Of course, you'll find Rembrandt, Hals, Vermeer.....But the Dutch 17th Century has a lot of unknown masters, yet to be discovered by the public.
I included some Mannerist painters, who still belong to the end of the 16th century.
If a painter has more than 5 paintings, I gave him his own file. Click on the name to go for it.
In some cases I give some biographical information about the painter.
My interests are: landscape, still life, genre, historical paintings.
n the filename you'll find a lot of information about the painting: painter, location, title and sometimes date.
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spent a lot of time in scanning all the images which I offer to you. I hope you like them. Feel free to use them for educational purposes, as I do in my Art lessons.
Bernard HuyvaertVanitas, c. 1650, Mauritshuis
Harlingen 1608 - 1653
Emden 1631 - Amsterdam 1708
Leiden 1584 - Leiden 1657 Vanitas with a portrait, Leiden, Lakenhal
active last quarter 17th century
Haarlem, 1638 - 1698
Haarlem 1630 - Haarlem 1693
The merchant of colors, Leipzig
(c. 1580 -1623)
Dishes with oysters and sweetmeats, National Gallery of Art, c. 1615
Den Haag 1633 - Bergen op Zoom 1681
1601/2 - 1672
active 1650 - 1676 Antwerpen and Den Haag
Vanitas, Strasbourg, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Antwerp 1573 - 1621
Amsterdam 1592 - c. 1635
Bouquet of flowers, Europe, private collection
Burgsteinfurt, 1597/98 - Haarlem, 1661
Haarlem 1562 - 1638
Amsterdam 1599-1678
Musical Company, private collection, Europe
Dordrecht 1594 - 1651
The Grape GrowerRotterdam 1601 - 1658 Rotterdam
Christ in the house of Martha and Maria, Vaduz, 1637Haarlem 1635c. - Goch 1694
Flowers in a glass vase, Los Angeles, collection Edward W. Carter, 1671Haarlem 1627c. - Haarlem 1697
Banquet of Antonius and Cleopatra, Manchester, N. H., The Currier Gallery of ArtDordrecht 1645 - 1727
Haarlem ca. 1600 - 1652/53 Haarlem
Utrecht 1606 - Antwerpen, 1684
Antwerpen 1650? - 1695?
son of Jan de Heem
Still life with flowers. Vanitas, Louvre, 1685
Utrecht 1656 - 1701
cousin of Willem de Heusch
River with fishermen, Budapest
Utrecht, before 1625 - 1692
follower of Jan Both
Southern landscape, Budapest
Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695
Antwerpen c. 1575 - 1638 Amsterdam
Entrance to a village with hunters, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1615/18active Utrecht 1652 - 1692
inspirated by Jan Both, Willem de Heusch and Jan AsselynLandscape with the chiesa dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo in Rome, Budapest
Liège 1641 - 1711 Amsterdam
Tournai 1610c. - 1673 Rotterdam
Interior of the St. Laurenskerk, Rotterdam, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, early 1660sLondon 1595 - 1661 Haarlem
Dune ladscape with trees and wagon, Braunschweig, 1636Antwerpen 1603 - 1660 Antwerpen
Valley with mountains, 1640-50, PhiladelphiaEmden 1633 - Amsterdam 1686
Rotterdam ? c. 1601 - 1653 Weesp
Alkmaar ca. 1617 - Amsterdam, 1691-92
Still Life with Cheeses, ca. 1615-1620, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Leiden 1613 - Leiden 1675
active 1652 - 1680
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Bust of man wearing a large-brimmed hat, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1655c.
Antwerp 1618 - 1682/83 Amsterdam
Dead game, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1650
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Haarlem 1660 - 1704 Haarlem
Merry-making, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1692
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Bruges 1623 - Amsterdam before 1682
The musicians, Hallwyl Collection, Stockholm
1578-1610
Flight into Egypt, München, Alte Pinakothek, 1609
Kleve 1615 - 1660 Amsterdam
Utrecht 1646 - 1726 Schoonhoven
Landscape with king Midas judging the musical contest between Pan and Apollo, Museum of Fine Arts, BostonAmsterdam c. 1646 - 1718 London
Rheinland landscape, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, c. 1705Amsterdam 1628 - after 1685 Amsterdam?
Haarlem 1591 - 1656
?1593/94 - 1680/82 Haarlem
Rotterdam ca. 1625/30 - 1695? London
Helsingor 1569 - 1625
Rotterdam 1619 - Amsterdam 1693
Antwerpen 1600 - 1652 Amsterdam
Gouda 1548 - Amsterdam 1616
active in Haarlem 1645 - 1659 Amsterdam
The ferry boat, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1655c.Amsterdam ca. 1583 - 1633
Leiden, 1607 - Amsterdam 1674
Franfurt am Main 1623/24 - 1674 Amsterdam
London 1610 - Amsterdam 1661
Vanitas with bust, Den Haag, private collectionHaarlem 1656 - 1717 Haarlem
William III hunting at Het Loo, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1696c.Dordrecht 1634 - Amsterdam 1693
Nijmegen ca. 1619 - Amsterdam 1678
Haarlem 1571 - 1631
Leiden 1629 - 1667 Amsterdam
Zeeland (?)- Roma (?)
Caritas Romana, Cimon and Pero, BudapestDurgerdam ca. 1590/91 - 1655
Haarlem ca. 1630 - 1676 Haarlem
Haarlem ca. 1623 - Amsterdam 1693/97
pupil of Nicolaes Berchem Piazza del Popolo in Rome, BudapestDen Haag 1606c. - Den Haag? 1686?
Amor sleeping on a skull, Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-ArtsUtrecht 1571 - 1638 Utrecht
1637 Haarlem - 1701 Milan
Amsterdam 1622 - 1700 Leeuwarden
Village with a waterway, Zürich, Kunsthaus, 1671The Hague 1614c. - 1670 The Hague
Lady playing lute, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1648died after 1706
Still life with grapes, private collectionRotterdam 1634 - Amsterdam 1682
Delft 1601 - Amsterdam 1673
active 1607/1608 - after 1621
Cheeses with almonds and cracknels, Richard green Gallery, London, 1612-1615Haarlem 1612 - 1680 Haarlem
Haarlem? ca 1585 - 1657 Amsterdam
Enkhuizen 1625 - 1654 Amsterdam
Schiedam 1620/21 - Amsterdam 1673
Haarlem c. 1585 - after 1656 Haarlem
Landscape with Mercury and Battus, 1618, private collection, New YorkAmsterdam 1583/84 - 1631 Amsterdam
Joseph trades bread against cattle, private collection, 1618Haarlem 1627 - Haarlem 1698
Vanitas, Paris, private collectionAmsterdam 1627 - 1692 Amsterdam
Valley with travelers, Galerie Bruno Meissner, Zurich, 1660sHaarlem, active 1652 - before 1702?
Coast at Scheveningen, ca. 1680Amsterdam 1664 - 1750
Middelburg 1600 - Middelburg 1647
Still life, Dunkerque, Musée des Beaux-ArtsAssendelft, 1597 - Haarlem, 1665
Rotterdam 1609 - 1685 Utrecht
Kortrijk 1576/78 - 1639 Utrecht
Haarlem 1589/90 - 1633/38 Den Haag
Antwerp ca. 1635 - Italy? after 1665
Cattle in a hilly Landscape, DublinRotterdam 1609/11 - 1670 Rotterdam
Portrait of man, 1662Jael and Sisera, Rotterdam, Boymans-van Beuningen, 1550/75
Amersfoort? 1600 - after 1649 Sicily?
Amsterdam 1644 - 1708 Amsterdam
Shipping, Dublin, National Gallery of ArtBrussels 1618 - 1664? Goa?
Amsterdam 1584/85-1635
Zwolle 1639 - 1716 Zwolle
View of Zwolle, Torrie colllection, University of EdinburghZwolle 1617 - Deventer 1681
Den Haag 1588 - Utrecht 1629
Leiden 1640 - 1719 Leiden
Young woman with basket, 1677, ZürichAmsterdam 1589- 1644
Emblematic Still Life, 1614, RijksmuseumLille 1623 - Amsterdam 1677
attributed to Wallerand Vaillant, Portrait of a man, early 1660sAmsterdam 1675 - 1721 Amsterdam
Leiden 1630c. - 1703 Zierikzee
River scene with shipping, National Gallery of Ireland, DublinWijk bij Duurstede c.1595 - Utrecht 1624
Interior of the Cunerakerk, Rhenen, National Gallery, London, 1638
Haarlem 1640 c. - Haarlem 1690c.
Den Haag, 1620/21 - Overschie, 1690
Amsterdam 1630/33 - 1677 Amsterdam
Broad river view with a horseman, 1660s, BudapestZwammerdam 1622 (?) - Leiden 1668
Utrecht ca. 1636 - 1673
Dordrecht 1642 - 1722
Still Life with peaches and grapes, Mauritshuis, 1680c.Haarlem 1595 - 1657 Amersfoort
Mercurius, Argus and Io, Mauritshuis, Den Haag, 1630/40Venus and Adonis, Galerie d'Arenberg, Brussels, 1645
Holland?, 17th century
Amsterdam 1626 - 1679 Amsterdam
Amsterdam 1636 - 1672 Amsterdam
Amsterdam 1587 - 1630 Den Haag
(active c. 1617 - c.1642)
Flowers in a vase before a niche, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1617
ca. 1613 - after 1663 (London)?
The Young cook, Basel
active 1603 - 1641
Flowers, Fitzwilliam Museum
Leeuwarden 1622/23 - 1672 Amsterdam
Portrait of a lady, early 1660s
1606/07 - after 1661 The Hague
Castle of Montfoort near Utrecht, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1660
Read more about this painter.Arnhem? 1613 - 1669 Den Haag
View of the Swanenturm in Kleve, private collection Boston, 1660s
Haarlem 1613 - Amsterdam 1670
Selfportrait in 1655, Toledo Art Museum, 1655
Den Haag 1607 - 1669 Den Haag
Sleeping nymph, Mauritshuis, Den Haag, after 1642
Amsterdam 1634 - 1703 Düsseldorf
Young lady at her breakfast, 1665, Vaduz
Leiden 1632 - Gouda 1673
Adriaen van der Spelt and Frans van Mieris, Trompe-l'oeil with flowers and a curtain, Art Institute of Chicago, 1658
Kralingen 1659 - 1722 Rotterdam
Flight to Egypt, Mauritshuis, Den Haag, 1710
Oud-Beyerland 1683 -1753 Den Haag
Judith with the head of Holophernes, Mauritshuis, Den Haag
Alkmaar 1621 - Amsterdam 1675
Middelburg? ca. 1585 - after 1638 Dordrecht
Forest Landscape, 1630-1638, private
Nijmegen 1614 - 1669 Amsterdam
Jupiter and Ganymede, Dublin, National Gallery of Art
Dordrecht 1627 - Dordrecht 1678
Selfportrait, 1645, Vaduz
Haerlem 1599 - ???
Camp scene, 1625-30, Vaduz
Sluis 1614 - 1670 Paris
Music making company, collection Thyssen-Bornemisza, 1650-55
Meulebeke 1548 - Amsterdam 1606
The Continence of Scipio, 1600, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Portrait of a woman, 1628, Wallace Collection, London
Leiden 1662 - 1747 Leiden
Armida ties the sleeping Rinaldo, Mauritshuis, Den Haag, 1709
Antwerpen 1585 - 1658 Amsterdam
Vanitas, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, 1614
Noordorp 1630 - Wittdam 1693
Flowers and fruit, 167?
active ca. 1640
Still life with flowers, birds and cherries, 1643, private
Den Haag? ca. 1570/80 - 1657 Den Haag
Pieter van Veen, his son and a writer, Geneva, Musée d'Art e d'Histoire, 1625-29
Amsterdam 1604/1605 - Amsterdsam 1635
Landscape with a road and farmhouse, 1625
Leiden 1625c. - 1668 Leiden
Saint Jerome in prayer, Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet
active in Delft and Den Haag, 1630 - 1654
Vanitas, Belfort, Musée des Beaux-Arts
active 1651 - 1670
Portrait of a lady, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1665-7
Utrecht, ca. 1626 - Amsterdam 1697/1700
Gerard Ter Borch (?), 1669, Leipzig
c. 1590? - c 1647 Den Haag
Forest Pool with Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, 1627, Rijksdienst Beeldende kunsten, Den Haag
Den Haag 1644 - London 1721
Trumpet narcissuses in vase, Hardsworth Conn., Wardsworth Atheneum, before 1669?
Delft 1632 - 1675
Writing girl, Washington, National Gallery, 1666c.
working Haarlem 1634-1674
Still Life with Books and Musical Instruments, Mauritshuis
Amsterdam 1619c. - 1676 or later, Dutch East Indies
Levite and his concubine at Gibeah, Dublin, National Gallery of Art, 1650c.
Haarlem 1629 - 1666 Haarlem
The hollow road, Vaduz