Feature Archive Thomas Hoving's personal choice of the Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization      A note about navigation: all external links open in a new window, and many of these spawn a second window if you click to enlarge an item. The Baroque and Rococo Eras   Artist      Title of Work      Date      Medium Caravaggio The Calling of Saint Matthew Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome Detail images from the painting... 1599-1600 painting Jacques Callot The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1616 engraving Rubens Helene Fourment in Furs Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 1630 painting Nicolas Poussin Tancred and Erminia Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 1630s painting Gianlorenzo Bernini The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome 1645-52 sculpture Diego Velazquez Las Meninas Prado Museum, Madrid Detail images... 1656 painting Jan Vermeer View of Delft Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague Detail images... 1660-61 painting Rembrandt Return of the Prodigal Son Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 1668-69 painting Pierre Puget Milo of Crotona Musée du Louvre, Paris 1670-83 sculpture Watteau Embarkation for Cythera Musée du Louvre, Paris 1717 painting William Hogarth The Marriage à la Mode series:      1. The Marriage Settlement      2. The Tête à Tête      3. The Inspection      4. The Toilette      5. The Bagnio      6. The Lady's Death National Gallery, London 1743 paintings Giambattista Tiepolo The Ceiling at the Episcopal Palace, Würzburg Episcopal Palace, Würzburg, Germany Additional views of the ceiling... 1753 fresco Thomas Gainsborough The Blue Boy Huntington Library, San Marino CA 1770 painting Fragonard Girl with her Puppy Alte Pinakothek, Munich 1775 painting Jump to: • Ancient Art Through the Classical Era • The Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance • The High Renaissance and the Late Renaissance • The Baroque and Rococo Eras • The Nineteenth Century • The Twentieth Century