Landscape

Born in Haarlem. Specialist in lowlife scenes of peasants. Warm earthy colors suit the mood of paintings. Over time, Ostade’s ...

The son of a painter. Cuyp married a wealthy widow in 1658 and neglected his art. He produced several charming Dordrecht, ...

He specialized in night scenes (dark and mysterious, with a full moon or lit by burning candles) and winter landscapes ...

Born in Bologna, he lived in Rome from 1595. The most talented member of the brilliant trio (with brother Agostino ...

Painter, draftsman, and etcher; main exponent of Late Mannerism, its Northern European variant. Born in Antwerp. He worked in France, ...

He died tragically at a young age. Less than ten authenticated works are known, but they show the versatility of ...

Teniers is best known for his genre paintings depicting rough peasants, such as in Boors Carousing. After 1651 he detailed ...

His soft, monochromatic landscapes (often in winter) are very natural, unstagey, they convey well the sense of open space and ...

Gentile was the brother of Giovanni Bellini and he was much respected in his own lifetime. was noted especially for ...

In the 1630s he was a pupil of Rembrandt, but his works are lighter, less gloomy, and serious. Flinck was ...

Jacob van Ruisdael was the leading Dutch landscape painter of the second half of the 17th century. He was a ...

A Dutch landscape painter who studied in Rome and painted idyllic landscapes à la Claude Lorrain. Compared with Lorraine, his ...

Sten, one of the best Dutch painters, ran a tavern and owned a brewery. His tavern scenes, feasts, and burgher ...

The painting was not a main activity of the inventor. Van der Heyden is best known for still lifes and ...

One of the most important Dutch landscape painters. He was a prolific and much-imitated painter, had many pupils. He often ...

Today he is considered to be one of the finest Dutch genre painters. Unrecognized in his own lifetime and forgotten ...

Joachim Patinir (also called Patenier) was the first painter to make landscape his principal theme. He created a special type ...

The last of the major Dutch landscape painters of the golden age, he gave up professional painting when he married ...

Master of decorative paintings and portraits. Born and educated in Modena, he later perfected his art in Bologna. His fantastical ...

He is best known for his early paintings which often show kitchen life below stairs, or old women asleep. Later ...

A pupil of Rembrandt, he learned from his teacher's landscape etchings and went on to produce a formula for large-scale, ...

Small-scale landscapes of horsemen, battle or hunting scenes (note trademark white horse). Philips Wouverman’s major works are Horses Being Watered, ...

Breughel was nicknamed "Peasant" of the subject matter of his paintings, not his character. He was an outstanding Flemish painter. ...

Eldest son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder ("Peasant"). He imitated his father's manner and made copies of his paintings. Later ...

An extraordinary man, who had traveled to many countries, gifted with many talents: artist, diplomat, merchant, scholar. His studio, which ...

The full name of this great Dutch painter is Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. He created prolific, stunning masterpieces, treasured in ...

Very prolific, successful artist. Traveled extensively (France, Prague, Vienna, the Alps). He settled in Utrecht. Created landscapes - his paintings ...

Landscape painter. Uncle of the better known Jacob van Ruisdael. He painted views of Holland. Among his later works are several ...