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Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675), The Geographer, 1669
Oil on canvas, 51.6 cm x 45.4 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Nicolaes Maes (1634 - 1693), The spinner or A Woman Spinning, 1655
Oil on panel, 41.5 cm x 33.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), Young Woman at Her Toilet
Oil on panel, 28 cm x 23 cm Guildhall Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

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Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), Woman at Her Toilette, ca. 1659
Oil on panel, 64.8 cm x 57.8 cm
The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, The United States of America

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marcoklinkenberg.bsky.social @marcoklinkenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), An elegant lady writing at her desk, with a dog beside her
Oil on panel, 33.2 x 39.4 cm
Private collection

The influence of Johannes Vermeer on Metsu's work is obvious, and can be seen most clearly in Metsu's masterpieces from the mid-1660s.

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Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), The Dismissal of Hagar, ca. 1653 - 1654
Oil on canvas, 112 cm x 86 cm
Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands

He was the son of the Flemish painter Jacques Metsu. According to Arnold Houbraken, he was a pupil of Gerard Dou, the leading Leiden genre painter.

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Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675), Christ at the House of Martha and Mary, ca. 1654
Scottish National Gallery of Art, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669), Child with a drum, ca. 1631
Oil on canvas
Villa Vauban, Musee d'Art de la Ville de Luxembourg

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Egbert Lievensz van der Poel (1621 – 1664), Seascape in Moonlit Darkness on the Beach at Scheveningen, 1663

A few people are walking across the Schuitegat on the left. In the background are the Scheveningen church and beacon. This is a rare night scene of Scheveningen beach from the Golden Age.

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Egbert Lievensz van der Poel (1621 – 1664), Moonlit Beach with Fishing Vessels, ca. 1660
Oil on panel, 26.5 x 20.53 cm
Musée de Grenoble, France

Another atmospheric view of the beach at Scheveningen, this time with fishermen unloading their catch. A shelter hut can be seen on the left.

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Pieter de Hooch (1629 - after 1684), The empty glass (Tavern scene with maid trying to fill the glass of a cavalier), 1652
Oil on panel, 46 cm x 37 cm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675), A Maid Asleep, ca. 1656 – 1657
Oil on canvas, 87.6 cm x 76.5 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States of America

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Pieter de Hooch (1629 - after 1684), A Musical Party in a Courtyard, 1677
Oil on canvas, 83.5 cm x 68.5 cm
The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

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Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 – 1670), View of Deventer from the Northwest, 1657
The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

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Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 – 1670), Inland Waters with a Sailboat, between 1650 and 1670
Oil on canvas, 41.3 cm x 36.4 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

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Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672), Golfers on the Ice near Haarlem, 1668
The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 – 1669), Portrait of the Artist's Mother, ca. 1631 - 1634
Private collection

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669), David Playing the Harp to Saul, ca. 1629
Private Collection

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669),An Old Scholar Near a Window in a Vaulted Room, oa. 1631
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria

marcoklinkenberg.bsky.social @marcoklinkenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Nicolaes Maes (1634 – 1693), Christ blessing the Children, ca. 1652 - 1653
Oil on canvas, 218 cm × 154 cm
The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Maes studied Rembrandt's technique as his pupil (1650s) and this painting may have been inspired by Rembrandt's famous print of the subject.

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Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675), View of Delft, 1660
Oil on canvas
Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands

The painting "View of Delft" by Dutch artist J. Vermeer is a rare landscape painting.

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Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), Halt in Front of an Inn, 1643
Oil on panel, 61.3 cm x 92.7 cm
The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, The United States of America

Salomon van Ruysdael lived in Haarlem and was the uncle of painter Jacob van Ruisdael.

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Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael, The windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, ca. 1668 - 1670
Oil on canvas, 83 cm x 101 cm
Private collection

Description

Links de rivier de Lek met een bootje, rechts de molen nabij de oever. In de verte de torens van kasteel Duurstede, rechts de toren van de Sint-Janskerk.

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marcoklinkenberg.bsky.social @marcoklinkenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675),
Allegory of the Catholic Faith, ca. 1671 - 1674
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States of America

marcoklinkenberg.bsky.social @marcoklinkenberg.bsky.social · 2d

Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (1628
- 1682), Dunes, 1650s.
Oil on panel, 33.5 cm × 49.2 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, The United States of America

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