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Facts

Born February 2, 1595 • Haarlem • Netherlands
Died September 13, 1657 (aged 62) • Netherlands
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • Palladianism

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The Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, Netherlands, features a symmetrical, pale yellow neoclassical facade with tall windows and decorative details, seen behind an open wrought-iron gate.
House in the Wood
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House in the Wood
Pieter Post
Dutch architect
Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotonda
Andrea Palladio
Italian architect
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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Austrian architect
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Inigo Jones
English architect and artist
Würzburg Residenz, designed by Balthasar Neumann, 18th century, Würzburg, Germany.
Balthasar Neumann
German architect
Guarini, Guarino: dome of San Lorenzo
Guarino Guarini
Italian architect, priest, mathematician, and theologian
Dôme des Invalides, Paris
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
French architect
Juvarra, Filippo: Stupinigi's royal hunting lodge
Filippo Juvarra
Italian architect
Facade of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, by Carlo Maderno, 1607.
Carlo Maderno
Italian architect
The Radcliffe Camera, designed by James Gibbs
James Gibbs
Scottish architect
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and author
Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola, Italy, by Giacomo da Vignola, 1559–73
Giacomo da Vignola
Italian architect
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Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov
Russian architect
Palazzo Medici, Florence
Michelozzo
Italian artist
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Jacques Lemercier
French architect
Herrera, Juan de: Cathedral of Valladolid
Juan de Herrera
Spanish architect
Sta. Maria della Salute, Venice, by Longhena
Baldassare Longhena
Venetian architect
Klenze, Leo von: Glyptothek
Leo von Klenze
German architect
Church of Santa Maria in Campitelli, Rome, by Carlo Rainaldi
Girolamo Rainaldi
Italian architect

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