What Happened in 1660

Johannes Vermeer Paints View of Delft

The composition was built up in light and dark passages. The sky, foreground, and light parts of the water are laid in with lead white while the... Read more

Rembrandt Paints Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther

The subject is an episode from chapters 5-7 of the book of Esther in the Old Testament. Haman, counciller to the king Ahasuerus, proposed to hang... Read more