Wölfflin Introduction
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Meyndert Hobbema (b. 1638, Amsterdam, d. 1709, Amsterdam)
c.1665
Watermill beside a woody lane
Royal Collection, London
53.4*70.5 cm
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Jacob van Ruisdael (b. ca. 1628, Haarlem, d. 1682, Amsterdam)
1665
Marsh in a Wood
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Oil on canvas, 72.5*99 cm
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens (b. 1577, Siegen, d. 1640, Antwerp)
1617
The Farm at Laeken
Royal Collection, London
Oil on panel 85.7*125.9 cm
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Gerrit Dou (b. 1613, Leiden, d. 1675, Leiden)
1647
The Prayer of the Spinner
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Oil on wood 27.7*28.3 cm
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Jan Steen (b. 1626, Leiden, d. 1679, Leiden)
1663
In Luxury, Look Out
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Oil on canvas 105*145 cm
The complex composition probably represents several proverbs whose meaning remains obscure.
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Königlicher Palast, formerly the Rathaus
17th century
Amsterdam
Dam Square, Amsterdam Gerrit Berckheyde (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
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