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Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp (1620 - 1695) - Netherlands (Dordrecht)
Dutch Golden Age
Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp (October 20, 1620 – November 15, 1691) was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp (1594–1651/52), he is especially known for his large views of the Dutch countryside in early morning or late aft...... |
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Jan Asselijn (1610 - 1652) - France (Dieppe)
Jan Asselijn (c.1610 – October 1, 1652), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Asselijn was born at Dieppe from a French Huguenot family as Jean Asselin. He received instruction from Esaias van de Velde (1587–1630), and distinguished himself particularly in landscape and animal painting, though his historical works and battle pieces are also admired. He ...... |
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Adam Frans Van Der Meulen (1632 - 1690) - Belgium (Brussels)
Adam Frans van der Meulen or Adam-François van der Meulen (11 January 1632 – 15 October 1690) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who was particularly known for his scenes of military campaigns and conquests. Snayers also painted portraits, hunting scenes, paintings of chateaux and landscapes. He created designs for prints and cartoons for tapest...... |
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Andrea Sacchi (1599 - 1661) - Italy (Nettuno)
Andrea Sacchi (30 November 1599 – 21 June 1661) was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors Alessandro Algardi and François Duquesnoy, and the contemporary biographer Giovanni Bellori. Sacchi w...... |
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Adriaen Van Utrecht (1599 - 1652) - Belgium (Antwerp)
Adriaen van Utrecht (Antwerp, 12 January 1599 – 1652) was a Flemish painter known mainly for his sumptuous banquet still lifes, game and fruit still lifes, fruit garlands, market and kitchen scenes and depictions of live poultry in farmyards. His paintings, especially the hunting and game pieces, show the influence of Frans Snyders. The two artists...... |
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Paulus Pietersz Potter (1625 - 1654) - Netherlands (Enkhuizen)
Dutch Golden Age
Paulus Potter (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpʌulɵs ˈpɔtər] 20 November 1625 (baptised) – 17 January 1654 (buried)) was a Dutch painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point. Before Potter died of tuberculosis at the age of 28 he succeeded in producing about 100 paintings, working continuously. Paulus Potter was bo...... |
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Jan Andrea Lievens (1607 - 1674) - Netherlands (Leiden)
Baroque
Jan Lievens (24 October 1607 – 4 June 1674) was a Dutch painter, usually associated with Rembrandt, working in a similar style. According to Arnold Houbraken, Jan was the son of Lieven Hendriksze, a tapestry worker (borduurwerker), and was trained by Joris Verschoten. He was sent to Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam at about the age of 10 for two full ye...... |
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Gerard Ter Borch The Younger (1617 - 1681) - Netherlands (Zwolle)
Dutch Golden Age
Gerard ter Borch (Dutch: [ɣəˈrɑrt tɛr ˈbɔrx] December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg (Dutch: [ɣəˈrɑrt tɛrˈbɵrx]), was an influential and pioneering Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu, Gerrit Dou, Eglon van der Neer and Johannes Vermeer. According to Arthur ...... |
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Aert Van Der Neer (1604 - 1677) - Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Aert van der Neer, or Aernout or Artus (c. 1603 – 9 November 1677), was a landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, specializing in small night scenes lit only by moonlight and fires, and snowy winter landscapes, both often looking down a canal or river. He was a contemporary of Albert Cuyp and Meindert Hobbema, and like the latter he lived and di...... |
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Frans Van Mieris The Elder (1635 - 1681) - Netherlands (Leiden)
Frans van Mieris, the elder (16 April 1635 – 12 March 1681), was a Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660–1690) and Willem (1662–1747) and his grandson Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689–1763) were also accomplished genre painters. Frans was born and died in Leiden, where h...... |
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Alexander Keirincx (1600 - 1652) -
Alexander Keirincx (Antwerp, 23 January 1600–Amsterdam, 1652) was trained as a Flemish Baroque painter who later moved to Utrecht and ultimately to Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. He became a master in Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1619, and like his teacher Abraham Govaerts he initially specialized in small cabinet-sized forest landscapes in the...... |
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Juan De Miranda (1614 - 1685) - Spain (Avilés)
Juan Carreño de Miranda (25 March 1614 — 3 October 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Born in Avilés in Asturias, son of a painter with the same name, Juan Carreño de Miranda. His family moved to Madrid in 1623, and he trained in Madrid during the late 1620s as an apprentice to Pedro de las Cuevas and Bartolomé Román. He came to the...... |
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Andries Van Eertvelt (1590 - 1652) - Belgium (Antwerp)
Andries van Eertvelt (1590, Antwerp – 1652, Antwerp), was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver who was one of the first Flemish artists to specialize in marine art. Several of his pupils also became prominent marine artists. Andries van Eertvelt was born in Antwerp and baptized in the Antwerp cathedral on 25 March 1590. There is no record of...... |
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Abraham Van Den Tempel (Abraham Lambertsz) (1622 - 1672) - Netherlands (Leeuwarden)
Abraham van den Tempel (c.1622 – 8 October 1672) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He probably learned painting from his father, also a painter, but who died when he was still quite young, in 1636. That is the same year that he moved to Amsterdam, where he stayed until 1647, whereupon he moved to Leiden. According to Houbraken he was the son of a Men...... |
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Egbert Lievensz Van Der Poel (1621 - 1664) - Netherlands (Delft)
Egbert van der Poel (9 March 1621 in Delft – 19 July 1664 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age genre and landscape painter, son of a Delft goldsmith. He may possibly have been a student of Esaias van de Velde and of Aert van der Neer. According to the RKD he was the brother of the painter Adriaen Lievensz van der Poel and a student of Cornelis Saft...... |
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Alessandro Tiarini (1577 - 1668) - Italy (Bologna)
Alessandro Tiarini (20 March 1577 – 8 February 1668) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. He was born in Bologna. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt, and early on they tried, unsuccessfully to guide him towards becoming a cleric. He was the godson of painter Lavinia Fontana and initially apprenticed...... |
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Frans Jansz Post (1612 - 1680) -
Frans Janszoon Post (17 November 1612 – 17 February 1680) was a painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas, during and after the period of Dutch Brazil In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil in northeast of South America at the invitation of the governor Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen. Hi...... |
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Da Andrea Sacchi (1599 - 1661) -
Andrea Sacchi (30 November 1599 – 21 June 1661) was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors Alessandro Algardi and François Duquesnoy, and the contemporary biographer Giovanni Bellori. Sacchi w...... |
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Pieter Jacobs Codde (1599 - 1678) -
Pieter Jacobsz. Codde (December 11, 1599 – October 12, 1678) was a Dutch painter of genre works, guardroom scenes and portraits. Codde was a technically skilled painter. He is said to have studied with Frans Hals, but it is more likely that his training was with the portrait painter, inn-keeper, actor and art-dealer Barent van Someren (1572–1632) o...... |
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Philips De Koninck (1619 - 1688) -
Philip de Koninck, or Philips Koninck (5 November 1619 – 4 October 1688 was a Dutch landscape painter and younger brother of Jacob Koninck. De Koninck was the son of the jeweler Aert Coninx. He was married twice in 1641 with Cornelia, a sister of Abraham Furnerius, living in Rotterdam, and in 1657 with Margaretha van Rhijn from Amsterdam. Philip st...... |
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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Baciccio) (1639 - 1709) -
Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for Giovanni Battista), was an Italian artist working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault frescos in the Church of the Gesù in Rome, Italy. His work was influenced by Gian Lorenzo B...... |
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Adriaen Hanneman (1603 - 1671) - Netherlands (Den Haag)
Adriaen Hanneman (c. 1603 - buried 11 July 1671) was a Dutch Golden Age painter best-known today for his portraits of the exiled British royal court. His style was strongly influenced by his contemporary, Anthony van Dyck. He was born into a wealthy Catholic patrician family in the Hague, and studied drawing with Hague portrait artist Jan Antonisz....... |
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Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 - 1698) -
Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 – 10 June 1698) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, active in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague, who is best known today for his cityscapes. Berckheyde was born and died in Haarlem. Christened as an infant 6 June 1638, he was the younger brother (by eleven years) and student of the painter Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyd...... |
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Adam Pynacker (1622 - 1673) - Netherlands (Schiedam)
Adam Christiaensz Pynacker or Pijnacker (15 February 1622, Schiedam - buried 28 March 1673, Amsterdam ) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, mostly of landscapes. Pynacker was the son of a wine merchant, who was a member of the vroedschap, or city regency. He travelled to Italy and was gone for three years. In 1658 he converted to Catholicism in order t...... |
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Thomas Wyck (1616 - 1677) - Netherlands (Beverwijk)
Thomas Wijck (also Thomas Wijk, or Thomas Wyck 1616–1677) was a Dutch painter of port views and genre paintings. Wijck was born into an artist family and received his training from his father. He journeyed to Italy, presumably by 1640, the year in which a ‘Tommaso fiammingo, pittore’ (Thomas the Fleming, painter) is documented as residing in Rome i...... |
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Benedetto Gennari The Younger (1633 - 1715) - Italy (Cento)
Benedetto Gennari II (October 19, 1633 – December 9, 1715) was an Italian painter active during the Baroque period. Belonging to a dynasty of painters, Gennari was a student of Guercino, the grandson of Benedetto Gennari, and older brother of Cesare Gennari. His father was Ercole Gennari and mother Lucia Barbieri. He trained at the workshop of the ...... |
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Alexander Adriaenssen (1587 - 1661) - Belgium (Antwerp)
Alexander Adriaenssen (Antwerp, 1587 – Antwerp, 1661) was a Flemish Baroque painter, particularly known for his still-lifes of fish and game pieces. He also painted banquet pieces with food and flower still lifes. Alexander Adriaenssen was born in Antwerp, the son of the famous Antwerp composer and lute player Emmanuel Adriaenssen and Sibilla Creli...... |
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Adam Willaerts (1577 - 1664) - United Kingdom (London)
Adam Willaerts (21 July 1577 – 4 April 1664) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Willaerts (occasionally Willarts, Willers) was born in London to Flemish parents who had fled from Antwerp for religious reasons. By 1585 the family lived in Leiden. From 1597 until his death, Adam lived and worked in Utrecht. He became a member of the Utrecht Guild of St....... |
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Quiringh Gerritsz Van Brekelenkam (1622 - 1668) -
Quirijn or Quiringh Gerritsz van Brekelenkam (1622/29, Zwammerdam – 1669/79, Leiden), was a Dutch Baroque genre painter. He probably studied under Gerard Dou, and as a result his paintings from the 1640s and 1650s are similar to those of the Leiden fijnschilders. Media related to Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam at Wikimedia Commons More...... |
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Jan Davidszoon De Heem (1606 - 1684) -
Jan Davidsz. de Heem or in-full Jan Davidszoon de Heem, also called Johannes de Heem or Johannes van Antwerpen or Jan Davidsz de Hem (c. 17 April 1606 in Utrecht – before 26 April 1684 in Antwerp), was a still life painter who was active in Utrecht and Antwerp. He is a major representative of that genre in both Dutch and Flemish Baroque painting. D...... |
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Detto Pietro Della Vecchia Pietro Muttoni (1602 - 1678) -
Pietro della Vecchia, formerly incorrectly called Pietro Muttoni, (1603 – 8 September 1678) was an Italian painter known for his altar pieces. Pietro della Vecchia is believed to have been born in Vicenza or in Venice. His early work display a strong influence by the work of Carlo Saraceni and his student and collaborator Jean Leclerc. It is likely...... |
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Nicolaes Van Verendael (1640 - 1691) -
Nicolaes van Verendael or Nicolaes van Veerendael (Antwerp, 1640 – Antwerp, 1691) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who is mainly known for his flower paintings and vanitas still lifes. He was a frequent collaborator of other Antwerp artists to whose compositions he added the still life elements. He also painted a number of singeries - scenes...... |
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Abraham Willaerts (1603 - 1669) - Netherlands (Utrecht)
Abraham Willaerts (c. 1603 - 18 October 1669) was a Dutch Baroque painter, mostly of marine and harbor scenes. He also painted a number of single and family portraits. Abraham Willaerts was born in Utrecht, the son of the painter Adam Willaerts. He trained with his father, a marine painter. He later studied with the Utrecht Caravaggist Jan van Bijl...... |
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Pieter Fransz De Grebber (1600 - 1652) -
Pieter Fransz de Grebber (c.1600–1652/3 ) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. De Grebber was born in Haarlem, the oldest son of Frans Pietersz de Grebber (1573–1643), a painter and embroiderer in Haarlem, and the brother of the painters Maria and Albert. He learned to paint from his father and from Hendrick Goltzius. He was descended from a Catholic an...... |
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David De Koninck (1636 - 1699) -
David de Coninck or David de Koninck, also known as Rammelaer (ca. 1644, Antwerp – after 1701, probably Brussels) was a Flemish painter who specialised in still lifes and landscapes with animals and hunting scenes. Recognised as a leading animal painter, de Coninck was able to develop an international career which caused him to work for extended pe...... |
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Agostino Mitelli (1609 - 1660) - Italy (Sasso Marconi)
Agostino Mitelli (16 March 1609 – 2 August 1660) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and best known as a fresco painter of quadratura or illusionistic perspectival architectural frameworks. He was born in Battedizzo, near Bologna and died in Madrid while working for the court of Philip IV of Spain. He was a pupil of Gabriello Ferrantini (d...... |
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Da Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610 - 1662) -
Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo, 1610 – Viterbo, 1662) was a major Italian painter of the Baroque period, celebrated for his use of bright, vivid colors and also for his clarity of detail. Many of his works are on display in the Louvre. Romanelli was trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona, the leading painter of his day. Born in V...... |
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Alessandro Marchesini (1644 - 1738) - Italy
Alessandro Marchesini (30 April 1664 – 27 January 1738) was an Italian painter and art merchant of the late-Baroque and Rococo, active in Northern Italy and Venice. He first trained in Verona with Biagio Falcieri and then with Antonio Calza. He then moved to Bologna, to work in the studio of Carlo Cignani. He is described as gaining fame for his al...... |
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Simon Jacobsz De Vlieger (1601 - 1653) -
Simon de Vlieger (c. 1601, Rotterdam – buried 13 March 1653, Weesp) was a Dutch designer, draughtsman, and painter, most famous for his marine paintings. Born in Rotterdam, de Vlieger moved in 1634 to Delft, where he joined the Guild of Saint Luke, and then to Amsterdam in 1638, though he maintained a house in Rotterdam until 1650 when he moved to ...... |
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Frederik De Moucheron (1633 - 1686) -
Frederik de Moucheron (1633 – 2 January 1686) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Frederik de Moucheron was the son of the painter Balthazar de Moucheron and Cornelia van Brouckhoven. His father came from a wealthy family of wine traders and is portrayed as one of the younger sons in the family portrait of Pierre de Moucheron (1583). Frederik...... |
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Jan Van Huchtenburg (1647 - 1733) -
J(oh)an and Jacob van Huchtenburg (Hughtenburg or Hugtenburg(h)) were two Dutch Golden Age painters in the second half of the seventeenth century. Both brothers were natives of Haarlem, moved to Paris, but died in Amsterdam. The main source about their lives is from Arnold Houbraken. Some of the information from the 19th century is contradictive. J...... |
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Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1640 - 1675) -
Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts or Gysbrechts (ca 1630 - c. 1675) was a Flemish painter working in Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Sweden in the second half of the seventeenth century. He specialised in trompe-l'œil an artistic genre aiming to trick contemporary viewers into believing that the painted, two-dimensional illusions were real three-dimensi...... |
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Isaac Sailmaker (1633 - 1721) -
Isaac Sailmaker (born Isaac Zeilmaker in Scheveningen, 1633 died in London on June 28, 1721) was a Dutch marine painter active in Britain. He came to London to work for George Geldorp and later worked for Oliver Cromwell. He is known for paintings of ships and lighthouses. His painting of Eddystone Lighthouse is notable as the structure no longer e...... |
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Jan Van Huchtenburgh (1647 - 1733) -
J(oh)an and Jacob van Huchtenburg (Hughtenburg or Hugtenburg(h)) were two Dutch Golden Age painters in the second half of the seventeenth century. Both brothers were natives of Haarlem, moved to Paris, but died in Amsterdam. The main source about their lives is from Arnold Houbraken. Some of the information from the 19th century is contradictive. J...... |
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Antonio Verrio (1639 - 1707) -
The Italian-born Antonio Verrio (c. 1636 – 15 June 1707) was responsible for introducing Baroque mural painting into England and served the Crown over a thirty-year period. Verrio, born in Lecce, Kingdom of Naples, started his career in Lecce and was a pupil of Giovanni Andrea Coppola (1597–1659). Several works by Verrio still exist in the Apulian ...... |
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Lorenzo Pasinelli (1629 - 1700) -
Lorenzo Pasinelli (September 4, 1629 – March 4, 1700) was an Italian painter active mainly in Bologna during the late Baroque period. He was born in Bologna, and initially trained in the studio of Simone Cantarini. He then pursued studies in Rome. Despite that training, his works have an air of Mannerism. In an overview of two major Bolognese paint...... |
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Wang Yuanqi (1642 - 1715) - China (Taicang)
Wang Yuanqi (Chinese: 王原祁 pinyin: Wáng Yuánqí 1642-1715) was a Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty. Wang was born in Taicang in the Jiangsu province and tutored in painting by his grandfather Wang Shimin (1592–1680). His style name was 'Mao-ching ' and his sobriquet was ' Lu-t'ai'. Wang is a member of the Six Masters of the early Qing period, also ...... |
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Luigi Garzi (1638 - 1721) -
Luigi Garzi (Pistoia, 1638–Rome, 1721) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, whose work displayed heavy influences of the Bolognese painter, Guido Reni. Born in Pistoia. He started learning from a poorly known landscape painter, Salomon Boccali. But at age 15, he moved to Rome, where he was one of the main pupils of Andrea Sacchi. He is als...... |
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After Joachim Von Sandrart (1606 - 1688) -
Joachim von Sandrart (12 May 1606 – 14 October 1688) was a German Baroque art-historian and painter, active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. Sandrart was born in Frankfurt am Main, but the family originated from Mons. According to his dictionary of art called the Teutsche Academie, he learned to read and write from the son of Theodor de Br...... |
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Chen Hongshou (1598 - 1652) -
Chen Hongshou (1598–1652), formerly romanized as Ch'en Hung-shou, was a Chinese painter of the late Ming dynasty. Chen was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang province in 1598, during the Ming dynasty. His courtesy name was Zhanghou (章侯), and his pseudonyms were Laolian (老莲), Fuchi (弗迟), Yunmenseng (云门僧), Huichi (悔迟), Chiheshang (迟和尚) and Huiseng (悔僧). He once...... |
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Francis Barlow (1624 - 1704) - United Kingdom (Lincolnshire)
Francis Barlow (c. 1626 – 1704) was an English painter, etcher, and illustrator. He ranks among the most prolific book-illustrators and printmakers of the 17th century, working across several genres: natural history, hunting and recreation, politics, and decoration and design. Barlow is known as "the father of British sporting painting" he was Brit...... |
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Dirck Dircksz Van Santvoort (1610 - 1680) -
Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort (1610–1680) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Santvoort was born and died in Amsterdam, where he married in 1648 and had a son named Rembrandt. He married a second time in 1657. Though not registered as a Rembrandt pupil, he is considered a member of Rembrandt's school of painting, creating portraits and historical allegor...... |
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Francesco Del Cairo (1607 - 1665) -
Francesco Cairo (26 September 1607 – 27 July 1665) was an Italian Baroque painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont. He was born and died in Milan. It is not known where he obtained his early training though he is strongly influenced by the circle of il Morazzone, in works such as the Saint Teresa altarpiece in the Certosa di Pavia. In 1633, Cairo mo...... |
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Edwaert Collier (1642 - 1708) -
Evert Collier (26 January 1642 – few days before September 8, 1708) was a Dutch Golden Age still-life painter known for vanitas and trompe-l'œil paintings. His first name is sometimes spelled "Edward" or "Edwaert" or "Eduwaert" or "Edwart," and his last name is sometimes spelled "Colyer" or "Kollier". Collier was baptized Evert Calier in Breda, Noo...... |
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Adriaen Van Nieulandt The Younger (1587 - 1658) - Belgium (Antwerp)
Adriaen van Nieulandt (1587, Antwerp- buried July 7, 1658, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver of the Baroque period. His father (Adriaen van Nieulandt the elder) was born to a family of artists of Flemish origin from Antwerp. In 1589 he moved his family to Amsterdam, probably to flee the Fall of Antwerp. This could have been b...... |
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Mario Balassi (1604 - 1667) -
Mario Balassi (1604–1667) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Florence and Rome. He began training with Jacopo Ligozzi, then with Matteo Rosselli, and finally with Domenico Passignano who he accompanied him to Rome to work under the papacy of Pope Urban VIII Here he was patronized by Ottavio Piccolomini and accompanied him to Vi...... |
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Cornelis Jansz De Heem (1631 - 1695) -
Cornelis de Heem (8 April 1631 (baptized) – 17 May 1695 (buried) ) was a still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting. He was a member of a large family of still-life specialists, of which his father, Jan Davidszoon de Heem (1606–1684), was the most significant. Cornelis was baptised in Leiden on 8 April 163...... |
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Wang Jian (1598 - 1677) - China (Taicang)
Wang Jian (simplified Chinese: 王鉴 traditional Chinese: 王鑒 pinyin: Wáng Jiàn Wade–Giles: Wang Jian) ca. 1598-1677 was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and Qing dynasty (1644–1912). Wang was born in Taicang in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Xuanzhao' (玄照) and his pseudonyms were 'Xiangbi' (湘碧) and 'Ranxiang a...... |
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Daniel Seiter (1649 - 1705) -
Daniel Seiter, Saiter, or Seyter (c.1642/1647–1705) was a Viennese-born painter of the Baroque, who trained and worked in Italy. According to Houbraken, Seiter was born on the border of Switzerland and brought up in Vienna. It is unknown who his first teacher was, but as a young man he crossed the alps to Venice, where he apprenticed with Johann Ca...... |
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Alessandro Rosi (1627 - 1697) -
Alessandro Rosi (28 December 1627 in Rovezzano (it) – 19 April 1697 in Florence) was an Italian artist, working during the Baroque period. Rosi trained in the workshops of Jacopo Vignali and Cesare Dandini, along with other young Florentine artists such as Carlo Dolci. It seems that he undertook a study trip to Rome, where he saw the work of Simon ...... |
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Herman Saftleven The Younger (1609 - 1685) -
Herman Saftleven the Younger (1609 - 5 January 1685 (buried)), was a Dutch painter of the Baroque period. Born in Rotterdam, Saftleven lived most of his life (1632–1685) in Utrecht. His brothers, Cornelis Saftleven (1607–1681) and Abraham Saftleven were both painters. The former was even better known as a painter, specializing in genre scenes, whil...... |
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Yun Shouping (1633 - 1690) -
Yun Shouping (惲壽平), also known as Nantian (南田) (1633 – 1690), was a major artist of the early Chinese Qing dynasty. He was regarded as one of the "Six Masters" of the Qing period, together with the Four Wangs and Wú Lì. Yun was born to a prominent but impoverished family in Wujin, Jiangsu province. He excelled in his classes and was expected to ent...... |
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Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (1580 - 1657) -
Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (c. 1580 – 15 October 1657 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, who lived and painted in Haarlem, where he was an officer of the militia, or schutterij. Dutch artist Frans Hals painted Pot in militia sash in Hals' The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1633. Pot is the man reading a book on the far right. Pot was...... |
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Angelo Michele Colonna (1604 - 1687) -
Angelo Michele Colonna (21 September 1604 - 1687) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Bologna, northern and central Italy and Spain. He is sometimes referred to as Michelangelo Colonna. He was born in Cernobbio. As a boy in Como, he worked with a painter by the name of Caprera. By 1617, he travelled to Bologna to apprentice with...... |
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Adriaen Van Stalbemt (1580 - 1662) -
Adriaen or Adriaan van Stalbemt or Adriaen van Stalbempt (12 June 1580 – 21 September 1662) was a Flemish painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes with religious, mythological and allegorical scenes. He was also a gifted figure painter who was regularly invited to paint the staffage in compositions of fellow painters. The Flemish biog...... |
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Domenico Maria Canuti (1625 - 1684) -
Domenico Maria Canuti (5 April 1625– 6 April 1684) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Rome. Born in Bologna, Canuti first trained in that city under Guido Reni, then with Guercino. He painted many ceiling and wall frescoes. From 1650 to 1660 and later in the 1670s, he was employed in Rome where he painted the...... |
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Abraham Pietersz Van Calraet (1642 - 1722) -
Abraham van Calraet, or Kalraat (7–12 October 1642, Dordrecht – 11 June 1722, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. He learned to paint from AEmilius and Samuel Hup, or Huppe, who were well known sculptors in the city of Dordrecht. After learning to sculpt, young Abraham took to the painter's brush, and started on fruit, while hel...... |
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Egbert Van Heemskerck Ii (1635 - 1704) -
Egbert van Heemskerck, or Egbert Jaspersz van Heemskerk (1634–1704) was a Haarlem Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works who died in London in 1704. He is often confused with another genre painter also called Egbert van Heemskerck who lived c. 1676 – 1744. Attempts to distinguish the work of the elder and younger Heemskerck, where they overlap, ha...... |
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Hendrik Martensz Sorgh (1610 - 1670) -
Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (c. 1610 – buried June 28, 1670) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works. Born in Rotterdam, Sorgh became a pupil of David Teniers the Younger and Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech. Sorgh painted mostly interiors with peasants. His kitchen interiors feature elaborate still lifes. He also painted market scenes, portraits, ...... |
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Hendrick Danckerts (1625 - 1680) -
Hendrick Danckerts (c.1625 - 1680) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and engraver. Danckerts was born in The Hague, where he learned his trade and remained until 1653. He visited England for the first time in 1650. In 1653 he went to Italy, where he stayed for five years. He then moved to England where he entered the service of Charles II an...... |
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Tomàs Yepes (1595 - 1674) -
Tomás Yepes (c. 1595–1674) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. He was born and active in Valencia as a painter of bodegones. He died at Valencia. More...... |
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Lan Ying (1585 - 1664) -
Lan Ying (simplified Chinese: 蓝瑛 traditional Chinese: 藍瑛 pinyin: Lán Yīng ca. 1585–1664) was a Chinese painter of landscapes, human figures, flowers and birds who was active during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Lan was born in Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province. His style name was 'Tianshu' (田叔), and his pseudonyms were 'Diesou' (蜨叟), 'Shi Toutuo' (...... |
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Floris Van Schooten (1580 - 1656) -
Floris Gerritsz van Schooten or Floris van Schooten (between 1585 and 1588 – buried 14 November 1656) was a Dutch painter who practised in a broad range of still life genres including breakfast pieces, fruit pieces, market scenes and large kitchen pieces. Floris van Schooten was the son of Gerrit Jacbsz van Schooten, a member of a prosperous Cathol...... |
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Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois (1622 - 1676) -
Jacob Adriaensz Bellevois (1621, Rotterdam – 1676, Rotterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Houbraken he was a seascape painter in Hamburg and met Johannes Voorhout while he was there. According to the RKD he was in Gouda from 1661–1666, in Hamburg in 1673, and then returned to Rotterdam. He was a follower of Jan Porcellis and speci...... |
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Herman Verelst (1641 - 1702) -
Herman Verelst (1641, Dordrecht – 1690, London), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to the RKD he was the son of Pieter Hermansz Verelst and the father of the painters Cornelis and Maria Verelst. He became a pupil in the Confrerie Pictura at the same time as his brother Simon in 1663. He is known for portraits and still life paintings. He wo...... |
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Pieter Van Boucle (1610 - 1673) -
Peter van Boucle (between 1600 en 1610 (?), probably Antwerp - 1673, Paris) was a Flemish Baroque painter who worked for a large part of his life in Paris where he was one of the most prolific Flemish still life painters. There is little information available about the life and training of Peter van Boucle. He claimed that he was a pupil of Frans S...... |
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Francisco Antolínez Y Sarabia (1645 - 1700) -
Francisco Antolínez de Sarabia (1645–1700) was a historical and landscape painter who studied in the school of Murillo, whose style and manner of colouring he followed. He was born at Seville, and was a nephew of Joseph Antolinez. He went to his uncle at Madrid in 1672 but notwithstanding his having already distinguished himself as a painter, he le...... |
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Carstian Luyckx (1623 - 1657) -
Carstian Luyckx, also known as the Monogrammist KL (1623 – c. 1675), was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who specialized in still lifes in various subgenres including flower still lifes, fruit still lifes, fish still lifes, pronkstillevens (sumptuous still lifes), vanitas still lifes, hunting pieces and garland paintings. He also painted animals ...... |
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Francisco Barrera (1595 - 1658) -
Francisco Barrera was a Spanish painter best known by his eloquent and successful appeal on behalf of his fellow-artists, upon whom in 1640 the Government wished to impose the taxes levied upon trade corporations. Details are known of his life, but Bryan is a bad source. More...... |
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Bartolomeo Bettera (1639 - 1688) -
Bartolomeo Bettera (Bergamo, 1639 - Milan, after 1688) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting still lifes with musical instruments. He trained and worked under or with Evaristo Baschenis, painting the same subject matter. Works can be seen in Ringling Museum of Art, National Gallery of Slovenia, and Gallery of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. Mo...... |
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John Hayls (1600 - 1679) -
John Hayls, also Hailes (1600–1679), was an English Baroque-era portrait painter, principally known for his portrait of Samuel Pepys. Hayls was a contemporary and rival of Sir Peter Lely and Samuel Cooper. He was mentioned in the diary of Samuel Pepys where he is referred to as "Hales". An extract from 15 February 1665-6 reads, "Mr Hales began my w...... |
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Nicasius Bernaerts (1620 - 1678) -
Nicasius Bernaerts, Monsù Nicasio or simply Nicasius (1620, Antwerp – 1678, Paris) was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting pieces and flowers who had an international career in Italy and Paris. He worked for the French court and provided tapestry designs to the Gobelins Manufactory. Bernaerts was born in Antwerp. He studied painting under Frans S...... |
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Gerrit Lundens (1622 - 1686) -
Gerrit Lundens (1622 – 1683), was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, portraits and vanitas paintings. He also made copies after famous Dutch masters. He was born in Amsterdam and married Agniet Mathijs of Antwerp in Sloterdijk in 1643. He is known for portraits, genre works, still lifes and copies of old masters, the most notable of which ...... |
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Francesco Susini (1585 - 1653) -
Giovanni Francesco (Gianfrancesco) Susini (c.1585 – after 17 October 1653) was a Mannerist Florentine sculptor in bronze and marble. Susini was born in Florence, and trained in the workshop of Giambologna. He continued to work in Giambologna's style, and Susini's sculpture was already mistaken for that of his master by the end of the century. His u...... |
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Nicolas Colombel (1644 - 1717) -
Nicolas Colombel (c.1644–1717) was a French painter, much influenced by Poussin. Colombel was born at Sotteville, near Rouen, in about 1644. He went to Rome when quite young, and remained there until 1692, forming his style by a study of the works of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin. His pictures met with considerable success, but most later critics dis...... |
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Xiang Shengmo (1597 - 1658) -
Xiang Shengmo (simplified Chinese: 项圣谟 traditional Chinese: 項聖謨 pinyin: Xiàng Shèngmó Wade–Giles: Hsiang Sheng-mo) 1597–1658) was a noted Chinese painter in the Ming Dynasty. He was a native of Xiushui (now Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. His courtesy name was Kongzhang (孔彰) and his art names were Yi'an (易庵), and Xushan Qiao (胥山樵). He was the grandson ...... |
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Jan Van Noordt (1623 - 1681) -
Jan van Noordt (1623, Amsterdam – 1681, Amsterdam?), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to the RKD he signed his works with "Noordt". Noordt was a pupil of Jacob Adriaensz Backer at the same time as the painter Abraham van den Tempel. He lived on the Bloemgracht in Amsterdam in 1674. He was the teacher of the painter Johannes Voorhout and is...... |
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Yang Jin (1644 - 1728) -
Yang Jin (simplified Chinese: 杨晋 traditional Chinese: 楊晉 pinyin: Yáng Jìn Wade–Giles: Yang Chin) ca. (1644-1728) was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). Yang was born in Changshu in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Zi He' (子鶴) and his pseudonym was 'Xi Ting' (西停). Yang's paintings were meticulous and exquisite, in the st...... |
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