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seicento - Italian, literally "600," it refers to the 1600s — the seventeenth century.
Seicento - Italian for 600, it refers to the 1600s-- the seventeenth century. Especially used to refer to Italian art of that century, the time of the Baroque period Return to top ...
Golzio, Vincenzo. Il seicento e il settecento. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Turin, 1960: 1:106, as possibly by Caravaggio. 1961 Julian, René. Le Caravage. Lyon, 1961: 48, pl. 37, fig. 1, as possibly by Pensionante del Saraceni.
At the same time there were already the first signs of the economic and historical decline that would undermine Italian art in the very long run, although the Seicento (seventeenth century) saw another golden age in the arts.
See also: Painting, Sculpture, School, Catalogue, Illustration
 
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