Events That Happened in 1662

1662 Events

1662
to 1668
Johannes Vermeer Paints The Art of Painting
Few paintings in the entire history of art seem as perfect as this one. Vermeer's extraordinary technical mastery, the crystal-clear light which illuminates the scene, the purity of the v...
1662
to 1664
Johannes Vermeer Paints The Music Lesson
On the far side of a sunlit room with double windows a young woman stands to play on a clavecin. A man in elegant dress watches her and listens intently. Both figures are quiet and statue...
1662
to 1663
Johannes Vermeer Paints Woman Holding a Balance
Until recently this painting was best known as The Goldweigher or Girl Weighing Pearls. Microscopic analysis, however, has revealed the pans of the balance to be empty. The highlight on t...
1662
to 1665
Johannes Vermeer Paints Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
The Woman in Blue Reading a Letter is a painting finished around 1663-1664 by the Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. As in the Girl with...
1662
to 1664
Johannes Vermeer Paints Woman with a Lute
In this work of the early 1660s, a young woman in an ermine-trimmed jacket plays a lute and looks intently out the window. The viola da gamba on the floor and songbooks on the table sugge...
1662
to 1665
Johannes Vermeer Paints Woman with a Pearl Necklace
Over an off-white ground, black underpainting indicates shadows in the woman's back. An ocher layer top of the ground may cover the entire painting. It is not covered by any other paint l...
1662 Rembrandt Paints Sampling Officials of the Drapers' Guild
Rembrandt brilliantly exploits horizontals - a classical rather than a Baroque device - for the unification of the group. Three horizontals run through the picture at almost equal interva...