Elegant Social Gatherings

17th-century scenes of well-dressed individuals engaging in conversation and leisure, featuring luxurious clothing, festive atmospheres, and domestic interiors.

The Merry Family, by Jan Steen, 1668, oil on canvas, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe,

Gallant Company. Two gentlemen enter the room, one holding a partridge, the other a hare. Yet given their spotless, elegant clothing, they cannot have just returned from the hunt.The double meaning of the depiction would have been obvious to 17th-century viewers: the Dutch expressions for hunting hare’ and birding’ could be used vulgarly to mean making love’. The men are thus hunting for love.

Merry company in a room. Dating: 1633. Measurements: support: h 54.5 cm × w 88.5 cm; d 9 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Anthonie Palamedesz.

The Merry Family, by Jan Steen, 1668, oil on canvas, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe,

The Young Mother, Gerard Dou, circa 1655-1660, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

A Merry Company. Date/Period: 1633. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 610 mm (24.01 in); Width: 890 mm (35.03 in). Author: ANTHONIE PALAMEDES.

The Hunter's Present. Het geschenk van de jager. Dating: c. 1658 - c. 1661. Measurements: h 51 cm × w 48 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: GABRIEL METSU.

Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv Slender, with the assistance of Shallow, courting Anne Page, from 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor', Charles Robert Leslie, 1794-1859, British

Company in the garden. Horemans, Jan Josef, I (1682-1759), painter

HALS, DIRCK. PINTOR HOLANDES. 1591-1656. ESCENA GALANTE EN UN INTERIOR, TABLA AÑO 1644. COLECCION PARTICULAR. MADRID.

Farm Fair, David Vinckboons, 1629

Louis XIV visits the Manufacture des Gobelins on October 15, 1667 by Renard de Saint-Andre, Simon (1614-1677) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles / End 1660s / France / Oil on canvas / Genre / 331x541 / Baroque

Nicolas Tournier / 'The Denial of Saint Peter', ca. 1625, French School, Oil on canvas, 172 cm x 252 cm, P02788. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Serenade to a Cat. Painting by unknown artist. First half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 103 cm. Finnish National Gallery / Sinebrychoff Art Museum. Helsinki, Finland.

fine arts, Watteau, Antoine, (1684 - 1721), painting, ""Italian Comedians"", oil on canvas, France, circa 1720, National Gallery of Art, Washington,

DETALLE DE LA TENTACION DE SAN JERONIMO - 1639 - O/L - 198x245 - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

Merrymalzers at Shrovetide by Frans Hals; Oil on canvas; circa 1616 - 17

'Voltaire on the Theatre Scene'. Series of paintings devoted to Voltaire. Switzerland, Between 1750 and 1775. Dimensions: 61x49 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JEAN HUBER.

'Ball'. Flanders. Dimensions: 35,5x44 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Frans Francken II (workshop).

Hendrick Mommers (1623-1693). Dutch painter. A vegetable market in Rome. Second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas. Detail. Kadriorg Art Museum. Tallinn, Estonia.

Courtship; about 1665; Oil on canvas Caspar Netscher; Dutch; about 1636/39-84

Alexander the Great Restoring the Throne Usurped by Abdolomino', 17th century by Bernardo Strozzi. From a private collection.

Europe, Netherlands, The Hague. Jan Steen's painting As the Old Sing So Pipe the Young.

The Doctor, Jan Adriaensz. van Staveren, 1650 - 1669

'The Ball'. Flanders. Dimensions: 71x104 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANS FRANCKEN II.

The Sick Woman by Jan Steen, circa 1660, Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Europe

The Conspiracy of Julius Civilis and the Batavians in a Sacred Grove, Otto van Veen, 1600 - 1613 painting The conspiracy of Claudius Civilis with the Batavians in the Schakerbos. Claudius Civilis with supporters sat on a meal at a long table in the forest by night. Second show in a series of twelve scenes of the uprising of the Batavians against the Romans (SK-A-421/432), purchased by the States General in 1613. panel. oil paint (paint) the oath of Julius Claudius Civilis: during a meal he induces his people to revolt against the Romans Courtyard

'San Benito bendiciendo a San Mauro', 17th century, Oil on canvas, 188 x 166 cm, P03108. Author: FRAY JUAN ANDRES RICCI (1600-1681) FRAY JUAN RIZI. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN MAURO. EQUICIO. TERTULO SENADOR. PLACIDO.

MP 2522; Stachowicz Michał (malarz); Karczma krakowska; 1819; olej; płótno; 63 x 92

Jan Moniuszko (1853-1908), in Karczma / A L'Auberge; Poznański, Józef (Warsaw; Publisher; Fl. Ca 1910-Ca 1914); around 1910 (1905-00-00-1915-00-00);

Escena aparentemente familiar en la que una mujer sentada sujeta en sus brazos a una niña. Esta parece echar sus manos a un loro posado sobre la mano de un hombre sentado. Ambos personajes, hombre y mujer, se sitúan en torno a una mesa circular. En la parte superior central del licenzo aparece una inscripción. Lienzo, con marco de madera, pintado al óleo. 112 cm x 136 cm. Museum: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: JOSÉ JOAQUÍN MAGÓN.

Children Teaching a Cat to Dance, The Dancing Lesson, by Jan Steen, 1660-79, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe,

"Faust and Marguerite 1856 Oil on panel Hendrik Jan August Leys, Belgian, 1815 - 1869"

Le Nain, Louis (1593-1648) National Gallery, London Painting 21,8x29,2 Genre A Woman and Five Children

MUERTE DE COLON EN VALLADOLID EN 20 DE MAYO DE 1506 - SIGLO XIX. Author: JOSE MARIA RODRIGUEZ LOSADA (1826-1896). Location: MONASTERIO DE LA RABIDA. PALOS DE LA FRONTERA. Huelva. SPAIN. FERDINAND COLUMBUS. COLON DIEGO. CRISTOBAL COLON (1451/1506). CRISTOBAL COLON-HIJO.

The Grocer's Shop. De kruidenierster. Dating: 1715. Measurements: h 39 cm × w 33.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Frans van Mieris (II).

Louis XV child receiving a lecon, in the presence of the Cardinal de Fleury and the Regent Louis XV child receiving a lesson, in the presence of the Cardinal de Fleury and the Regent ", beginning XVIIth century. Oil on copper.

The merry homecoming, Jan Havicksz. Steen, 1670 - 1679 painting The cheerful house cloves. A drunk man is helped in the direction of a barge by an older man a woman. In the boat there is a mother with a child on the chest and a boy who plays. In the background there are three figures at the entrance of the inn. canvas. oil paint (paint) drunkenness. ferry. farmers

'Peasant Feast in a Tavern'. Holland, Circa 1700. Dimensions: 48x58 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Richard Brackenburgh (circle of).

Princess of Orange Visiting the Work-shop of Bartholomeus van der Helst, by Hendrik Jacobus Scholten, c. 1850-70, Dutch painting, oil on panel. Mary Stuart, the widow of Stadtholder William II, views her portrait in the studio of the 17th-century painter, Van der Helst. In the background is van der Helst's 'Militia Banquet' of 1648 (BSLOC_2016_2_86)

A Picture Gallery. Date/Period: Between 1660 and 1670. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 97.2 cm (38.2 in); Width: 129.5 cm (50.9 in). Author: Gillis van Tilborgh.

The card players, Johannes Natus, 1660

The card players, 1663-1665, by Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684), oil on canvas, 67x77 cm.

Virgin nad child with St Dominic and St Hyacinth 1740-1750. Giovanni Battista (Gianbattista) Tiepolo (1696-1770) Venetian painter. Dominic (1170-1221) Spanish, founder of Black Friars. Hyacinth (1185-1257) Polish, evanglised Poland.

Abraham Teniers / 'Un cuerpo de guardia', 17th century, Flemish School, Oil on copper, 49 cm x 68 cm, P01784. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Merry Company, Isack Elyas, 1629

The Doctor's Visit by Jacob van Toorenvliet (c.1635-1719). Oil on copper.

Don Pedro of Toledo Kissing Henry IV's Sword, Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867)

THE DISTRESS OF ASTRONOMES ON THE ROTATION OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES - 18TH CENTURY. Author: CORNELIS TROOST. Location: MUSEO MAURITSHUIS. LA HAYA. HOLANDA.

'An Interior with a Soldier Smoking a Pipe' by Frans van Mieris, c 1657 Painting; oil on panel; overall: 32.4 × 25.4 cm (12 3/4 × 10 in.);

Satire on Celibacy. Dating: c. 1600 - c. 1649. Place: Germany. Measurements: h 29.7 cm × w 41.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The Fortune-Teller probably 1630s Georges de La Tour French Darting eyes and busy hands create a captivating narrative between otherwise staid figures, each of which is richly clothed in meticulously painted combinations of color and texture. La Tour has taken on a theme popularized in Northern Europe by prints and in Rome by Caravaggio: an old Roma (traditionally known by the derisive term Gypsy”) woman reads the young man’s fortune as her beautiful companions take the opportunity to rob him. This celebrated painting, which was only discovered in the mid-twentieth century, is inscribed with the name of the town where the artist lived in northeastern France, supporting the possibility that he developed such works independent of Caravaggio’s precedent. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #5104. The Fortune Teller Play or pause #2651. The Fortune Teller Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not availa

Caravaggio/ Supper at Emmaus, 1601. Oil on canvas, 141 x 196,2 cm NG 172. Museum: NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDRES, UK.

Cognoscenti in a Room hung with Pictures' Unknown Flemish artist; circa 1620, oil on panel

The Poultry Seller, Willem van Mieris, 1733

Feast of Herod. Date/Period: 1656 - 1661. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,778 mm (70 in); Width: 2,521 mm (99.25 in). Author: Mattia Preti.

Feast of Esther Herregouts, Hendrick (1633 1704)

Banquet of Distinguished Turkish Women. Maaltijd van voorname Turkse vrouwen. Dating: c. 1720 - c. 1737. Measurements: h 45 cm × w 58.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jean Baptiste Vanmour.

Issac Blessing Jacob. School of Rembrandt, circa 1640. Oil on canvas. 128.3 x 165.7cm.

The Practical Joke. Date/Period: Ca. 1740. Painting. Oil on panel. Height: 178 mm (7 in); Width: 279 mm (10.98 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.

The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis and the Batavians in the Schakerbos, Otto van Veen, 1600 - 1613

The merry homecoming. Dating: 1670 - 1679. Measurements: h 68 cm × w 99 cm × d 4.2 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Havicksz. Steen.

Concert - Dirck van Baburen, 1623

'The Departure of the Prodigal Son', c. 1660, Oil on canvas. Author: BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. BLESSINGTON. Ireland.

Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667). Dutch painter. Doctor's Visit, 1660s. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Burlesque Feast by Mandyn, Jan (1502-1560) Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao c. 1550 The Netherlands Oil on wood Painting Genre

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

'Playing Cards in a Guardhouse'. Holland, First half of the 1630s. Dimensions: 55x48 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Willem Cornelisz Duyster.

'The Spinners, or The Fable of Arachne', ca. 1657, Spanish Baroque, Oil on canvas, 220 cm x 289 cm, P01173. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Witchcraft Scene withDwarves. Artist, attributed to: Pseudo Bocchi, Italian, active ca. 1700-1740

Johannes Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c 1664 Woman Holding a Balance

Zealand Landscape by Lundbye, Johan Thomas (1818-1848) / Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen / Romanticism / 1842 / Denmark / Oil on canvas / Landscape / 94,5x127,5

The Champion, 1824 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, Victorian, Armour, Costume, Knight

Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670). Dutch painter. Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Munster, 1648. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands.

The Baker Arent Oostwaard and His Wife, Catharina Keizerswaard, by Jan Steen, 1658, Dutch painting. Oil on panel. A baker and his wife proudly show off their freshly baked goods. Jan Steen combined several genres in this painting: a portrait, a depiction of a profession, and a still life of bread (BSLOC_2016_3_184)

Amsterdam citizens celebrating the Peace of Munster, 1648, painting by Bartholomeus van der Helst. On 30 January 1648 the war ended with the Treaty of Munster between Spain and the Netherlands. In Munster on 15 May 1648, the parties exchanged ratified copies of the treaty. This treaty was part of the European-scale Peace of Westphalia that also ended the Thirty Years War. In the treaty, the power of balance in western Europe was readjusted to the actual geopolitical reality. This means that de j

Francesco Bassano; Jacopo Bassano / 'The Return of the Prodigal Son', ca. 1570, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 147 cm x 200 cm, P00039. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

VERONESE, Paolo Caliari, called Paolo (1528-1588). The Marriage Feast at Cana. ca. 1560. The characters, except Christ, Mary and the host, are wearing Venetian fashion of that time. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

The beheading of Saint John the Baptist, by Juan de Flanders, circa 1496 - 1499

The Procuress 1656. Oil on canvas. Jan Vermeer (1632-1675) Dutch Baroque painter. Young woman who has been procured by the female pimp, second left, holds out her hand for payment from the man groping her. Prostitution

Painting titled 'A Woman and Five Children' by Louis Le Nain (1593-1648) a French painter and one of the three Le Nain brothers. Dated 17th Century

(JOVENES MENDIGOS) - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: ESCUELA ESPAÑOLA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

The Interior of the British Institution Gallery Signed and dated, lower right: "J. Scarlett Davis | 1829", John Scarlett Davis, 1804-1845, British

SERIE SOBRE LA TOMA DE SICILIA EN EL SIGLO XV - ESCUELA FLAMENCA - PINTURA SOBRE COBRE DEL SIGLO XVII. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. MONCADA ANTONIO DE. BLANCA DE SICILIA.

The Banquet of Ahasuerus by Gelder, Aert de (1645-1727) J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1680s Oil on canvas 112x139,7 Holland Baroque Bible Painting

The 1916 caption reads: "Metsu 1630-1667 Dutch School The Music Lesson. in National Gallery. On the wall at the back hang two pictures: a "Twelfth Night FGeast" by Metsu, in a gilt frame, and. "Landscape" by J ruisdael in a black frame. Signed G Metsu at the top rioght-hand corner. Painted in oil on canvas. 1 ft 3 in h. x 1 ft .5 in w."

Portrait of the Merchant, Georg Gisze, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1532, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Federico Faruffini (1831-1869). Italian painter. The gondola of Tiziano, 1861. Oil on canvas, 91 x 45,5 cm. Modern Art Gallery, Milan, Italy.

Five Ladies in an Interior, attributed to Dirck van Delen, 1630-52, Dutch painting, oil on panel. Four adult and one elderly women around a table in an elegant room with classical architectural features (BSLOC_2016_3_228)

Portrait of the Three Regentesses of the Leprozenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ferdinand Bol, c. 1668

Young. Piotr; Titian (CA 1488-1576); XVII century (1600-00-00-1699-00-00);Piotr Martyr (Saint), Copy, Italian painting, purchase (provenance)

SANTA BARBARA- PATRONA DE ARTILLERIA. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN (1598-1664). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. PATRONA DE LA ARTILLERIA. SANTA BARBARA (273-306) BARBARA DE NICOMEDIA.

Family portrait by Louis Le Nain, oil on copper, 1642, 1593-1648, England, London, National Gallery, 21,8x29,2

Musical Trio , Fine Art

Alfred Joseph Woolmer, 1805-1892, British, Interior of the British Institution (Old Master Exhibition, Summer 1832), 1833. Oil on canvas.

The Adoration of the Shepherds. Date/Period: Ca. 1615 (Baroque). Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 97 cm (38.1 in); Width: 139 cm (54.7 in). Author: Bernardo Strozzi.

The barber, painting by Giovanni Michele Granieri (1736-1778). Italy, 18th century.

Self-portrait. Date/Period: Ca. 1630. Painting. Oil on canvas. 74.6 × 65.1 cm (29.3 × 25.6 in). Author: Judith Leyster.

Posthumous Portrait of Aucke Stellingwerff, Admiral of Friesland, Killed in 1665 at Lowestoft by a Cannonball. Posthum Portrait of Aucke Stellingwerff, Admirality Admiralty of Friesland, killed in 1665 at Lowestoft by a cannonball. Portrait in half, sitting in a chair, with the left hand on the cannonball lying for him on a table. Further on the table: a helmet with plumes, command, money units, a print or card, a pouch, a box with jewelry and a globe.

Seduction by Giovanni Cariani, oil on canvas, 1515-1516, circa 1485-1547, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Hermitage, 85x96

Man gutting a fish. Fidani, Orazio (1610-1656), painter

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