Artistic Practice and Leisure

Depictions of artists and figures engaged in drawing and painting, rich in detail, set in intimate interiors with varied light and color palettes.

Vermeer, Jan (Johannes) (1632-1675) © Frick Collection, New York Painting 39,4x44,5 Genre Girl interrupted at her music

The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii, Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, between 1798 and 1801, Oil on panel, Support (PTG): 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm), actor, angels, As You Like It, play by William Shakespeare, balcony, bedroom, chairs, costume, curtains, interior, letter, light, literary theme, lover, man, morning, night, paintings, performance, sword, table, theater (discipline), writing (processes)

Genre Peasant Scene unknown

A Woman seated Drawing. Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) Dutch painter. The scene illustrates the early stage of an artists training when the pupil has to practice drawing after sculptures and prints.

The Collector by Gruetzner, Eduard, von (1846-1925) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1880 Germany Oil on canvas Painting Genre

A confidential chat, Adriaen van Ostade, 1672

'Cook'. Flanders, 18th century. Dimensions: 72,5x102,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Unknown Flemish Painter. 18th century.

Old Lacemaker, by Nicholas Maes, 1655, Royal Art Gallery, Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands, Europe

Still life with a silver pitcher by Beijeren, Abraham Hendricksz, van (1620/21-1690) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam 1660s Oil on canvas 102,5x88 Holland Baroque Still Life Painting

Vermeer, Jan (Johannes) (1632-1675) © Frick Collection, New York Painting 39,4x44,5 Genre Girl interrupted at her music

'The Kitchen'. France, First half of the 18th century. Dimensions: 40x33 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: NICOLAS LANCRET.

'Self-portrait in the Studio', 1850, Oil on canvas, 193 x 233 cm. Author: EDUARDO CANO DE LA PEÑA (1823-1897). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA. Cadiz. SPAIN.

England, London, Greenwich, The Queen's House, Painting titled 'A Woman at her Toilet' by Jan Steen dated 1663

Woman at a Mirror. The impeccably groomed young woman glances up questioningly at an older woman in dark clothing. The ladys facial expression is clear to see in the mirror before her. The painter has imbued the scene with deeper meaning, for the mirror signifies vanity and the transience of life. The message conveyed here is that beauty and youth will ultimately fade.

Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooch (Rotterdam, 1629-Amsterdam, 1684). An Interior with Two Women and a Man Eating Oysters (1681). Oil on canvas. 62.5 x 49.5 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Retirement by Sokolov, Pyotr Petrovich (1821-1899) Regional Art Gallery, Tambov 1858 Watercolour and white colour on paper 55,6x44,4 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre Painting

Woman at Window, Print made by John Smith, 1652-1743, British, undated, Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper, Sheet: 8 11/16 × 6 3/16 inches (22.1 × 15.7 cm) and Image: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (21 × 15.6 cm)

ALEGORIA DE LA VISTA - S XVII - O/L 72x95 - PINTURA BARROCA ESPAÑOLA. Author: MIGUEL MARCH (1633-1670). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPANIEN.

The Glass of Wine. Date/Period: Ca. 1661. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 67.7 cm (26.6 in); Width: 79.6 cm (31.3 in). Author: JOHANNES VERMEER.

'Old Woman Unreeling Threads'. Holland, Circa 1660-1665. Dimensions: 32x23 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Gerard Dou (Gerrit).

A 19th-century watercolor by Lotte Russ copying Gabriel Metsu's 'The Visit to the Clock', showing interior details, figures, and period clothing, glazed for finish.

A Woman in a Kitchen by Candlelight, by Michiel Versteegh, c. 1830, Dutch painting, oil on panel. She is handling large metal pots by the light of an oil lamp (BSLOC_2016_2_171)

Still Life. Dating: 1664. Measurements: h 110.5 cm × w 88 cm; d 6 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: NICOLAES VAN GELDER.

Frans Snyders (1579-1657). Flemish painter. Fruit Market. Oil on canvas. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

'Dessert (Fruit and Glass of Wine)'. Flanders, Middle of the 1640s. Dimensions: 69x58 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jasper Gerards (Gerardi).

The young painter. The young painter. Interior with a boy sitting in a chair studying a drawing on a donkey. A portfolio with drawings is leaned against the chair, a female bust in the windowsill. In the background a room screen.

'Still Life with Crockery'. Italy, 1680s. Dimensions: 73,5x96 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Cristoforo Munari (Monari) ( ).

Painting tilted 'Jean Pellicorne and His Son Casper' by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) a Dutch painter and ethcer. Dated 17th Century

Tomás Hiepes / 'Still Life', 1668, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 102 cm x 157 cm, P03203. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

A woman asleep , Fine Art

Young musician at the keyboard. Thought by some to be W.A. Mozart (1756-1891).

Scholars in their study. Versteegh, Michiel (1756-1843), draughtsman, cartoonist

A visit to the painter's studio; Govaerts, Hendrick (1669-1720); after 1689 (1689-00-00-1720-00-00);Herkules (Mitol.), Globes, Kotars, Lew Nemejski (Mitol.), Flemish painting, paintings in the painting, artists' studios, sculptures, genre scenes, genre scenes in the interior, Polish-Hungarian costumes, purchase (provenance)

The astronomer, draughtsman: Abraham Delfos, after: Johannes Vermeer, 1794, paper, brush, h 429 mm × w 367 mm

Musical Company, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1626

BODEGON - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUAN VAN DER HAMEN (1596-1631). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House by Pieter de Hooch (1629-1683). The door and window in the hall are open, helping to link the inside to the outside. Hooch was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre scenes of quiet domestic scenes with a few figures. He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer,with whom his work shares themes and style.

van BREKELENKAM, Quiringh (ca. 1620 - ca. 1669). The Grace (Le BŽnŽdicitŽ). 2. Flemish art. Oil on wood. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum.

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, Johannes Vermeer, circa 1662, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

From the Market by Jean-Simeon Chardin, 1739, 1699-1779, France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

The Family of Philip IV (Las Meninas), by Velázquez Diego Rodriguez de Silva y, 1656 - 1656, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Spain, Prado National Museum. Detail. Dress: garment of the Infanta Margarita, flowers pottery vase white red.

Fortuneteller by Alexander Nikanorovich Novoskoltsev, oil on canvas, 1889, 1853-1919, Russia, Volsk, Local Heritage Museum, 118x88, 5

Drinkers before the Fireplace - Hendrick van der Burgh, circa 1660

Titus van Rijn, the ArtistÕs Son, Reading by Rembrandt van Rhijn (1606-1669) / Art History Museum, Vienne / c. 1656 / Holland / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 71,5x64,5

Courtship (Ill matched). Platzer, Johann Georg (1704-1761), painter

Scholar in the studio; Koninck, Salomon (1609-1656), Hecken, Abraham van Den (1615-1655/1669), XVII century (1600-00-00-1699-00-00);painting, imitation, studios, scholar

The painter George Jan Hendrik Poggenbeek, 1854-1903 at his studio, Theo Hanrath, 1872

Still Life with Nautilus Goblet, Kalf, Willem, 1660.

Count Lara, by Giuseppe Boschetto (1841-1918), oil on canvas, 99x77 cm.

Aert de Gelder (1645-1727). Dutch painter. Vertumnus and Pomona. Oil on canvas. The god Vertumnus, disguised as an old woman approaches Pomona and lauds the virtues of love and of himself.

Hand-painted glass plate in wooden frame for illumination cabinet, old woman image, slideshelf slide picture glass paint wood oak leg, dimensions) handpainted Hand-painted glass front for lighting cabinet in wide oak frame The frame is rejuvenated on the sides and shows wear and discolouration: the plates were pushed into an illumination cabinet from above. At the back left and right above two small legs fastening points for the illumination cabinet. Image of old woman looking to the right. Bust optics folk life

St. Peter's Denial Georges de La Tour (1593-1652 French) Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes, France

The Hague, Royal Dutch Lithographic Printing House, Steen, Jan Havicksz., Amsterdam, Cramer, Anthony Cornelis, Koekenbakker, Bakker Arent Oostwaard and his wife Catharina Keizerswaard, Portraits of the Leiden baker Arent Oostwaard and his wife Catharina Keizerswaard with all kinds of freshly baked bread (rolls, crackers, cadets, duivekater) in front of the bakery. In the door of the bakery a little boy, probably their son Thaddeus, is blowing on a horn. Above the door grow vines., print, prints, height 353 mm, width 265 mm, Dutch, 1842-04-14 - 1914-03-16, print maker, printmaker, 1852 - 1914, fourth quarter 19th century, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, paper, lithography (technique), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1626 - 1679-02, after a design by, printer

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1674) Dutch painter, the Love Letter, c. 166970 oil on canvas

Raphael and the Fornarina, 1811-1812, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), oil on canvas.

Louis Léopold Boilly, A Painter's Studio, c 1800 A Painter's Studio

Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David; Aert de Gelder, Dutch, 1645 - 1727; about 1680s; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 90.2 x 132.1 cm (35 1/2 x 52 in.), Framed: 118.1 x 158.8 x 8.9 cm (46 1/2 x 62 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Woman Reading. Artist: Boris Grigoriev (Russian, Rybinsk 1886-1939 Cagnes-sur-Mer). Dimensions: 21 1/4 x 25 5/8 in. (54 x 65.1cm). Date: ca. 1922. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Boris Grigoriev.

Young Man by Candlelight, Christiaen Jansz. So art, 1645 painting Young man at candlelight. A boy reads a sheet of paper in the light of a candle, on a table in front of him is a pipe. canvas. oil paint (paint) reading. candle

Sarah Leading Hagar to Abraham, Stomer, Matthias, 1645.

NINO DE LA ESPINA. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

'The Idle Servant', 1655. Artist: Nicolaes Maes.

John Milton 1608-1674 English poet dictating Samson Agonistes From Old England's Worthies by Lord Brougham and others published London circa 1880's

THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL Jean-Alphonse Roehn. "The marriage proposal". Oil on canvas, 1839. Paris, Museum Cognacq-Jay.

Large Vanitas Still Life, Boel, Pieter, 1663.

Artists' studio

Woman in yellow , Fine Art

The letter reader , Fine Art

Prince Charles Louis of the Palatinate with his Tutor Wolrad von Plessen in Historical Dress; Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607 - 1674); Netherlands; 1631; Oil on canvas; 104.5 x 97.5 cm (41 1,8 x 38 3,8 in.)

St Luke, by Frans Floris de Vriendt (1516-1570), oil on canvas, 214x197 cm.

El Greco / 'Fable', ca. 1580, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 50,5 cm x 63,6 cm, P07657. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Purchase (provenance)

French neoclassical school. The Death of Marat (1743-1793) journalist, French revolutionary politician. Muerte de Marat. Brussels, Fine Art Museum. Author: JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID (1748-1825). Location: MUSEOS REALES DE BELLAS ARTES. Brüssel. Belgien. JEAN PAUL MARAT.

The Game of Cards; about 1660; Oil on canvas Hendrick van der Burgh; Dutch; 1627- after 1664

Painting titled 'Christ in the House of Martha and Mary' by Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) a Spanish painter and leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. Dated 17th Century

Jan Vermeer van Delft 020 Attributed to Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632 - 1675 ), Girl with a Flute, probably 1665/1670, oil on panel, Widener Collection

Bust in a stone cartouche; 18th () W. (1700-00-00-1790-00-00);Walewski, Wincenty (Fl. Ca 1900) - collection, gift (provenance), stone cartouche, neutral background, portraits, portraits in oval

Boy bringing Pomegranates by Pietre de Hooch; oil on canvas; Dutch School; 17th Century.

'Man with Jug'. Italy, second half of the 18th century. Dimensions: 111x87,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Francesco Giuseppe Casanova.

Metsu, Gabriel (1629-1667) National Gallery, London Painting 31,6x27,3 Genre An Old Woman with a Book

Kitchen, by Artista figurinista , Baschenis Evaristo, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. Whole artwork. Kitchen table vase: pot basket fruit game winged creatures birds sausages woman face.

A Young Woman seated at a Virginal by Vermeer, Jan (Johannes) (1632-1675)/ National Gallery, London/ c. 1670/ Holland/ Oil on canvas/ Baroque/ 51,5x45,5/ Genre

The Painter and his Model. Dating: 1690. Measurements: h 28.5 cm × w 19 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Arnold Houbraken (copy after).

BODEGON SUNTUOSO - HACIA 1672 - LIENZO 139,5 X 114,1 CM - NºINV.10231 - BARROCO HOLANDES. Author: JAN DAVIDSZ DE HEEM (1606-1684). Location: MUSEO CENTRAL. Utrecht. HOLANDA.

Maerten van Heemskerck (Heemskerck, 1498-Haarlem, 1574). Portrait of a Lady spinning (ca. 1531). Oil on panel. 105 x 86 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Author: MARTIN VAN HEEMSKERCK.

Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690) Museo del Prado, Madrid Painting 32x25 Genre An Alchemist

BARRERA , FRANCISCO. PINTOR ESPAÑOL. ACTIVIDAD EN SEVILLA DE 1635 A 1645. " EL VERANO " , OLEO. COLECCION PARTICULAR . SEVILLA.

The cards castle Jean-Baptiste Sim�on Chardin (after). "The castle of cards". Oil on canvas. Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum.

Self-portrait, 1747-1748, by Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), oil on canvas, 63x74 cm.

In the painter's studio. Wyczółkowski, Leon (1852-1936), painter

Rembrandts Son Titus in a Monks Habit, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1660

Carl Larsson (1853-1919). Swedish painter. Getting Ready for a Game, 1901. National Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Still Life with a Glass and Oysters. Artist: Jan Davidsz de Heem (Dutch, Utrecht 1606-1683/84 Antwerp). Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (25.1 x 19.1 cm). Date: ca. 1640.De Heem's earliest paintings are precocious fruit pieces produced in his native Utrecht under the influence of Balthasar van der Ast. He moved to Leiden about 1626 and to Antwerp ten years later. This panel of about 1640 is a simple paean to bacchic pleasure, and to textures and light. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

An invalid with bandaged arm and head. Coloured aquatint.

The Camera Obscura. Dated: 1764. Dimensions: overall: 88.6 x 88.5 cm (34 7/8 x 34 13/16 in.) framed: 120.7 x 114.9 x 12.7 cm (47 1/2 x 45 1/4 x 5 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Amédée Philippe Van Loo.

NB - Incorrectly labelled 52'45 on mount.. 'Reading The Letter' or 'The Newsletter', 1888. Watercolour on paper. Artist: William John Wainwright (d.1931). .

Malle Babbe by Frans Hals, oil on canvas, 1629- 30, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Gemaldegalerie)

REMBRANDT, Harmenszoon van Rijn, called (1606-1669). Figure of Sage. 1634. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. CZECH Rep.. Prague. National Gallery in Prague.

Honing Knives unknown

The Smoker (A Man with a Pipe and a Man Pouring a Beverage into a Glass). Dating: 1690 - 1706. Measurements: h 45.5 cm × w 38 cm; d 4.7 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Godfried Schalcken (attributed to).

Falstaff, Gruetzner, Eduard, von (1846-1925)

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