Period - Dutch Golden Age

A Woman Peeling Apples
A Woman Peeling Apples
Works of Art

A Woman Peeling Apples is a painting by Dutch Master Pieter de Hooch. Depicting what was possibly a typical domestic scene from the time, it is an example of genre painting. Its...

Night Watch
Night Watch
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The Night Watch redirects here. For the book, please see The Night Watch Night Watch or The Night Watch is the common name of one of the most famous works by...

Laughing Cavalier
Laughing Cavalier
Works of Art

The Laughing Cavalier is a famous painting by the Dutch Baroque artist Frans Hals. The current title is a Victorian era invention; the subject does, in fact, sport an enigmatic smile...

The Art of Painting
The Art of Painting
Works of Art

The Art of Painting, also known as The Allegory of Painting, Die Allegorie der Malerei or Painter in his Studio, is a famous 17th century oil on canvas painting by Dutch painter, Johannes...

Girl reading a Letter at an Open Window
Girl reading a Letter at an Open Window
Works of Art

Girl reading a Letter at an Open Window is a painting finished in 1657 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the Gemäldegalerie of Dresden. The picture was acquired in 1724...

The Little Street
The Little Street
Works of Art

The Little Street is a painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, executed c. 1657-1658. It is housed in the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam, and signed left below the window with the...

A Girl Asleep
A Girl Asleep
Works of Art

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 Museum of Art of New York City. This painting...

View of Delft
View of Delft
Works of Art

The View of Delft is a veduta painting made between 1659 and 1660 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the Mauritshuis of The Hague. Topographic views of cities had become...

A Woman Holding a Balance
A Woman Holding a Balance
Works of Art

The Woman Holding a Balance is a painting finished around 1662-1663 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the National Gallery of Art of Washington, D.C. Until recently this...

Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
Woman in Blue Reading a Letter
Works of Art

The Woman in Blue Reading a Letter is a painting finished around 1663-1664 by the Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer. It is housed in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. As in the Girl with a...

Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
Works of Art

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. Nicolaes Tulp is pictured explaining the...

Girl Interrupted at her Music
Girl Interrupted at her Music
Works of Art

Girl Interrupted at her Music is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. It was painted in the baroque style between the years 1660 and 1661, using oil on canvas. The painting was...

Woman with a Water Jug
Woman with a Water Jug
Works of Art

Woman with a Water Jug, also known as Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, is a painting finished between 1660-1662 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the Baroque style. It is oil on...

A Lady Writing a Letter
A Lady Writing a Letter
Works of Art

A Lady Writing a Letter is an oil painting attributed to 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is believed to have been completed...

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Works of Art

The painting Girl with a Pearl Earring is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's masterworks and as the name implies, uses a pearl earring for a focal point. The...

The Astronomer
The Astronomer
Works of Art

The Astronomer is a painting finished about 1668 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is oil on canvas, 51cm x 45 cm, and is on display at the Louvre, Paris. Portrayals of scientists...

Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan
Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan
Works of Art

Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan by Dirck van Baburen of the Utrecht School, influenced by Caravaggio, is an example of Baroque chiaroscuro. The painting represents a tale from Roman...

The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson
Works of Art

The Music Lesson by Johannes Vermeer, also known as Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. It has been estimated to have been painted between...

The Floating Feather
The Floating Feather
Works of Art

The Floating Feather is the commonly used name for an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch artist Melchior d'Hondecoeter, properly titled A Pelican and Other Birds Near a Pool. The fine detail of...

Saint Praxidis
Saint Praxidis
Works of Art

Saint Praxidis is an oil painting attributed to both Felice Ficherelli and Johannes Vermeer van Delft. It might be the earliest work of Vermeer something however strongly disputed. It...

The Love Letter
The Love Letter
Works of Art

The Love Letter is a 17th century painting by Johannes Vermeer. In the painting is a servant maid that hands over a letter to a young woman with a lute. The painting is part...

The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride
Works of Art

The Jewish Bride is a painting by Rembrandt, executed around 1667. The painting gained its current name in the early 19th century, when an Amsterdam art collector...

The Feast of Saint Nicholas
The Feast of Saint Nicholas
Works of Art

The Feast of Saint Nicholas , is a painting by Dutch master Jan Steen, which can now be found in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It measures 82 x 70.5 cm....

The Prodigal Son in the Tavern
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern
Works of Art

The Prodigal Son in the Tavern is a painting by the Dutch master Rembrandt. It is housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister of Dresden, Germany. Is is signed "REMBRANDT F.". It portrays two...

Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther
Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther
Works of Art

The painting Ahasveros and Haman at the Feast of Esther is one of the few works of Rembrandt van Rijn whose complete provenance is known. The origin of the painting can be traced back to...

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