Posts in Category: 17th Century

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy

On August 10, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, january 10

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, baptized January 10, 1588 – 1650/1656, was a Dutch painter born in Amsterdam to parents from Antwerp. He was the son of a monumental mason and probably trained with the Amsterdam portraitist Cornelis van der Voort.

After Van der Voort’s death in 1624, Pickenoy and Thomas de Keyser became leading portrait painters in Amsterdam. Pickenoy specialized in individual portraits and large group portraits of civic guards and institutional regents, while also producing a small number of biblical subjects. Bartholomeus van der Helst is believed to have studied with him.

Pickenoy remained active in Amsterdam, where his documented career extended from 1619 into the 1640s. His paintings are held by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, and Louvre Museum.

Sir Godfrey Kneller

On June 30, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, august 8, English

Sir Godfrey Kneller, August 8, 1646 – October 19, 1723, was a German-born painter who became the leading portraitist in England during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

He worked for the courts of Charles II, James II, William III, Mary II, and Queen Anne, and painted many of the major political, scientific, literary, and aristocratic figures of his period.

Kneller is best known for formal state portraits, court portraits, and the Kit-Cat Club series. He was knighted in 1692 and made a baronet in 1715.

Theodoor Rombouts

On June 9, 2026 - 17th Century, American, Flemish, july 2

Theodoor Rombouts was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp in the early seventeenth century. He trained with Abraham Janssens and worked in Italy before returning to Antwerp, where he became a master in the Guild of Saint Luke in 1625. His paintings show the influence of Caravaggio and the Utrecht Caravaggists, especially in their dramatic lighting, half-length figures, musicians, card players, soldiers, and tavern scenes. He also painted religious and mythological subjects. Rombouts died in Antwerp in 1637.

Ferdinand Bol

On June 4, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, june 24

Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter, June 24, 1616 - August 24, 1680

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

On May 3, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, may 1

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Dutch artist, May 1, 1566 - June 27, 1641

Adriaen Coorte

On April 29, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Dutch

Adriaen Coorte, c 1665–after 1707, was a Dutch painter probably associated with Middelburg. Little documentary evidence about his life survives. He is thought to have trained in Amsterdam with the bird painter Melchior d’Hondecoeter around 1680.

Coorte’s earliest known works, dated 1683, are paintings of birds influenced by d’Hondecoeter. He later worked chiefly in Middelburg and specialized in small still lifes of fruit, vegetables, shells, and vanitas objects, often arranged on a stone ledge against a dark background.

His signed works range from 1683 to 1707. Paintings by Coorte are held by the Rijksmuseum, Mauritshuis, National Gallery of Art, Ashmolean Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and Zeeuws Museum.

Cornelis Dusart

On April 23, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, april 24, Dutch

Cornelis Dusart, Dutch artist, April 24, 1660 – October 1, 1704

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn

On April 17, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, Dutch painter, c 1572 – buried June 21, 1657

Gerrit Dou

On April 6, 2026 - 17th Century, april 7, Dutch

Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter, April 7, 1613 – February 9, 1675

William Dobson

On February 27, 2026 - 17th Century, English, march 4

William Dobson, English painter, March 4, 1611 - October 28, 1646