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Rembrandt (1606 - 1669), Portrait of a Man, 1658
Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University - Ontario, Toronto, Canada.
November 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Salomon Jacobsz van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), Landscape with Deer Hunters, ca. 1630
Oil on wood, 73.66 cm × 110.49 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The United States of America
November 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), Landscape with Travelers at an Inn near a Stop, 1660
Oil on panel, 60.7 cm x 85 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), A Woman Seated at a Table and a Man Tuning a Violin. ca. 1658
Oil on canvas, 43 cm x 37.5 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), Young Couple at Breakfast, 1667
Oil on oak wood, 56.5 cm x 48.2 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), Old Woman in Contemplation, ca. 1661 – 1663
Oil on panel, 27.3 cm x 23.2 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
November 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), Landscape with a Wooden Fence and Figures, ca. 1630
Oil on oak panel, 36.3 cm x 48.6 cm (oval)
Nationalmuseum, Stockhom, Sweden
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Pieter de Hooch (1629 - after 1684), Figures in a Courtyard behind a House, ca. 1663 - 1665
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Pieter de Hooch (1629 – after 1684), A Woman Seated at a Window and a Child in a Doorway, ca. 1680
Oil on canvas, 54.1 cm x 67.2 cm
Private collection

De Hooch worked in Delft and Amsterdam.
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pieter de Hooch (1629 - after 1684), A Woman Reading a Letter by a Window, 1664
Oil on canvas, 55 cm x 55 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Also, the window with the characteristic "view" reveals nature and the West Church of Amsterdam, which seems to touch the sky.
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), The Ferry Boat, 1650
Oil on wood, 77.5 cm × 114.3 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
November 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 – 1670), A view of Beverwijk, 1646
Oil on panel, 75.2 cm x 65.7 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The United States of America

P.S. Another painting, housed in the Mauritshuis in The Hague, is called A View of Beverwijk from the Wijkermeer.
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670, The Halt, 1661
Oil on canvas, 99 x 153 cm
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

One of Holland’s greatest and most prolific landscape painters, Salomon van Ruysdael is best known for his river scenes with boats sailing under a cloudy sky.
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), View of Alkmaar with the Grote Kerk (Winter), 1647
Oil on wood panel, 53.1 cm x 89.3 cm
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675), Diana and her Nymphs (mythological painting), (ca. 1655 - 1656)
Oil on canvas, 97.8 cm x 104.6 cm
Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands

He devoted himself exclusively to his art, living the rest of his life in the city of Delft.
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Michiel van Musscher (1645 - 1705), A female merchant and a maid at the Eenhoornsluis in Amsterdam, 1669
Oil on panel, 53.4 cm x 41 cm Private collection
October 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), Tavern Scene, 1649 - 1667
Oil on wood, 36.5 cm x 32.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States of America
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Johannes Vermeer, The Love Letter, ca. 1669 - 1670
Oil on panel, 44.0 x 38.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dutch painter, only 35 of his works are preserved due to his methodical way of working and also to his short life and the disappearance of many of his paintings.
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675), The Geographer, 1669
Oil on canvas, 51.6 cm x 45.4 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
October 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Nicolaes Maes (1634 - 1693), The spinner or A Woman Spinning, 1655
Oil on panel, 41.5 cm x 33.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
October 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), Young Woman at Her Toilet
Oil on panel, 28 cm x 23 cm Guildhall Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), Woman at Her Toilette, ca. 1659
Oil on panel, 64.8 cm x 57.8 cm
The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, The United States of America
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), An elegant lady writing at her desk, with a dog beside her
Oil on panel, 33.2 x 39.4 cm
Private collection

The influence of Johannes Vermeer on Metsu's work is obvious, and can be seen most clearly in Metsu's masterpieces from the mid-1660s.
October 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), The Dismissal of Hagar, ca. 1653 - 1654
Oil on canvas, 112 cm x 86 cm
Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands

He was the son of the Flemish painter Jacques Metsu. According to Arnold Houbraken, he was a pupil of Gerard Dou, the leading Leiden genre painter.
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675), Christ at the House of Martha and Mary, ca. 1654
Scottish National Gallery of Art, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM