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Baroque timeline
1590
The dome of St Peter's is finished, completing nearly a century of construction on Europe's largest church
St.Peter's
Fotofile CG
1600
A performance in the Oratory in Rome, with music by Emilio de' Cavalieri, is in effect the first oratorio
1604
Annibale Carracci completes an influential ceiling fresco in the Farnese palace in Rome
1607
Claudio Monteverdi presents
Orfeo
, the first opera to win a lasting place in the international repertory
1608
The Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens completes an altarpiece in Rome which is an early masterpiece of the baroque
1608
Rubens returns from Italy to Antwerp, where he soon establishes Europe's most successful and prolific studio
Rubens
The Judgement of Paris
(detail) c.1635
National Gallery, London
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