Baroque Exhibitions

Renaissance & Baroque · c. 1600–1750

Drama, grandeur, emotion

A style of intense drama, movement, and emotional power that swept across Catholic Europe in the 17th century. Artists including Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Vermeer used extreme contrasts of light and dark to draw viewers into scenes of religious fervour and intimate humanity. It was art as theatre, deployed by the Church and monarchies to inspire awe.

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Royal Academy

Rembrandt: Radical Printmaker

Starting Apr 9, 2027

PrintsBaroque

Rembrandt the rule-breaking etcher, at his most spontaneous

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Baroque past exhibitions

Ended

National Gallery

Zurbarán

May 2 to Aug 23

PaintingBaroqueFrancisco de Zurbarán

First ever UK exhibition of Zurbarán: altarpieces, still lifes and monastic robes from Seville

4.6/5 from 5 ratings · 6 reviews total

"The word 'visionary' is done to death but the 17th-century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán demands it: he paints supernatural things naturally and natural things supernaturally. Space becomes different in his world, melting distance and erasing the barrier between you and the picture."

The Guardian

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