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1618
 
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The Teatro Farnese in Parma is the first to have a proscenium arch, framing perspective scenery painted on flat wings       
1618
 
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The 19-year-old Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck is employed by Rubens in Antwerp as his chief assistant       
Van Dyck Theodosius and St Ambrose (detail) c.1620
National Gallery, London

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c. 1620
 
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The Dutch painter Frans Hals displays exceptional brilliance in his group portraits, including several of the civic guards of Haarlem      
1622
 
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Bernini's youthful Pluto and Proserpina, suggesting soft flesh in cold marble, introduces the lively tradition of baroque sculpture       
1622
 
   
The Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck begins a five-year stay, and a successful career as a portrait painter, in Genoa      
Van Dyck The Balbi Children (detail) c.1626
National Gallery, London

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1623
 
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Diego Velazquez becomes court painter to the king of Spain - a post which he will hold for the remaining thirty-seven years of his life      
Velazquez Philip IV of Spain (detail) c.1632
National Gallery, London

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1625
 
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Rubens completes a great narrative sequence of twenty-one paintings to celebrate the achievements of Marie de Médicis       
c. 1628
 
   
The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn develops a life-long interest in self-portraiture      
Rembrandt Self Portrait at the Age of 34 (detail) 1640
National Gallery, London

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1629
 
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The sculptor and architect Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini is given the task of adding the drama of baroque to the newly completed St Peter's in Rome        
Bernini's Baldacchino in St Peter's
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1631
 
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Rembrandt moves from his home town of Leiden to set up a studio in Amsterdam