Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century

Abstract

In 2007 the Rijksmuseum began to systematically present its collection of more than 2,000 Dutch seventeenth-century paintings to the public in a series of catalogues raisonnés. Some 445 works of artists born between 1570 and 1600 were published in a printed volume, which are now also offered online. They include pictures by such masters as Balthasar van der Ast, Hendrick Avercamp, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Jan van Goyen, Frans Hals, Pieter Lastman, Pieter Saenredam, Esaias van de Velde and Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne. The entries on paintings that have since undergone changes in attribution and identification are being updated. In the coming years this catalogue of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings will be supplemented on a regular basis, starting with over 500 works by around 150 artists born between 1600 and 1620. Among them are such notable names as Ferdinand Bol, Gerard ter Borch, Aelbert Cuyp, Gerrit Dou, Govert Flinck, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Jan Lievens, Aert van der Neer, Adriaen van Ostade, Rembrandt van Rijn, Willem van de Velde, Johannes Verspronck and Philips Wouwerman.