17th century – Page 5

As most painters did, Jan Steen painted various kinds of paintings; portraits, biblical and nature scenes. What he is famous […]

There is no hidden meaning or symbolism in this painting; it is all about a young Velázquez – he was […]

My research for these daily doses has delivered some surprising stories, and this is the most astonishing to date…. The […]

Poor Dodo. Not the first animal to become extinct by humans but probably the most famous one. It lived a […]

The swimming dog on the bottom left and the nest with eggs on the right are barely visible as all […]

In the 17th century, still-lifes became very popular, and flowers were an obvious subject for them. With the abundance of […]

The first time I heard of ‘Malle Babbe’ was by a 1973 song of Rob de Nijs. The song […]

Born in Spain in 1591, Jusepe de Ribera -like so many other painters- moved to Italy. He studied under the […]

Most works by Rubens were done on commission; this one was done for Ferdinando II de’ Medici. After it was […]

I have seen various interpretations for this painting, but somehow none of them is convincing. What do we see? A […]