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Also Known As Adriaen Brauwer
Born 1605 or 1606 • Oudenaarde • Belgium
Buried February 1, 1638 • Antwerp • Belgium
Movement / Style Flemish art

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Brouwer, Adriaen: Youth Making a Face
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Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground.
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
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David Teniers, the Younger
Flemish painter
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David Teniers, the Elder
Flemish painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
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Quentin Massys
Flemish artist
Bruegel, Jan, the Elder; Francken, Hieronymus, II: The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose
Jan Bruegel the Elder
Flemish painter
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Jacopo Bassano, probably 1555/1560; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 106.1 × 82.6 cm.
Jacopo Bassano
Italian painter
George Caleb Bingham: Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham
American painter
“The World Upside-down,” oil painting by Jan Steen, 1663; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Jan Steen
Dutch painter
Ostade, Isack van: The Halt at the Inn
Isack van Ostade
Dutch painter
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Kim Hong-do
Korean painter
Wouwerman, Philips: landscape with hawkers
Philips Wouwerman
Dutch painter
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George Morland
British painter
The Synagogue, oil on canvas by Alessandro Magnasco, 1725–30; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Alessandro Magnasco
Italian painter
Zorn, Anders: Dagmar
Anders Zorn
Swedish painter and etcher
Patinir, Joachim
Joachim Patinir
Flemish painter
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Gillis van Coninxloo
Flemish painter
Brill, Paul: mountainous landscape
Paul Brill
Flemish artist

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