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| 1622 |
| | | The Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck begins a five-year stay, and a successful career as a portrait painter, in Genoa | |
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| 1623 |
| | | 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 | |
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| 1625 |
| | | Rubens completes a great narrative sequence of twenty-one paintings to celebrate the achievements of Marie de Médicis | |
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| c. 1628 |
| | | The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn develops a life-long interest in self-portraiture | |
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| 1629 |
| | | 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 |
| | | Rembrandt moves from his home town of Leiden to set up a studio in Amsterdam | |
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| 1632 |
| | | Van Dyck moves to London and becomes portrait painter to the British court and aristocracy | |
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| 1634 |
| | | Francesco Borromini begins work on his intricate baroque masterpiece, the Monastery of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1634-43), in Rome | |
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| 1634 |
| | | Rembrandt marries Saskia van Uylenburgh, who will feature in many of his paintings | |
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| 1636 |
| | | A painted ceiling by Rubens, celebrating the Stuart dynasty, is installed in the Banqueting House in Whitehall | |
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