This is an introduction to Dutch and Flemish art of the seventeenth century, including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens, and others. It illustrates new genres, such as still life and landscape painting.

1. 17th-Century Dutch
and Flemish Art

3. Dutch Art

4. Frans Hals
c. 1580-1666

5. Singing Boy with a Flute, c. 1623

6. The Jolly Toper, c. 1628-30

7. Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669

8. The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, 1632

9. The Deception of Samson, 1636

10. The Night Watch, 1642

12. A Girl at a Window, 1645

13. Self-Portrait, 1669

14. Jan Vermeer
1632-1675

15. Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664

16. Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, c. 1664

17. Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, c. 1664-65

19. Woman with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665

20. Jacob van Ruisdael
c. 1629-1682

21. Winter Landscape, 1682

22. Roelandt Savery
1576-1639

23. Paradise, 1626

24. Balthasar van der Ast
c. 1593-1657

25. Fruit Basket, c. 1632

26. Pieter Claesz
c. 1597-1660

27. Vanitas Still Life, 1625

28. Still Life, 1643

29. Rachel Ruysch
1664-1750

30. Still Life of Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies, and Other
Flowers in an Urn on a Stone Ledge, 1680s

31. Flemish Art

32. Peter Paul Rubens
1577-1640

33. The Elevation of the Cross, c. 1611

34. The Garden of Love, c. 1618

35. Marie de’ Medici, Queen of France,
Landing in Marseilles, 1622-25

36. Anthony van Dyck
1599-1641

37. Portrait of Charles I at the Hunt, 1635

38. Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle, 1637

39. Clara Peeters
1594-After 1657

40. Table with a Tart and White Pitcher, 1611

41. Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds, and
Pretzels, c. 1615

42. Frans Francken the Younger
1581-1642

43. Chamber of Art and Curiosities, 1636