, who are best known for sober, dignified peasant scenes such as A Peasants’ Meal.

Le Nain

This man spent all his known career in Lorraine, in northeast France, which was an independent duchy at the time, although France invaded it in 1633. The most characteristic of his 40 known paintings are meditative nocturnal scenes illuminated by candlelight or a flaming torch.

Georges de La Tour

This artist was one of the leading painters in Paris around the middle of the 17th century. In his later works, such as his 1655 The Deposition, his solid and dignified style was strongly influenced by Poussin. Give the last name of this artist.

Laurent de La Hyre

This artist painted one of his greatest works in 1662, a portrait of his daughter (a nun) and her mother superior. Give the name of this artist, who created the painting in thanks for his daughter’s seemingly miraculous recovery from paralysis.

Philippe de Champaigne

One huge, incident-packed painting (more than 23 ft in width) in a series on the victories of this man was produced as designs for the Gobelins tapestry factory. They pay flattering tribute to Louis XIV, who saw himself as a great conqueror, like this man. Give the name of this subject of a series by Charles Le Brun, including the painting of his Triumphant Entry Into Babylon.

Alexander the Great

This artist was the most famous, admired, and influential landscape painter of the 17th century, specializing in “ideal landscapes,” creating a serene, flawlessly beautiful vision of nature, with none of the imperfections of the real world. Give the name of this painter of Landscape With the Nymph Egeria.

Claude Lorraine

This man liked to compare himself with Apollo, the Roman god of light. In one painting, the idea is extended to his whole family, who are all dressed as Roman gods. Give the name of this “Sun King”, whose younger brother commissioned a picture by Jean Nocret of him and his family dressed as Roman Gods.

Louis XIV

This man had a highly successful career painting opulent flower pieces, many of which were painted for specific interiors in great houses, including royal palaces. Louis XIV owned about sixty of his paintings. Give the name of this painter of Flowers in a Sculptured Vase.

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

In 1693, this man completed the tomb of Cardinal Mazarin, one of the masterpieces of 17th century French sculpture. Give the name of this sculptor.

Antoine Coysevox

This artist was one of the greatest animal painters of his time, basing his work on loving study of nature. Give the last name of this painter of Self-Portrait as a Hunter, and who, unusually for the time, produced oil sketches in open air.

Alexandre-François Desportes

The city of Rome played a huge part in shaping this man’s art, for the dignified classical style that he developed was based on his love for the culture of the ancient world. Give the name of this artist, who, in spite of his growing fame, lived a life of quiet dedication to his work.

Nicolas Poussin

The Holy Family on the Steps

Nicolas Poussin