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17th Century Artists:

Aelst, Willem van (1626 - 1687)
Amigoni, Jacopo (1685 - 1752)
Anguier, Michel (1613 - 1686)
Antolinez, Jose Claudio (1635 - 1675)
Arthois, Jacques d’ (1613 - 1686)
Asselyn, Jan (1614 - 1670)
Audran, Claude (1658 - 1734)
Baciccio, Il (1639 - 1709)
Backer, Jacob Adriaensz. (1608 - 1651)
Bakhuizen, Ludolf (1631 - 1708)
Baldinucci, Filippo (1625 - 1697)
Barlow, Francis (1626 - 1704)
Baschenis, Evaristo (1617 - 1677)
Battem, Gerrit van (1636 - 1684)
Baugin, Lubin (1612 - 1663)
Beale, Mary (1633 - 1699)
Bega, Cornelis (1631 - 1664)
Belin, Jean-Baptiste (1653 - 1715)
Bella, Stefano della (1610 - 1664)
Benefial, Marco (1684 - 1764)
Berchem, Nicolaes (1620 - 1683)
Berckheyde, Gerrit Adriaensz. (1638 - 1698)
Berghe, Christoffel van den (1617 - 1642)
Bird, Francis (1667 - 1731)
Biscaino, Bartolomeo (1632 - 1657)
Bisschop, Jan de (1628 - 1671)
Blanchard, Jacques (1600 - 1638)
Bocanegra, Pedro Atanasio (1638 - 1689)
Boeckhorst, Jan (1604 - 1668)
Bol, Ferdinand (1616 - 1680)
Borch, Gerard ter (1617 - 1681)
Bosse, Abraham (1602 - 1676)
Both, Jan (1610 - 1652)
Bouchardon, Edme (1698 - 1762)
Boulle, Andre-Charles (1642 - 1732)
Bourdon, Sebastien (1616 - 1671)
Boursse, Esaias (1631 - 1672)
Bray, Jan de (1627 - 1697)
Brouwer, Adriaen (1605 - 1638)
Bushnell, John (1630 - 1701)
Caffieri, Jacques (1678 - 1755)
Canaletto, (1697 - 1768)
Cano, Alonso (1601 - 1667)
Canuti, Domenico Maria (1625 - 1684)
Cappelle, Jan van de (1624 - 1679)
Carlevaris, Luca (1665 - 1731)
Carreno de Miranda, Juan (1614 - 1685)
Carriera, Rosalba Giovanna (1675 - 1757)
Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto (1609 - 1664)
Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio (1616 - 1668)
Cavallino, Bernardo (1616 - 1656)
Champaigne, Philippe de (1602 - 1674)
Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon (1699 - 1779)
Cibber, Caius Gabriel (1630 - 1700)
Cignani, Carlo (1628 - 1719)
Coello, Claudio (1642 - 1693)
Conca, Sebastiano (1680 - 1764)
Conchillos, Juan (1641 - 1711)
Cooper, Samuel (1609 - 1672)
Coques, Gonzales (1615 - 1684)
Cossiers, Jan (1600 - 1671)
Costanzi, Placido (1690 - 1759)
Courtois, Guillaume (1628 - 1679)
Courtois, Jacques (1621 - 1676)
Coustou the Elder, Guillaume (1677 - 1746)
Coypel, Antoine (1661 - 1722)
Coypel, Charles-Antoine (1694 - 1752)
Craesbeeck, Joos van (1605 - 1662)
Crespi, Giuseppe Maria (1665 - 1747)
Cressent, Charles (1685 - 1768)
Croix, Jean de la (1662 - 1712)
Croos, Anthonie Jansz. van der (1606 - 1661)
Cuvillies, de (1695 - 1768)
Cuyp, Albert (1620 - 1691)
Dahl, Michael (1659 - 1743)
Desportes, Alexandre-Francois (1661 - 1743)
Dietrich, Joachim (1690 - 1753)
Doirat, Etienne (1675 - 1732)
Dolci, Carlo (1616 - 1687)
Doomer, Lambert (1624 - 1700)
Dubois, Jacques (1694 - 1763)
Duck, Jacob (1600 - 1667)
Dujardin, Karel (1626 - 1678)
Dusart, Cornelis (1660 - 1704)
Eckhout, Albert (1610 - 1665)
Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den (1621 - 1674)
Ehrenberg, Wilhelm Schubert van (1637 - 1676)
Everdingen, Cesar van (1617 - 1678)
Fabritius, Carel (1622 - 1654)
Ferretti, Giovanni Domenico (1692 - 1768)
Finelli, Giuliano (1601 - 1653)
Flinck, Govaert (1615 - 1660)
Foggini, Giovanni Battista (1652 - 1725)
Forte, Luca (1610 - 1670)
Fruytiers, Philip (1610 - 1666)
Garzi, Luigi (1638 - 1721)
Garzoni, Giovanna (1600 - 1670)
Gaulli, Giovanni Battista (1639 - 1709)
Gelder, Aert de (1645 - 1727)
Ghezzi, Pier Leone (1674 - 1755)
Gillot, Claude (1673 - 1722)
Giordano, Luca (1632 - 1705)
Girardon, Francois (1628 - 1715)
Grebber, Pieter de (1600 - 1653)
Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco (1606 - 1680)
Guercino, (1602 - 1666)
Helmbreker, Dirk (1633 - 1696)
Helst, Bartholomeus van der (1613 - 1670)
Heyden, Jan van der (1637 - 1712)
Hobbema, Meindert (1638 - 1709)
Hogarth, William (1697 - 1764)
Hurtrelle, Simon (1648 - 1724)
Huysum, Jan van (1682 - 1749)
Jongh, Ludolf de (1616 - 1679)
Joubert, Gilles (1689 - 1775)
Juvarra, Filippo (1678 - 1736)
Kalf, Willem (1622 - 1693)
Kessel, Jan van (1612 - 1679)
Koninck, Philips (1619 - 1688)
La Hyre, Laurent de (1606 - 1656)
Lamerie, Paul de (1688 - 1751)
Lancret, Nicolas (1690 - 1743)
Largilliere, Nicolas de (1656 - 1746)
Latz, Jean-Pierre (1691 - 1754)
Le Brun, Charles (1619 - 1690)
Le Lorrain, Robert (1666 - 1743)
Le Moyne, Francois (1688 - 1737)
Lely, Sir Peter (1618 - 1680)
Leyster, Judith (1609 - 1660)
Lievens, Jan (1607 - 1674)
Lingelbach, Johannes (1622 - 1674)
Lint, Pieter van (1609 - 1690)
Lisse, Dirck van der (1635 - 1669)
Lorrain, Claude (1604 - 1682)
Loth, Johann Carl (1632 - 1698)
Maes, Nicolaes (1634 - 1693)
Maffei, Francesco (1605 - 1660)
Magnasco, Alessandro (1667 - 1749)
Man, Cornelis de (1621 - 1706)
Maragliano, Antonio Maria (1664 - 1739)
Maratti, Carlo (1625 - 1713)
Marsy II, Gaspard (1624 - 1681)
Matteis, Paolo de (1662 - 1728)
Mei, Bernardino (1612 - 1676)
Meissonnier, Juste-Aurele (1695 - 1750)
Mieris the Elder, Frans van (1635 - 1681)
Mignard, Nicolas (1606 - 1668)
Mola, Pier Francesco (1612 - 1666)
Mollet, Armund-Claude (1660 - 1742)
Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (1636 - 1699)
Moucheron, Frederic de (1633 - 1686)
Murillo, Bartolome Esteban (1618 - 1682)
Mytens, Jan (1614 - 1670)
Nanteuil, Robert (1623 - 1678)
Nattier, Jean-Marc (1685 - 1766)
Neer, Aert van der (1603 - 1677)
Ogata Korin, (1658 - 1716)
Oppenord, Gilles-Marie (1672 - 1742)
Ostade, Adriaen van (1610 - 1685)
Ostade, Isaack van (1621 - 1649)
Ottoni, Lorenzo (1658 - 1736)
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (1686 - 1755)
Panini, Giovanni Paolo (1692 - 1765)
Paolini, Pietro (1603 - 1681)
Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (1695 - 1736)
Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista (1683 - 1754)
Piola, Domenico (1627 - 1703)
Pittoni, Giovanni Battista (1687 - 1767)
Pontius, Paulus (1603 - 1658)
Portail, Jacques-Andre (1695 - 1759)
Post, Frans (1612 - 1680)
Potter, Paulus (1625 - 1654)
Pozzo, Andrea (1642 - 1709)
Preti, Mattia (1613 - 1699)
Puget, Pierre (1620 - 1694)
Raoux, Jean (1677 - 1734)
Rembrandt, Harmenz van Rijn (1606 - 1669)
Ricci, Sebastiano (1659 - 1734)
Ricci, Marco (1676 - 1730)
Richardson, Jonathan (1665 - 1745)
Rigaud, Hyacinthe (1659 - 1743)
Risenburgh, Bernard II van (1696 - 1766)
Rizi, Francisco (1614 - 1685)
Rocca, Michele (1666 - 1751)
Roldan, Luisa (1650 - 1704)
Rosa, Salvator (1615 - 1673)
Ruisdael, Jacob van (1600 - 1670)
Ruthart, Carl Borromaus Andreas (1630 - 1703)
Ruysch, Rachel (1664 - 1750)
Sandrart, Joachim von (1606 - 1688)
Schalcken, Godfried (1643 - 1706)
Siberechts, Jan (1627 - 1703)
Soldani, Massimiliano (1656 - 1740)
Solimena, Francesco (1657 - 1747)
Steen, Jan (1626 - 1679)
Swanevelt, Herman van (1600 - 1665)
Sweerts, Michael (1618 - 1664)
Testa, Pietro (1611 - 1650)
Thulden, Theodoor van (1606 - 1669)
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (1696 - 1770)
Velde, Adriaen van de (1636 - 1672)
Verhulst, Rombout (1624 - 1698)
Vermeer, Johannes (1632 - 1675)
Victors, Jan (1619 - 1676)
Vinckenbrinck, Albert Jansz (1604 - 1665)
Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1684 - 1721)
Zanotti, Giampietro (1674 - 1765)

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