Daniel Lieberman's Imaginary Museum

"A work of art is a transformation of something in order to transform someone." — Paul Valéry

Posts in Category: 17th Century

Alessandro Magnasco

On January 10, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, february 4, Italian

Alessandro Magnasco, Italian painter, February 4, 1667 - March 12, 1749

Self-portrait, 17th century or 18th century Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 in // Private collection

Joseph Interpreting Dreams, 1700s Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 69.6 in // Private collection

Hermit in the Desert, 1700/1740 Oil on canvas, 13.4 x 16.1 in // Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid

The Tame Magpie, c 1707 and c 1778 Oil on canvas, 25 x 29.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Interrogations in Jail, between c 1710 and c 1720 Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 32.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Banditti at Rest, 1710s Oil on canvas, 44 x 63.7 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Garden Party in Albaro, c 1740 Oil on canvas, 33.9 x 77.9 in // Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Dissipation and Ignorance Destroy the Arts and Sciences, between 1735 and 1740 Oil on canvas, 24.5 x 36 in // Private collection

Workshop of Nuns, c 1725-1730 Oil on canvas, 16.1 x 12.9 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg

Jewish Funerals, c 1720 Oil on canvas, 34.2 x 46 in // Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris

The Exorcism of the Waves, c 1735 Oil on canvas, 33 x 51 in // Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

The Painter’s Workshop, between 1722 and 1723 Oil on canvas, 23.8 x 16.7 in Private collection

Sébastien Bourdon

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, february 2, French

Sébastien Bourdon, French painter and engraver, February 2, 1616-May 8, 1671

Death of Dido, between 1637 and 1640 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 53.9 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

A Brawl in a Guard-Room, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 29.48 x 23.85 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Christ and the Samaritan Woman Oil on canvas, 56.8 x 78.3 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, between 1646 and 1647 Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 57 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Bathsheba Guiding Solomon to the Throne, c 1643 Oil on canvas, 16.9 x 11.8 in // Musée du Grand Siècle, Saint-Cloud, France

The Departure of Jacob, Unknown date Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 54.3 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 10 ft x 102.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Christ Receiving the Children, c 1655 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait, 1652–1658 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 22 in // Palace of Versailles

Laban Searching the Belongings of Jacob Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 26.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Baptism of Christ, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 45.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Finding of Moses, c 1655/1660 Oil on canvas, 47 1/16 x 68 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Jacob van Campen

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, february 2

Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect, February 2, 1596 - September 13, 1657

Jacob van Campen in his book Images of the City Hall of Amsterdam in 30 engravings, 1665

Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1640

Kasteel Oldenaller, 1655-1665 Putten, The Netherlands

Coymanshuis is a canal house on the Keizersgracht 177, Amsterdam. The double wide house was designed and built in 1625

New Church, Haarlem, 1645-1649

Noordeinde Palace, 1640 The Hague

Palace Huis ten Bosch, 1645 The Hague

Double Portrait of Constantijn Huygens, c 1635 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 30.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Woman Making Her Toilet, 1650 - 1655 Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 26.4 in // Museum Bredius, The Hague

Argus, Mercury and Io, 1630s Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 75.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Lenaert Nicasius, c 1651 Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Koepelkerk, 1639-1641 Renswoude, Netherlands

Vanitas Still Life with a Book and a Skull, c 1645-1650 Oil on panel, 34 x 33.8 in // Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Jan Steen

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch

Jan Steen, Dutch painter, c 1626 – February 3, 1679

The Bowling Game, c 1655 Oil on oak wood, 26.7 x 34.2 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Rhetoricians at a Window, between 1663 and 1665 Oil on canvas, 29.9 x 23 in // Philadelphia Art Museum

Woman at her Toilet, 1663 Oil on Panel, 25.9 x 20.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

Peasants before an Inn, 1650s Oil on panel, 19.75 x 24.25 in // Toledo Museum of Art

"The Way You Hear It, Is the Way You Sing It," c 1665 Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 64.1 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Double Portrait of Adolf Croeser and his Daughter Catharina Croeser, 1655 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 27 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Self-portrait as a Lutenist, 3rd quarter of 17th century Oil on canvas, 21.8 x 17.3 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

"As the Old Sing, the Children Peep," 1662 Oil on canvas, 37 x 31.8 in // Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

The Drawing Lesson, about 1665 Oil on panel, 19.37 x 16.22 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Company Playing Cards in an Interior, c 1660 Oil on panel, 18 x 23.7 in // Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection

Jan Steen, Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten, 1659 - 1660 Oil on canvas, 33.25 x 39.75 in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten, 1659 - 1660 Oil on canvas, 33.25 x 39.75 in // The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Massimo Stanzione

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian

Massimo Stanzione, Italian painter, 1585 – 1656

Beheading of St John the Baptist, c 1634 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 101.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Virgin and Child, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Adoration of the Magi, c 1656 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 79 in // Private collection

Susanna and the Elders, 1643 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 80.1 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Saint Agnes, from 1635 until 1640 Oil on canvas, 32.9 x 29.5 in // Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, between 1621 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Woman in Neapolitan Costume, 1635 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 38.2 in // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Sacrifice to Bacchus, 1634 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 140.9 in // Prado, Madrid

Cleopatra, 1630s Oil on canvas, 66.5 x 39.3 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Jerome Bankes, c 1655 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Kingston Lacy, UK

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 57.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lot and his Daughters Royal Palace of Naples

Giovanni Lanfranco

On January 6, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, january 26

Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter, January 26, 1582 - November 1647

Self-Portrait, between 1628 and 1632 Oil Columbus Museum of Art

Liberation of Saint Peter, between c 1620 and c 1621 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 48.1 in // Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

Young Naked Man on a Bed with Cat, between 1620 and 1622 Oil on canvas, 43.9 x 62.9 in // Private collection

Council of the Gods, between 1624 and 1625 Fresco Galleria Borghese, Rome

Hagar and the Angel in the Desert, between c 1600 and c 1647 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 62.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 80 x 96 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Moses and the Messengers from Canaan, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 85.7 x 97 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

Gladiators at a Banquet, c 1638 Oil on canvas, 91.3 x 11.6 ft // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Last Supper, between 1624 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 13.9 ft // National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Ecstasy of St Margaret of Cortona, 1622 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 72.8 in // Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Saint Agatha in Prison, c 1613-1614 Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 52.2 in // National Gallery of Parma

Roman Mock Naval Battle, between 1635 and 1638 Oil on canvas, 71.25 x 142.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madri

Hendrick Avercamp

On January 6, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, january 27

Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch Painter, January 27, 1585 - May 15, 1634

Hendrick Avercamp

Summer, between 1615 and 1634 Oil on copper, 8 x 12.7 in // National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Figures Skating in a Dutch Landscape, c 1625 Oil on panel, 12 x 17.9 in // Private collection

Scene on the Ice, c 1620 Oil on panel, 26.5 × 45.2 in National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Boy Seated on a Hill, Looking Into the Distance, Unknown date Drawing

Fishermen Near a Hole in the Ice, Unknown date Drawing

Hendrick Avercamp, A Winter Scene with Two Gentlemen Playing Colf, about 1615 - 1620 Pencil, pen and ink, and gouache, 3.70 x 6.14 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

A Winter Scene with Two Gentlemen Playing Colf, about 1615 - 1620 Pencil, pen and ink, and gouache, 3.70 x 6.14 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Hendrick Avercamp, Nine Peasants around a Wheelbarrow, Unknown date Brown pen and watercolor on paper, 4.1 x 6.7 in Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Nine Peasants around a Wheelbarrow, Unknown date Brown pen and watercolor on paper, 4.1 x 6.7 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Hendrick Avercamp, River Landscape, first half of 17th century Pen and watercolor on paper, 7.24 x 11.18 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

River Landscape, first half of 17th century Pen and watercolor on paper, 7.24 x 11.18 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Hendrick Avercamp, Two figures on a Sleigh with a Servant, about 1626 Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and translucent watercolor, over black chalk Private collection

Two figures on a Sleigh with a Servant, about 1626 Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and translucent watercolor, over black chalk Private collection

Skaters on the Ice at Ijsselmuiden, 1613 Oil, 18.5 x 28.7 in // Museum of Art and History Geneva

Winter Landscape on a Frozen Canal, about 1620 Oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Windmill Oil on copper Kunsthaus Zürich

Govert Flinck

On January 4, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, july 25

Govert Flinck, Dutch painter, January 25, 1615 – February 2, 1660

Self Portrait with Beret, 1640 Oil on panel, 25.9 x 20.2 in // Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1638 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Man From the Munter Family, 1658 Oil on canvas, 45.2 x 36.2 in // Schorr Collection, UK

Portrait of Susanna van Baerle, 1655 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 40.9 in // Hessen Kassel Heritage, Germany

Rembrandt as Shepherd with Staff and Flute, 1636 Oil on canvas, 29.3 x 25.1 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Landscape with an Obelisk, 1638 Oil on panel, 21.4 x 27.9 in // (Stolen from) Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conijn, 1645 Oil on canvas, 11.1 ft x 96 in // Amsterdam Museum

Angels Announcing Christ's Birth to the Shepherds, 1639 Oil on canvas, 62.9 x 77.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of Cornelis Bicker, 1654 Oil on canvas, 29.1 x 24 in // Amsterdam Museum

Portrait of an Old Man, c 1632 Oil on panel, 24.3 x 18.6 in // Private collection

Four Governors of the Arquebusiers' Civic Guard, Amsterdam, 1642 Oil on canvas, 79.9 x 109.4 in // Amsterdam Museum

Portrait of a 44-Year-Old Man, 1637 Oil on panel, 29.5 x 23.6 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Alessandro Turchi

On January 3, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian

Alessandro Turchi, Italian painter, 1578 – January 22, 1649

Diana and Actaeon, 1600 Oil on canvas Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, France

David with the Head of Goliath,c 1620s Oil on canvass, 49 x 37.5 in // Private collection

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, between 1600 and 1649 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 57.9 in // Private collection

Erminia Finds the Wounded Tancred, c 1630 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 91.9 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Turchi, Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, between c 1640 and c 1645 Oil on slate, 13 11/16 x 19 1/2 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, between c 1640 and c 1645 Oil on slate, 13 11/16 x 19 1/2 // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1617 Oil on slate, 16.5 x 20.8 in // Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Death of Cleopatra, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 105.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of a Young Woman, c 1620 Oil on canvas, 20.2 x 16.1 in // Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Allegory of Hope, c 1625 Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy

Bacchus and Ariadne, between c 1630 and c 1632 Oil on canvas, 45 x 58 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Abduction of Helen Drawing Musée d'Art classique de Mougins, France

A Young General (Alexander the Great?) Showing Clemency to Two Prisoners Drawing Musée d'Art classique de Mougins, France

Guido Cagnacci

On January 1, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian, january 19

Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter, January 19, 1601 - 1663

David with the Head of Goliath, c 1645 - 1650 Oil on canvas, 42.63 x 34.01 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Death of Cleopatra, after 1659 Oil on canvas, 60.2 × 66.3 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Repentant Magdalene, c 1660 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 104.7 in // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

Mary Magdalene Taken to Heaven Oil on canvas, 75.8 x 54.5 in // Galleria Palatina, Florence

Glory of Saint Mercuriale, 1642-1643 Unknown technique, unknown dimensions Pinacoteca Civica dei Musei Comunali di Forlì, Italy

Saint Jerome, after 1659 Oil on canvas, 63 x 43.5 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Mary Magdalene, Fainted, 1663 Oil on canvas, 33.8 x 28.3 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Allegory of Human Life, 17th century Oil on canvas, 43.3 x 34 in // Private collection

Mary Magdalene in Repentance, after 1659 Oil on copper with tin coating, 17.1 x 20.8 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Reclining Male Nude, from 1630 until 1640 Oil on canvas, 25.1 x 31.8 in // Private collection

Rape of Europa, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 37 in // Molinari Pradelli Collection, Bologna

Guido_Cagnacci_-_Susanna_and_the_Elders_-_WGA3761

Older Entries