1628 in art

Events from the year 1628 in art.

Events

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  • February – Gerrit Dou becomes a pupil of Rembrandt; the latter, then 22 years of age, paints a cheerful self-portrait, which will be sold 380 years later, in 2008, for 4.5 million dollars.
  • August 10 – Maiden voyage (and sinking) of Swedish royal warship Vasa which is richly decorated with wood sculptures by Mårten Redtmer and others.[1]
  • Willem van Haecht becomes curator of the art collection owned by Cornelis van der Geest.
  • Gerard van Honthorst visits the court of King Charles I of England.

Works

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PoussinThe Death of Germanicus

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Soop, Hans (1992). The Power and the Glory: The Sculptures of The Warship Wasa (2nd ed.). Kungliga Vitterhets-, historie- och antikvitetsakademien. ISBN 91-7402-168-0.