Posts in Category: 17th Century

Massimo Stanzione

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian

Massimo Stanzione, Italian painter, 1585 – 1656

Giovanni Lanfranco

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

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

Hendrick Avercamp

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

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

Govert Flinck

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

Govert Flinck, January 25, 1615 – February 2, 1660, was a Dutch painter of portraits, history paintings, and civic commissions. Born in Cleves, he was first trained by Lambert Jacobsz in Leeuwarden and later worked in Amsterdam, where he became one of Rembrandt’s pupils and adapted Rembrandt’s handling of light, costume, and biblical subject matter.

Flinck painted portraits, tronies, biblical scenes, and large civic works. His early paintings closely follow Rembrandt’s manner, while his later work became smoother and more public in character, suited to Amsterdam regents and civic commissions. He received major commissions for the Amsterdam Town Hall, including The Incorruptible Consul Marcus Curius Dentatus and Solomon Praying for Wisdom.

Flinck’s work is held by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Museum, Louvre, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Mauritshuis, Royal Palace Amsterdam, and other public collections.

Alessandro Turchi

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

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

Guido Cagnacci

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

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

Elisabetta Sirani

On December 24, 2025 - 17th Century, Italian, january 8

Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter, January 8, 1638 – August 25, 1665

Abraham Bloemaert

On December 15, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, december 25, Dutch

Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and printmaker, December 25, 1564 - January 27, 1651

Meindert Hobbema

On October 17, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Dutch, october 31

Meindert Hobbema, October 31, 1638 – December 7, 1709, was a Dutch landscape painter born and active in Amsterdam. Orphaned as a teenager, he became a pupil of Jacob van Ruisdael by 1655.

Hobbema specialized in wooded landscapes, watermills, cottages, roads, and streams. Most of his surviving paintings date from the late 1650s and 1660s, and his figures were sometimes supplied by other artists, including Adriaen van de Velde.

In 1668 Hobbema married and became a municipal wine gauger, after which his artistic production declined. He died in Amsterdam and is represented in collections including the Rijksmuseum, National Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Mauritshuis, and Frick Collection.

Hercules Seghers

On October 16, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch

Hercules Seghers, c 1589/1590 – c 1633/1640, was a Dutch painter and printmaker born in Haarlem. He probably trained in Amsterdam with the Flemish landscape painter Gillis van Coninxloo and was admitted to the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke in 1612.

Seghers worked in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague. He specialized in landscapes and developed experimental printmaking methods, using colored inks, prepared paper or textiles, and extensive hand coloring to make individual impressions from the same plate.

Seghers was documented in The Hague in 1632 and 1633, but the date and place of his death are uncertain. Rembrandt owned several of his paintings and reworked one of his etched plates; Segers’s works are held by the Rijksmuseum, Mauritshuis, Uffizi Gallery, and other collections.