Artistic Gatherings and Leisure

Intimate scenes of groups engaged in card games and music, displaying rich color and expression in historical contexts.

Cabinet with the story of the Prodigal Son. Dated 17th Century

'The Card Players', c1550.

Valentin de Boulogne Soldiers Playing Cards and Dice (The Cheats) Painting; oil on canvas; overall: 121 x 152 cm (47 5/8 x 59 13/16 in.) framed: 145.1 x 187 x 11.4 cm (57 1/8 x 73 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.);

Cabinet with the story of the Prodigal Son. Dated 17th Century

Bandura Player with a Jew Stachowicz, Micha (1768 1825)

HALS, JOHANNES. PINTOR HOLANDES. 1620-1654. ALEGRE REUNION, TABLA. FRANS HALSMUSEUM DE HAARLEM. HOLANDA.

fine arts, Metsu, Gabriel, (1629 - before 27.10.1667), painting, ""Young couple having breakfast"", circa 1667, state gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany, Europe, fine arts, baroque, genre, 17th century,

Hans von Aachen (1552-1615). Matchmaking scene. 1605-1610. Panel. Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum). Vienna. Austria.

The Card Players sc1065 after Lucas van Leyden, The Card Players, , probably c. 1550/1599, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection

'Concert'. Holland, Circa 1621-1623. Dimensions: 99,5x130,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: DIRCK VAN BABUREN.

Banquet Still Life by Abraham van Beyeren, Oil on canvas

Card players, Theodoor Rombouts, 17th century, painting, 17th century, Belgian Art

Sorcery, or Allegory of Hercules (Stregoneria o Allegoria di Ercole), c. 1535-40

A family singing and making music around a table. Mezzotint after Jacob Jordaens.

Elegant Couples Courting. Elegant Couples on a Terrace. Dating: c. 1616 - c. 1620. Measurements: support: h 56.3 cm × w 70.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Willem Pietersz. Buytewech.

The Love Letter. Dating: c. 1669 - c. 1670. Measurements: h 44 cm × w 38.5 cm; h 68.5 cm × w 62.5 cm × t 7 cm; w 9 kg. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: JOHANNES VERMEER.

Party in a brothel. Companion in a brothel. On the left a table with men and women who drink and embrace each other. At the fireplace, a woman baked waffles and warms up a man. In the background a man and a woman go a staircase together to an upper floor. Left is a woman in a bed. On the fireplace above the fireplace is a wooden board with an owl. Copy to the version at Städelsches Kunststitut in Frankfurt.

Jan Swart van Groningen (ca.1500-ca.1560). Dutch painter. Esther before King Ahasuerus, ca.1530-1535. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.

Tavern Scene Copy after Gabriël Metsu Dutch. Tavern Scene 437072

fine arts, Steen, Jan (1626 - 3.2.1679), painting, ""The Bean Feast"", 1668, oil on canvas, 82 cm x 107.5 cm, Staatliche Museen, Kassel, Germany,

Painting titled 'The Eve of Saint Nicholas' by Jan Havickszoon Steen (1626-1679) Dutch genre painter of the 17th century.

The Drunken Couple, Jan Steen, 1655, Dutch painting, oil on panel. A man and woman are so drunk that they are unaware they are being robbed. On the wall is a print of an owl depicted between a candle or eyeglasses. Owls were then considered stupid, as is the drunken couple (BSLOC_2016_3_172)

The Last Supper, Painting by Jacob Jordaens, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction of a historic work of art

Esau selling his birthright. Dating: after 1609. Measurements: support: h 124 cm × w 160.7 cm; d 8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Paulus Moreelse (copy after).

The Bean King (The Feast of the Bean King) by Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / ca 1619 / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 58x70 / Baroque

LA VANIDAD DE LA VIDA HUMANA-S XVII. Author: JAN BRUEGHEL DE VELOURS-BRUEGHEL EL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Palmist; Vecchia, Pietro Della (1602-1678); XVII century (1601-00-00-1700-00-00);Books, Italian painting, genre scenes, multi -stone scenes, divination

Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, 1542 - 1587, playing music with a courtier. After a 19th century engraving by Jean Louis Charles Pauquet after the painting by L

Jan de Beer (Antwerp (), ca. 1475-Antwerp, before 10 November 1528). The Annunciation (ca. 1520). Oil on panel. 111.5 x 131 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

EL TIEMPO - SIGLO XVII - O/L- 72x95 - BARROCO ESPAÑOLA. Author: MIGUEL MARCH (1633-1670). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPAIN.

Genre Scene unknown

Gian Battista Caracciolo / 'Los santos médicos Cosme y Damián', 1620-1630, Italian School, Canvas, 96 cm x 121 cm, P02759. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: BATTISTELLO CARACCIOLO.

Four Governors of the Arquebusiers' Civic Guard, Amsterdam, 1642. Dating: 1642. Measurements: h 203 cm × w 278 cm; d 10.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Govert Flinck.

'Sight and Smell', ca. 1620, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 176 cm x 264 cm, P01403. Author: JAN BRUEGHEL DE VELOURS-BRUEGHEL EL. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Portrait of Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856) French painter. Dated 1850

Mistress and her maid by Jan Vermeer, Oil on canvas, circa 1670, 1632-1675, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 44x38,5

Hercules at Omphale; Cranach, Lucas (1472-1553; st.); after 1537 (1500-00-00-1599-00-00);Hercules (Mitol.), Omphale (Mitol.), Mythological scenes

A fishmonger at the door, Jacob Ochtervelt, 1663

The calling of Saint Matthew. Date/Period: 1621. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 129.20 mm (5.08 in); Width: 162.60 mm (6.40 in). Author: Hendrick Ter Brugghen.

Don Quixote in his Battle with the Wineskins. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,600 mm (62.99 in); Width: 2,200 mm (86.61 in). Author: VALERO IRIARTE.

Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn) (1606-1669). Dutch painter and printmaker. Portrait of an Old Man, 1645. Detail. Oil on canvas. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal. Author: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter.

Salomon de Bray (1597-1664). Dutch painter. Jael, Deborah and Barak, 1635. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands.

Showcase still life, Abraham van Beyeren, c. 1655

Children with a mousetrap, Domenicus van Tol, 1660 - 1676 painting Children with a mouse trap. In a stone window with curtain, a boy holds up a mouse trap in his left hand, with his right arm he holds a cat. Next to him a girl who points to the fall, behind her a crying boy. A plant in a pot in front of the window. panel. oil paint (paint) human figure at (open) window, seen from outside. cat. mouse trap. child

The Last Supper / Cranach the Younger

Potiphar's wife shows her husband Joseph's cloak. In the background: Joseph being taken to prison. Date/Period: Ca. 1512. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 26.2 cm (10.3 in); Width: 36 cm (14.1 in). Author: LUCAS VAN LEYDEN.

The attributes of the arts, 1769, by Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), oil on canvas, 121x90 cm.

Rubens / Jupiter, Mercury with Philemon

The Moneychanger and his Wife, Reymerswaele, Marinus Claeszon, 1539.

Lady at a Virginal, by Gabriel Metsu, 1665, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe

Andres de Islas (painter active during the second half of the 18th century). Castas, No. 6. De espanol y morisca, nace albino (From Spaniard and Morisca, an Albino is Born), 1774. Oil on canvas (75 x 54 cm). Viceroyalty of New Spain. Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.

Reynard's preparation for Battle

Willem Claesz Heda / 'Bodegón con tazza de plata, copa Roemer y ostras', 1632, Dutch School, Oil on panel, 52 cm x 73 cm, P02756. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Surrender of Breda (Las lanzas), by Velázquez Diego Rodriguez de Silva y, 1633 - 1635, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Spain, Prado National Museum. Detail. Character of the procession of Ambrogio Spinola (second floor). Notables noblemen.

Red Riding Hood: The Wolf Dresses in Grandmother's Clothes Otto Kubel (1868-1951German) Color lithograph Westfalisches Schulmuseum, Dortmund, Germany

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand, 1697 bis 1780. Französische Gastgeberin und Kunstmäzenin. Aus Bücher und Charaktere, Französisch und Englisch, veröffentlicht 1924, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Vorlage coloriert aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt 1f-4999946

Hendrick Martensz Sorgh, The vegetable market, cityscape painting art oil painting wood gold plaster, Oil on panel lying rectangular format. Left of the middle saleswoman with straw hat in the middle of baskets with tubers apples artichokes coal carrots onions melon fruits etc. Two colleagues man and woman flank her. Against the background building To the right of them group of two women and man trading: it is settled. To the right of this view to clearing and the arch of bridge To the right of this group of three people above the goods bent. In the lower right corner side-wheeled wheelbarrow left on the wall: HM (in) Sorgh 166 - (2) Market vegetable market market scene trade cityscape topography

Woman Eating, by Gabriel Metsu, 1661-64, Dutch painting, oil on panel. Also known as ëThe Catís Breakfastí. A seated women offers her leaping cat the backbone of the herring. She sits next to a barrel, on which is a dead chicken and next to a small table with a vase of flowers. At left is a water pump and faucet (BSLOC_2016_3_188)

Rotterdamse portrait artist, Portrait of seven officers and the worth of the Saint George chairs in Rotterdam, portrait portrait painting painting footage linen oil painting canvas: high 145,5 w 299,5 Lying rectangular portrait of eight men representing seven officers and the saint of the Sint Jorisdoelen in Rotterdam Each officer with partizaan provided with nail fittings and brush (pet) sash iron ring collar and rapier Year top: ANNO 1604 Rotterdam City Triangle archer militia piece Jorisdoelen militia worth partizaan sponton militaria pet sash ring collar rapier targets

Group portrait of four artists, monogrammist GF (painter), c. 1680 painting. frame The group portrait shows the busts of four men with long hair (wigs) who are dressed in antique gowns. The man on the far right holds a drawing on which Chronos is depicted as personification of the time that Kortwiek's wings of Cupido Kortwiek. On the right background of the drawing, which with the letters G.F. has been signed, a pillar with hourglass is depicted as a sign of transience. The drawing is partly held by the second person from the left, with the red cloak, who holds a chalk holder in his other hand. The portrayers are situated in an interior with an arcade with a classic architecture on the left and with a relief in medallion form on the right, showing a boy flanked by two adult people in classic clothing. London canvas. oil paint (paint) painting

The Cheater with the Ace of Diamonds ca.1620-1640 Georges de La Tour (1593-1652/French) Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

'Still Life'. Germany, 1796. Dimensions: 46x34 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Caroline Friederike Friedrich.

Allegory of commercial justice. unknown, painter

BOEL , PIETER. PINTOR FLAMENCO . AMBERES 1622 - 1674. " BODEGON ". MUSEO BELLAS ARTES SAN FERNANDO . MADRID. SFGP / © KORPA.

I want to eat a bit; Vermeer van Utrecht, Jan (1630-1695/1697); 2. PO. XVII century (1650-00-00-1699-00-00);food, Dutch painting, bowls, pendant, genre scenes, purchase (provenance)

Pulling of the Pretzel by Bijlert (Bylert), Jan, van (1598-1671) / Centraal Museum, Utrecht / Between 1630 and 1640 / Holland / Oil on canvas / Genre / 90,5x119

Allegory of Vanity. Date/Period: 1632 - 1636. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,395 mm (54.92 in); Width: 1,740 mm (68.50 in). Author: Antonio de Pereda.

'The Waterseller of Seville', 1620, Oil on canvas, 106 x 82 cm, Spanish Baroque. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO WELLINGTON / ASPLEY HOUSE. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Enjoying Coffee. Date/Period: First half of 18th century. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,120 mm (44.09 in); Width: 1,015 mm (39.96 in). Author: French school.

Recanati (Italia, Marche - provincia di Macerata), Musei Civici di Villa Colleredo Mels. Lorenzo Lotto, Polittico di San Domanico, 1506-8, olio su tavola. Pannello superiore laterale sinistro, Santa Lucia e San Vincenzo Ferrer

Giovanni Borgherini and His Tutor. Dimensions: overall: 47 x 60.7 cm (18 1/2 x 23 7/8 in.) framed: 71.4 x 86 x 5.1 cm (28 1/8 x 33 7/8 x 2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Attributed to Giorgione.

Musicians by unknown painter, oil on canvas , 17th century, Russia, Moscow, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 44, 5x55, 5

England,London,Euston,The Wellcome Collection Museum,Oil Painting of a Birth Scene,French 1800

Still life. Pianti, Michele (fl. ca 1600-1700), painter

A philosopher reading. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.

Still life. nieznany malarz hiszpański, painter

DIEGO CORRAL Y ARRELLANO - DETALLE DE LAS MANOS CON DOCUMENTOS - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL - CONJUNTO 7423 - NP 1195. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. ARELLANO DIEGO DE. CORRAL Y ARELLANO DIEGO.

Michelangelo studies anatomy. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475 - 1564. Florentine artist, sculptor and architect. During several periods of his life Michelangelo made a close study of human anatomy by

Los cambistas. Date/Period: Ca. 1548. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 124 cm (48.8 in); Width: 95 cm (37.4 in). Author: Marinus Van Reymerswaele.

The Waterseller of Seville, Diego Velazquez, 1618-1622, Galleria degli Uffizi, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Gerbrand van den Eekhout, Four Officers of the Amsterdam Coopersand Wine-rackersGuild, 1657, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, England, Great Britain.

Print made by Charles Maucourt, 1728-1768, French, Group of Men Drinking, undated. Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper.

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg as St. Jerome, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1527, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Portrait of David Bailly, Thomas de Keyser, oil on panel, 1625-1630, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The Fish Market Frans Snyders (1579-1657 Flemish) Pushkin State Museum, Moscow, Russia

'Still Life with a Melon'. Italy. Dimensions: 89x132 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Francesco Noletti) Maltese (Francesco Fieravino.

BARRERA , FRANCISCO PINTOR ESPAÑOL. ACTIVO EN SEVILLA 1635 - 1645. " EL INVIERNO" , AÑO 1638. COLECCION PARTICULAR . SEVILLA.

Vanity, 1641, by Damien Lhomme (1584-1671), oil on panel, 51x73 cm.

Frans Ykens / 'Table', 1646, Flemish School, Oil on panel, 74 cm x 105 cm, P02757. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Self-Portrait, by Judith Leyster, c. 1630, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. The painting depicts her with lips parted as if to speak. It was probably made before her admission to the guild in 1633 (BSLOC_2016_5_20)

Gabriel Mälesskircher ((), ca. 1430-Munich, 1495). Saint Luke painting the Virgin (1478). Oil on panel. 77 x 32 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe (1527-1593). The Spring. mid. 16th c. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Brescia. Civic Pinacotheca Tosio Martinengo.

Lapis Polaris - Scholar in the studio (Allegory of navigation). Galle, Philips (1537-1612), author of a model, nieznany malarz flamandzki, painter, nieznany malarz gdański, painter

Self-Portrait by Padovanino (1588-1649)/ Musei Civici, Padova/ Italy, Venetian School/ Oil on canvas/ Baroque/ 102x88/ Portrait

England, London, The Wellcome Collection, French Painting depicting a Pharmacy c1700

A Club of Gentlemen, Joseph Highmore, 1692-1780, British, Formerly attributed to William Hogarth, 1697-1764, British, ca. 1730, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 18 1/2 x 23 inches (47 x 58.4 cm), chairs, club, club (association), conversation piece, dog (animal), drinking, food, genre subject, green (color), interior, man, men, portrait, round, servant, table, white (color)

Vanity Still Life (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary), Aertsen, Pieter (1508-1575)

Four Officers of the Amsterdam Coopers' and Wine-rackers' Guild,' by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1657.This group portrait shows the officials of the guild, which included men who made barrels for the wine imported into Amsterdam and those who sampled and bottled it. The painter's brother Jan is listed among the names which appear in the document on the table, but he has not been identified. In the background is a painting of Saint Matthias, patron saint of the coopers, and the tools carved into the frame are those used by the coopers in the making of the barrels. The name of the guild is written on the seal which hangs over the edge of the table.

Andre Vesale , Physicians, Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I". Date/Period: 1746. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 914 mm (35.98 in); Width: 724 mm (28.50 in). Author: Marcellus Laroon the Younger.

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