Dutch Baroque timeline
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Frans Hals Paints The Gypsy Girl
What a joy it is to see a Frans Hals, how different it is from the paintings – so many of them – where everything is carefully smoothed out in the... Read more
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Judith Leyster Paints Serenade
Leyster was particularly innovative in her domestic genre scenes. In them, she creates quiet scenes of women at home, which were not a popular... Read more
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Judith Leyster Paints Self-Portrait
The show’s centerpiece, a self-portrait from 1632-33, is a delight, lively and ingratiating. Leyster turns away from a half-finished canvas to... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Jeremiah Mourns the Destruction of Jerusalem
After his initial training in his native town of Leiden, Rembrandt spent a short but crucially important period in the studio of the history... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Andromeda Chained to the Rocks
Andromeda Chained to the Rock was painted by Rembrandt in 1631. Currently this work resides in Mauritshuis, in The Hague. Andromeda represents... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 oil painting by Rembrandt housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. Dr.... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Jacob de Gheyn III
Jacob de Gheyn III, also known as Jacob III de Gheyn, is a 1632 oil painting by Rembrandt. The portrait is of Dutch engraver Jacob de Gheyn III and... Read more
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Frans Hals Paints Pieter van den Broecke
In this portrait there is a perfect match of a painter's style to the sitter. Hals's bold, direct manner is ideally suited to portrayal of the... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Artemisia
Artemisia Receiving Mausolus' Ashes (also known as Sophonisba Receiving the Poisoned Cup) is a painting by the Dutch master Rembrandt. It is housed... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints The Prodigal Son in the Tavern
As early as 1749 this painting was described as a portrait of Rembrandt and his wife Saskia. The young lady looking over her shoulder resembles a... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Belshazzar's Feast
Rembrandt shows the moment when a divine hand appeared and wrote on the wall a phrase only Daniel could decipher. When transliterated the... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Danaë
Danaë is Rembrandt's painting from the collection of Pierre Crozat which from the 18th century resides in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. It... Read more
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Ferdinand Bol Paints Portrait of Elisabeth Bas
Elisabeth Bas (1571, Kampen - 2 August 1649, Amsterdam) was a figure in the Dutch Republic. She was the wife of Jochem Hendricksz.... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Night Watch
Night Watch or The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht) is the common name of one of the most famous works by Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints The Mill
The Mill is a painting by Dutch baroque artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. It is in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art in... Read more
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Carel Fabritius Paints A View of Delft
Carel Fabritius (bapt. Feb 27, 1622, Middenbeemster - Oct 12, 1654, Delft) was a Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt's most gifted... Read more
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Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael Paints Bentheim Castle
A magnificent view of the Castle of Bentheim (which is located in Bad Bentheim in Lower-Saxony), dated 1654, suggests that his wanderings extended... Read more
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Johannes Vermeer Paints Diana and Her Companions
In this evocative mythological painting, Diana sits with her companions near the edge of a dark and impenetrable forest. As evening falls she gazes... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer
Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer is a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It was painted in 1653, as a commission from Don Antonio Ruffo, from... Read more
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Rembrandt Paints Bathsheba at Her Bath
Bathsheba at Her Bath is an oil painting of Bathsheba by Rembrandt from 1654. The model was Rembrandt's partner Hendrickje Stoffels. She is known... Read more
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Johannes Vermeer Paints Officer and Laughing Girl
Because the costume of the girl (upper right) and the painting techniques resemble those of the Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, this... Read more
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Johannes Vermeer Paints Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is a painting finished in 1655 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the National Gallery... Read more
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Johannes Vermeer Paints The Procuress
Signed at the lower right corner, in dark brown color: i v Meer. 1656 (ivM in ligature). The support is a hand-woven linen with a threat count of... Read more
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Johannes Vermeer Paints Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
The picture was acquired in 1724 by August III, elector of Saxony, together with a number of other paintings bought in Paris. The seller threw in... Read more
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Johannes Vermeer Paints A Girl Asleep
A Girl Asleep, also known as A Woman Asleep at Table, is a painting by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, 1657. It is housed in the Metropolitan... Read more