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Facts

Born 1617 • Alkmaar • Netherlands
Died 1692 (aged 75) • Amsterdam • Netherlands

Photos

Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, oil on wood by Emanuel de Witte, c. 1659; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 46.04 × 56.2 cm.
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Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter
Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den: Group Portrait
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Dutch painter and poet
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Gerard Terborch
Dutch painter
“The World Upside-down,” oil painting by Jan Steen, 1663; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Jan Steen
Dutch painter
Fabritius, Carel: Self-Portrait
Carel Fabritius
Dutch painter
Carousing Peasants in an Interior, oil painting by Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1638; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Adriaen van Ostade
Dutch painter
Metsu, Gabriel: Officer Paying Court to a Young Woman in an Interior
Gabriel Metsu
Dutch painter
Hooch, Pieter de: Interior with Two Gentlemen and a Woman Beside a Fire
Pieter de Hooch
Dutch painter
Gerrit Dou: Self-Portrait
Gerrit Dou
Dutch painter
Self-portrait by Jozef Israëls, watercolour on paper, 1908; in the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Jozef Israëls
Dutch painter
Ostade, Isack van: The Halt at the Inn
Isack van Ostade
Dutch painter
Judith Leyster: Self-Portrait
Judith Leyster
Dutch painter
Wouwerman, Philips: landscape with hawkers
Philips Wouwerman
Dutch painter
Baburen, Dirck van: The Procuress
Dirck van Baburen
Dutch painter
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1881.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Dutch-born painter
Maes, Nicolaes: Girl at a Window
Nicolaes Maes
Dutch painter
Mieris, Frans van, the Elder: A Man and a Woman
Frans van Mieris, the Elder
Dutch painter
Flinck, Govert: Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conyn
Govert Flinck
Dutch painter
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist

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