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Vibrant oil paintings from the Dutch Golden Age capturing intimate family and social scenes, with rich colors and emotions, characteristic of domestic life in the 17th century.

Family scene by Le Nain, oil on canvas, 1645, 1593-1648, Russia, St. Petersburg State Hermitage, 58x73
Family scene by Le Nain, oil on canvas, 1645, 1593-1648, Russia, St. Petersburg State Hermitage, 58x73
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The Doctor's Visit. Date: 17th century. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.Family scene by Le Nain, oil on canvas, 1645, 1593-1648, Russia, St. Petersburg State Hermitage, 58x73The 1916 caption reads: Jan Steen. 1626-1679 Dutch School Bad Company or La Mauvaise Compagnie in Louvre Signed in full in left bottom corner. Painted in oil on panel. 1 dt 6.74 in. x 1 ft 2.25 in. Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humor and abundance of color.'Concert'. Holland, First half of the 17th century. Dimensions: 44,5x63,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ANTHONIE PALAMEDESZ.'Reading a Letter'. Holland, 1633. Dimensions: 37,5x56 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jacob Jansz. van Velsen.Palamedesz, Anthonie (n.1601 - D.1673), Cabaret scene (main title), 1630. Oil on parquet wood. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris. Cabaret scene (main title)The Five Senses, Teniers, David, the Younger, 1650.A Merry Company at Table by Pot, Hendrik Gerritsz. (1580/81-1657)/ National Gallery, London/ 1630/ Holland/ Oil on wood/ Baroque/ 32,3x49,6/ GenreCountry Pub. Date/Period: Ca. 1660. Oil on panel. Height: 29 cm (11.4 in); Width: 38.5 cm (15.1 in). Author: DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER.The gentleman in the shop From Frans Van Mieris the Old (1635-1681). The gentleman in the shop. Oil on copper, 1660. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.A Eating House by Popov, Andrei Andreyevich (1832-1896) State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1859 Oil on canvas 81x111 Russia Russian Painting of 19th cen. Genre PaintingCornelis Mahu (ca. 1613-1689). Flemish painter. A Wedding Dance in a Barn, 1647. Oil on panel. Detail. Kadriorg Art Museum. Tallinn, Estonia.fine arts, Velazquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y (1599 - 1660), painting ""Las Hilanderas"" (The Spinners), 1644 - 1648, oil on canvas, 220 x 289 cm, Prado, Madrid,The Tooth Extractor by Pietro Longhi, 1702-1785, Italy, Milan, Pinacoteca Di BreraPeasant Drinking About. Dating: 1620 - 1630. Measurements: h 19.5 cm × w 26.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Adriaen Brouwer.'Home Scene'. Holland, 17th century. Dimensions: 52x33 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist. 17th century.The Effects of Intemperance by Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)/ National Gallery, London/ ca 1665/ Holland/ Oil on wood/ Baroque/ 76x106,5/ Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature'Adoration of the Shepherds'. Holland. Dimensions: 57,5x44,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Pieter Pietersz. Vromans III.Peasants Fighting unknownChildren Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii Children Acting the Play Scene, 'Hamlet,' II, ii Signed and dated in brown paint, lower right: "C. Hunt | 1863", Charles Hunt, 1803-1877, BritishSingerie: The Painter. Dated: c. 1739. Dimensions: overall: 81.6 x 118.5 cm (32 1/8 x 46 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Christophe Huet.'Distribution of Charity in the Alms-House'. Holland, 1857. Dimensions: 57,5x79,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Hubertus van Hove.A Musical Company. Dating: 1730 - 1757. Measurements: h 58.5 cm × w 67.5 cm; d 9 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Melchior Brassauw.Benjamin's farewell, Abraham van Dijck, attributed to, c. 1650The Witches' Kitchen, Francken, Frans, the Younger (1581-1642)'Merry Company in a Tavern'. Holland, 1626. Dimensions: 27,5x36 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: DIRK HALS.The Effects of Intemperance, 1663-1665, Jan Steen, (1626-1679/Dutch), Oil on oak, National Gallery, London'Retrato de Familia', (Painter's Family), 1612-1622, (c1934). Artist: Jacob Jordaens.Needlework by Gaspare Traversi, oil on canvas after 1758, 1732-1769, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 95x133The Card Players 1863 Ernest Meissonier French. The Card Players. Ernest Meissonier (French, Lyons 1815-1891 Paris). 1863. Oil on wood. PaintingsREMBRANDT, Harmenszoon van Rijn, called (1606-1669). Samson Proposing the Riddle at the Wedding Feast. 1638. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. GERMANY. SAXONY. Dresden. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (State Art Collections Dresden ).This painting, titled La Malediction paternelle or The Father's Curse, is one of the best known of Greuze's moral pictures.Farmers party, Adriaen van Ostade, c. 1630 - 1640The Company of Captain Gillis Jansz Valckenier and Lieutenant Pieter Jacobsz Bas, Amsterdam, 1599, Pieter Isaacsz., 1599 painting The corporalship of Captain Gillis Jansz Valckenier and lieutenant Pieter Jacobsz Bas, Amsterdam, 1599. The shooters of the foot arch goals are portrayed or standing during a meal at a table. On the left the Vaandrig, some men are armed with guns, many with a glass in their hand. canvas. oil paint (paint) warfare; military affairs (+ citizen soldiery, civil guard, citizen militia) Arch goalsPainting from The Marriage A-la-Mode Series titled "The Bagnio" by William Hogarth dated 1743Painting titled 'Jacob reproaching Laban for giving him Leah in place of Rachel' by Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588-1629) a painter at the start of Dutch Golden Age. Dated 17th Century'Buying Grapes'. Holland, 1669. Dimensions: 81x66,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jacob Lucasz Ochtervelt.An Interior of the 17th Century, Henri Leys, baron, 1838The Idolatry of Solomon. Frans Francken the Younger (Flemish, 1581 - 1642)Singerie The Painter A12344 Painting; oil on canvas; overall: 81.6 x 118.5 cm (32 1/8 x 46 5/8 in.);Girls being taught Needlework by a Seamstress. Giuseppe Bonito (1707-1789). Oil on canvas. 102.2 x 154.2cm.Gourmets; Lubieniecki, Krzysztof (1659-1729); 1710-1719 (1710-00-00-1719-00-00);Studziński, Franciszek (1895-1967) - collection, allegories, self -portraits, food, Dutch painting, genre painting, scenes at the table, genre scenes in the interior, taste (sense), purchase (provenance)Four Governors of the Arquebusiers' Civic Guard, Amsterdam, 1642 .. Group portrait of the four targets of the cleavors, Amsterdam, 1642, sitting around a table: Albert Coenraetsz Burgh, Jan Claesz Vloordwijck, Pieter Reael and Jacob Willekens. The Kastelein Jacob Pietersz night glass brings them the silver guild cup, a buffalo horn horn (see inv.no. BK-AM-12). Right on the wall The framed emblem of the cloves, the claw.Christophe Huet, Singerie The Painter, c 1739 Singerie: The PainterDutch master National Gallery, London Painting 117x92 Genre An Interior, with a Woman refusing a Glass of WineTheatre Francais by Jean Antoine Watteau, Oil on wood, 1711-1712, 1684-1721, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 20x25'The sick girl', Jan Steen, c. 1660Russian soldier coming back home by anonymous painter, painting, Russia, Taganrog, Regional Art Gallery, 60x53Eleazar (Bible), Rebecca (Bible), Old Testament (Bible), Royal Castle (Warsaw) - collection, religious painting, Italian painting, religious scenesLast Supper, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1664The Lady's Death, Marriage A-la-Mode, by William Hogarth, circa 1743, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, EuropeBonasone, Giulio, work, Virgin Mary faints in the arms of three women, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, width 20.6 cm, leaf width 20.6 cm, leaf height 19.6 cm, height 19.6 cmPortrait of the Governors of the Kloveniersdoelen, Govert Flinck, 1642 painting Group portrait of the four goalkeeping of Kloveniersdoelen, Amsterdam, 1642, sitting around a table: Albert Coenraetsz Burgh, Jan Claesz Vloswijck, Pieter Reael and Jacob Willekens. The castelein Jacob Pietersz Nachtglas brings them the silver guild cup, a horn of buffelhoorn (see inv.no. BK-AM-12-12). On the right on the wall the framed emblem of the Kloveniers, the claw. canvas. oil paint (paint) board of a guild KloveniersdoelenTavern showing musicians and drinkers, ca 1625, by Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632), oil on canvas, 95x133 cm.Tribute Money, by Preti Mattia, 1640, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. Detail. Tax collector onlooker: bystander eyeglasses turban paper pen neck dresses: robes: garments light shadow dark: brown shades: tones: hues black white yellow.Oath of Horatii by Armand Charles Caraffe, oil on canvas, 1791, 1762-1822, Russia, Moscow , State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 89, 3x115Princes Day, Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1660 - 1679 painting Prinsjesdag. Inn interior with a group that celebrates the birthday of Prince William III on November 14, 1650. At the table people are drinking, eating and laughing. On the left a man reads something from a paper. On the wall above a box bed hangs a painting with the prince's portrait. Above the table a copper crown with an orange branch and a bell. panel. oil paint (paint) public festivities at birth of royal persons (+ eating and drinking ~ festive activities). inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.The Orvietan merchant or the Bari operator Etienne Jeaurat (1699-1789). "The Orvietan merchant or Bari operator". Oil on canvas, around 1743. Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum.Genre scene in the countryside. Teniers, David, II (1610-1690), painterItalian school. Colloquio Tra Baute. 1750-1760. Venice, Palazzo Rezzonico. Author: PIETRO LONGHI (1702-1785). Location: PALACIO REZZONICO. Venedig. ITALIA.Peace Urging the Churches to be Tolerant, anonymous, 1600 - 1624 painting Peace urges the churches to tolerance. Calvin is in an interior (with a roast calf). The pope (with a bowl of porridge and two cats on lap) and Martin Luther (playing on a lute) are arguing at the table. On the right, the bailoper baptized his bread in the deck bowl by the fireplace. On the left is the female personification of peace with an olive branch in hand. Two paintings on the wall. Right above the sideboard love (caritas) with her children; On the back wall, peace is placed on a pedestal by justice while fringes are driven out. Low Countries canvas. oil paint (paint) lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. evening meal, dinner, supper. symbols, allegories of peace, 'Pax'; 'Pace' (Ripa). popefine arts, Metsu, Gabriel (1629 - 1667): painting, The Celebration of Beans, oil on canvas, Alte Pinakothek, Munich,Princeís Day, by Jan Steen, 1660-79, Dutch painting, oil on panel. Tavern on the popular feast-day celebrated the birthday (Nov. 14, 1660) of Prince William III of Orange-Nassau. The revelers take no notice of the portrait of the prince ëoverlookingí the scene (BSLOC_2016_3_163)The Cardsharps' c. 1595 by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), Italian painter (1571ñ1610). Oil on canvasFrançois Eisen (1695-1778). "Love ribot". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 70640-8 Tree, drinking, woman, window, gallantry, man, love game, libertinism, grapes, wine glass, vine, fruit, oil on canvas, sceneMusicians by Jacob Duck, oil on canvas Baroque Holland, 1600/10-1667, Russia, Tula, State Art Museum, 47x72Christopher Colonebus and His Son at La Rabida Oil on canvas; 1838 Eugene Delacroix; French; 1798 - 1863Conradin Of Swabia And Frederick Of Baden Being Informed Of Their Execution by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, oil on canvas, 1785, 1751-1829, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 65.5x91.5EL DUO - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO HOLANDES. Author: GABRIËL METSU (1629-1667). Location: NATIONAL GALLERY. LONDON. ENGLAND.Jakob Fugger burning the debenture bonds of Emperor Charles V at the Fuggers House, Augsburg, 1535, digitally edited according to a painting by Karl Becker Jakob Fugger burning the debenture bonds of Emperor Charles V at the Fuggers House, Augsburg, 1535, digitally edited according to a painting by Karl Becker Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21911318The Story of a Life. Date/Period: 1866. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 940 mm (37 in); Width: 1,530 mm (60.23 in). Author: WILLIAM QUILLER ORCHARDSON.The Ransom. John Everett Millais (English, 1829 - 1896)John Laguerre, 1688-1746, British, Hob Selling Beer at the Wake, ca. 1725. Oil on canvas.The Tric-trac Players. Dating: c. 1625. Measurements: support: h 31.1 cm × w 41 cm; frame: h 47.2 cm × w 56.2 cm; sight size: h 30 cm × w 38.8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Willem Cornelisz. Duyster.John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740-1779, British, A Caricature Group, ca. 1766. Oil on canvas.Sketch for 'The Reading of a Will'. Date/Period: 1820. Painting. Oil on board. Height: 191 mm (7.51 in); Width: 254 mm (10 in). Author: David Wilkie.The Grocers Shop. The painter of this scene, Frans II, was the youngest member of the artistic Van Mieris family. He followed firmly in the footsteps of his grandfather Frans I and his father, Willem. Hence, this painting can serve as a pendant to The Poultry Seller painted by his father (on view elsewhere on this wall). The egg basket at the upper right appears to have descended through the generations.Giuseppe Gambarini (1680-1725). Italian painter. The Music Party. Oil on canvas, c. 1720. National Museum of Ancient Art. Lisbon, Portugal.Diana and her nymphs , Fine ArtA Music Party: Group in a courtyard round table covered with a carpet. Through gateway is a glimpse of a canal and the houses on the opposite bank. Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684) Dutch painter.The Visit ca. 1657 Pieter de Hooch Dutch De Hooch situated this scene in a voorhuis, the street-facing room in a narrow Dutch row house that received the best light. The placement of the window and construction of the space reveal the close dialogue that De Hooch had with Vermeer at the time. But elements such as the plate of aphrodisiac oysters and canopied bed suggest that De Hooch most likely intended this particular scene to represent a brothel rather than a respectable home.. The Visit. Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, Rotterdam 1629-1684 Amsterdam). ca. 1657. Oil on wood. PaintingsShells or cocks, Gonzalès (known as little van dick) (n.1618-12-08-D.1684-04-18), artists' meals (main title), 1660. Copper oil. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris. Artist meals (main title)Antoni Viladomat / 'Nacimiento de san Francisco', 1729-1733, Óleo sobre lienzo.It became noisy in the house; Rumor Erat in Casa; NELRI series. Meeting of friends in the house of Biberius.Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656). Flemish painter. Merry Company, 1622. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.Man with a fiddle in bad company. Dating: 1670 - 1700. Measurements: h 30 cm × w 25 cm; d 8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Havicksz. Steen (copy after).Reunion of Artists in the Studio of Isabey', 1798. Artist: Louis Leopold Boilly. Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) was a French painter and draftsman. A gifted creator of popular portrait paintings.The toilet. The toilet. Interior in which a woman changes to a mirror. A girl hangs a pearl necklace around her neck. On the left a standing mirror. On the right a chair at a table on which jewelry are displayed. In the background right a woman looks from a window. Above the doorway a grisaille with putti and triumphar.An Anatomy lesson for artistsParable of the Prodigal Son, Frans Francken, II, 1600 - 1620Aniello Falcone / 'Expulsion of the Moneychangers from the Temple', 1630-1640, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 101 cm x 114 cm, P00094. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. JESUS.TENIERS II, David, 'the Younger' (1610-1690). The King Drinks. Flemish art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.Singers, by Jean Leclerc (ca 1587-1633).Sentimental Conversation early 1660s Quirijn van Brekelenkam Dutch In the 1660s Brekelenkam departed from his more familiar themes of humble tradesmen and housewives in favor of fashionable subjects inspired by Gabriël Metsu and Pieter de Hooch. In this charming scene of courtship the landscape in the background reminded contemporary viewers that love can be a rocky road.. Sentimental Conversation 435772Austria, Vienna, A FightRural Festival by Dirck Hals, (1591-1656)The Fable of Arachne, Las Hilanderas (La favola di Aracne, Las hilanderas), by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, 1657, 17th Century, oil on canvas, 220 x 289 cmThe Merry Family, 1668, Jan Steen, (1626-1679/Dutch), Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamLazarus and the Rich Man, by Jacopo Bassano (ca 1510-1592).Sophonisba receiving the Cup of Poison. Mattia Preti (Il Calabrese) (1613-1699). Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1640. 86 x 165.7cm.