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Best Spanish Baroque
Paintings
El
Greco (1541-1614)
An important pioneer of Baroque painting. For his best works, see Mannerist
section in Greatest Renaissance Paintings.
Jusepe
Ribera (1591-1652)
Naples-based caravaggist. See: Neapolitan
Baroque Painting (c.1650-1700).
The Holy Trinity (1635) oil on canvas, Prado Museum, Madrid
Saint Paul the Hermit (1640) oil on canvas, Prado, Madrid
Francisco
Zurbaran (1598-1664)
Pious master of chiaroscuro, known for his monastic religious paintings.
Still Life with Oranges and Lemons (1633) oil, Fondazione Contini-Bonacossi
Christ on the Cross (1627) oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago
Diego
Velazquez (1599-1660)
Madrid Royal Court painter, outstanding portraitist.
Christ on the Cross (1632) oil on canvas, Prado Museum, Madrid
Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1650) oil on canvas, Galleria Doria
Pamphili, Rome
Las Meninas (1656) oil on canvas, Prado Museum, Madrid
Bartolome
Esteban Murillo (1618-1682)
Popular painter of religious and genre-scenes.
Immaculate Conception of the Escorial (1678) Prado Museum, Madrid
See: Spanish
Baroque Artists. See also: Spanish
Painting.
Best French Baroque Paintings
Simon
Vouet (1590-1649)
Master of drawing, noted for portraits, religious and allegorical works.
Presentation in the Temple (1641) Louvre, Paris
Georges
de La Tour (1593–1652)
Lorraine-born painter, great colours and tenebrism,
influenced by Caravaggio.
St Thomas (1625-30) Louvre, Paris
The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs (1632) Kimbell Art Museum, Fort
Worth
The Payment of Taxes (1643) Lvov Art Gallery, Ukraine
Nicolas
Poussin (1594-1665)
French artist, active in Rome; one of the greatest classical academic
painters.
Et in Arcadia Ego (1637) Louvre, Paris
Rape of the Sabines (1638) oil on canvas, Louvre, Paris
The Holy Family on the Steps (1648) National Gallery, Washington
DC
Claude
Lorrain (1600-82)
Classical Italianate landscape painter, inventor of Claudean style.
Landscape with Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca (1648) National Gallery,
UK
Le
Nain Brothers (Louis, Antoine, Mathieu)
Louis Le Nain (c.1593-1648)
Famous for realist peasant scenes in the manner of Velazquez.
Antoine Le Nain (c.1599–1648)
Best remembered for small-scale genre works.
Mathieu Le Nain (1607-1677)
Noted for polished paintings of cavaliers and other genre subjects.
Philippe de Champaigne (1602-74)
Flemish-born French artist, noted for religious paintings and portraits.
Triple Portrait of Cardinal Richlieu (1642) National Gallery, London
Charles
Le Brun (1619-90)
French painter, Director of French Academy, Gobelins tapestry factory.
The Adoration of the Shepherds (1689) Louvre, Paris.
Christ on the Cross (1637) Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743)
French portrait artist to Louis XIV and Louis XV.
Portrait of Louis XIV (1701) Louvre, Paris
See: French
Baroque Artists. See also: French Painting.
Best Flemish Baroque Paintings
Rubens
(1577–1640)
Arguably the greatest Baroque history painter of the period.
Samson and Deliah (1609) oil on wood, National Gallery, London
Descent from the Cross (1611-14) Cathedal of Our Lady, Antwerp
Rape of the Daughters of Eluccipus (1618) oil, Alte Pinacothek,
Munich
Anthony
Van Dyck (1599-1641)
Pupil of Rubens, famous for his portraiture.
Portrait of Cardinal Bentivoglio (1623) oil on canvas, Palazzo
Pitti, Florence
King Charles I of England in Hunting Dress (1635) oil on canvas,
Louvre, Paris
Jacob
Jordaens (1593–1678)
Active in Antwerp, collaborated on paintings with Rubens.
The Four Evangelists (1625) Louvre, Paris
Jan Bruegel the Elder (1568–1625)
Son of Pieter Bruegel; known as 'velvet Bruegel' for his polished landscapes.
Landscape with Windmills (1607) Prado Museum, Madrid
Frans
Snyders (1579–1657)
Still life painter; active in Antwerp, collaborated with Rubens.
The Butcher (1635) Pushkin
Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
David
Teniers the Younger (1610–1691)
Antwerp painter, pupil of Rubens and Elsheimer.
The Archduke Leopold's Gallery (1651) Petworth House, UK
See: Flemish
Baroque. See also: Flemish Painters
and Flemish Painting.
Best Dutch Baroque
Paintings
Frans
Hals (1582-1666)
First great portraitist of the 17th century Dutch Golden Age.
The Laughing Cavalier (1625) oil on canvas, Wallace Collection,
London
Hendrik
Terbrugghen (1588-1629)
Utrecht artist noted for his genre-paintings.
Flute Players (1621) Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Kassel.
Gerrit
van Honthorst (1592-1656)
Caravaggist genre painter of Utrecht school.
Christ Before the High Priest (1617) National Gallery, London.
Rembrandt
(1606-1669)
World's greatest ever portrait artist; master of etching and chiaroscuro.
Anatomy
Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632) Mauritshuis, The Hague
The Night Watch
(1642) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Aristotle
Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) Metropolitan Museum, NY
Bathsheba
Holding King David's Letter (1654) Louvre, Paris
Portrait of Jan
Six (1654) Private Collection, Amsterdam
The
Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (1661) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Syndics
of the Cloth-Makers Guild (1662) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Suicide of Lucretia
(c.1666) Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Jewish
Bride (c.1665-8) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Jan
Davidsz de Heem (1606-83)
Still life master of the Utrecht/Antwerp School.
A Table of Desserts (1640) Louvre, Paris
Adriaen
van Ostade (1610-85)
Painter of peasant scenes, from Haarlem.
The Smoker (1655) Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
Emanuel de Witte (1616-92)
Dutch painter noted for his architectural paintings of church interiors.
Interior of a Church (1680) oil on canvas, Hamburger Kunsthalle,
Hamburg
Willem
Kalf (1619-93)
One of the greatest Dutch still life artists.
Still Life with Chinese Porcelain Jar (1662) oil on canvas, Gemaldegalerie,
SMPK, Berlin
Aelbert
Cuyp (1620-91)
Dutch landscape painter from Dordrecht.
Dordrecht from the North (1650) oil on canvas, Rothschild Collection.
River Landscape with Horseman and Peasants (1658) National Gallery,
London
Jan
Steen (1626-79)
Leiden artist noted for his tavern genre paintings.
The Christening Feast (1664) Wallace Collection, London.
Samuel
Van Hoogstraten (1627-78)
Genre painter, noted for interiors.
View down the Corridor (1662) Dyrham Park, UK
Gabriel
Metsu (1629-67)
Leiden painter of small-scale genre scenes.
The Sick Child (1660) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Pieter
de Hooch (1629-84)
Dutch genre painter from Delft. A follower of Vermeer.
Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658) oil on canvas, National Gallery,
London
Jan
Vermeer (1632-1675)
The greatest Dutch Realist painter; leader of Delft school.
The Little
Street (Street in Delft) (c.1657-58) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Soldier
and a Laughing Girl (c.1658) Frick Collection, New York
The Milkmaid (c.1658-1660)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Woman Holding
a Balance (1662-3) National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Young
Woman with a Water Jug/Pitcher (c.1662) Metropolitan Museum, NY
Woman with
a Pearl Necklace (c.1663) Gemaldegalerie, SMPK, Berlin
Girl with
a Pearl Earring (1665) Mauritshuis, The Hague
Girl with a Red
Hat (c.1666-1667) National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
The Art of Painting:
An Allegory (c.1666-73) K.M. Vienna
The Lacemaker (c.1669-1670)
Louvre, Paris
Rachel
Ruysch (1664-1750)
Leading Baroque flower painter.
Flowers, Fruit, and Insects (1716) Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
See: Dutch
Baroque. See also: Dutch
Realist School and Dutch Realist
Artists.
Best German Baroque
Paintings
Adam
Elsheimer (1578-1610)
Influential German history painter and landscape artist.
Flight into Egypt (1609) oil on copper, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
For more about painters in Germany and
Austria during the 17th century, please see: German
Baroque Artists.
The best Baroque paintings hang in the
best art museums around the world.
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