Dutch engraver, publisher, and cartographer Nicolaes Visscher was born in Amsterdam on January 25th, 1618. His father owned and operated a flourishing mapmaking business, In de Visscher, located in Amsterdam,…

(1645 – 1699) Maria Schalken was a Dutch artist most likely born between 1645 and 1650 in Made, much like her brother, Godfried Schalken, little is known about her other…

Jan Lievensz (Lievens), one of the most fascinating and enigmatic Dutch artists of the seventeenth century, was the youngest of eight, born in Leiden, Netherlands, on October 24th, 1607. His…

Piet Mondrian, Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944) was a Dutch painter best known for his abstract work using primary colors. He was inspired by early…

Pieter Brueghel II, or Pieter Brueghel the Younger, was born between May 23rd and October 23rd, 1564. Pieter was a southern Netherlandish painter and son of Pieter Bruegel I, one…

One of the most important engravers and print publishers of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, Hendrick Goltzius was born in February, 1558 in the Lower Rhine region of…

Frans Snyders was a Flemish-Dutch painter of animals, hunting scenes, and still-lifes who lived in the 16th and 17th centuries. He had professional and personal relationships with several famous artists,…

Abraham van Beyeren was born around 1620 in The Hague, in the Netherlands. He trained with the landscape painter Tyman Arentsz Cracht, also known as Botterkul, as a teenager. He…

Paulus Potter (1625-1654) was a 17th-century Dutch painter who was known for his detailed and naturalistic paintings of animals. Potter was born in Enkhuizen, in the Netherlands. A few years…

Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) was a Dutch landscape painter. Born in Dordrecht, his father was a successful portrait painter and Cuyp received his first training assisting in painting landscape backgrounds for…

Jan Asselyn (1610-1652) was a Dutch landscape painter during the Dutch Golden Age. Asselyn was born in Dieppe, France but shortly after moved with his family to Amsterdam, in the…

Pieter Jansz Saenredam (1597-1665) was a Dutch painter who was known for his depictions of cathedrals and other architectural sites. Saenredam was born in Assendelft, in the Netherlands. He moved…

Anton Mauve (1838-1888) was a Dutch painter who was a member of the Hague School during the 19th century. Mauve was born in Zaandam in the Netherlands. He got his…

Philip Galle (1537-1612) was a Dutch engraver and publisher during the 16th and 17th centuries. Galle was born in Haarlem, in the Netherlands. He got his artistic education from the…

Gerrit Dou was a Dutch painter of the 17th century and best known as the founder of the fijnschilderij, or “fine painting,” school of art. He was born in the…

Anthony van Dyck is one of the most important successful and influential 17th-century Flemish painters, especially instrumental in the realm of portraiture. Anthony van Dyck was born on March 22,…

Jacob van Ruisdael is considered one of the greatest Dutch painters, as well as one of the most famous landscape painters of the Dutch Baroque era. The son of the…

Jan Baptist Weenix was a renowned painter whose career spanned the Dutch Golden Age. Jan Baptist Weenix was born in 1621, and studied under the artists Abraham Bloemaert and Claes…

The son of famed maritime draftsman Willem van de Velde the Elder, Willem van de Velde II followed in his father’s footsteps and became one of the period’s most renowned…

Simon de Vlieger was a Dutch painter whose masterful seascapes proved influential for future generations of Dutch artists. Simon de Vlieger was born in 1601 and spent the first portion…

Jan Jansz. den Uyl the Elder was born around 1595 in Kampen, Netherlands. Jan lived and worked in Amsterdam, specializing in still-lifes, particularly in banquet pieces such as Banquet Piece,…

Balthasar van der Ast was born in Middelburg, Zeeland in The Netherlands, sometime around 1593-94. His birth date was not recorded, but legal documents state that Balthasar reached the age…

Frans Hals (1582-1666) was a 17th-century Dutch Golden Age Painter. He was known for his lively portraits and genre scenes. Hals was born in Antwerp, Belgium but soon after birth…

Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611) was a Dutch cartographer and mariner. He was known for his expeditions to India. van Linschoten was born in Haarlem, in the Netherlands. In 1583…