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The Seventeenth Century

dark ground, single light

Painting built out of darkness, with one light doing the work of composition. Portraits, still life and scripture treated with the same lit gravity.

works 12artists 11dates 1610 – 1695entry free
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A work made of oil on canvas.
Key work of the hall Diego Velázquez Kitchen Scene 1618–20 · Oil on canvas
Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Gerard ter Borch the Younger The Music Lesson c. 1670 · Oil on canvas
Netherlands · 63.6 × 50.4 cm
Gift of Charles T. Yerkes
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Aelbert Cuyp A View of Vianen with a Herdsman and Cattle by a River c. 1643–c. 1645 · Oil on panel
Dordrecht · 40 × 55 cm
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Fund
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Anthony van Dyck Helena Tromper Du Bois c. 1631 · Oil on canvas
Flanders · 99.1 × 88.4 cm
Gift of the family of William T. Baker
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Pier Francesco Mola Homer Dictating 1660–65 · Oil on canvas
Italy · 72.5 × 99 cm
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Peter Paul Rubens Saint Francis c. 1615 · Oil on panel
Flanders · 99 × 78.8 cm
George F. Harding Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Jan Brueghel, the elder Bouquet of Flowers in an Earthenware Vase c. 1610 · Oil on panel
Flanders · 65.5 × 46.5 cm
Gift of Arthur Keating
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Johann Michael Rottmayr Diana and Endymion c. 1695 · Oil on canvas
Austria · 81.3 × 125.2 cm
Gift of Jacob S. Sherman
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Salvator Rosa Polycrates' Crucifixion 1664 · Oil on canvas
Italy · 73.4 × 98.9 cm
Wentworth Greene Field Memorial Fund
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Follower of Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon c. 1630 · Oil on panel
Flanders · 62.5 × 47.6 cm
Gift of Chester D. Tripp
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Paul Bril Landscape with Hunters 1619 · Oil on canvas
Flanders · 60 × 88 cm
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection; Alexander A. McKay, Josephine and John I. Louis, and Marilyn H. Quinn funds
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Salvator Rosa Polycrates and the Fisherman 1664 · Oil on canvas
Italy · 73 × 98.6 cm
Wentworth Greene Field Memorial Fund
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain

Where you are

The Seventeenth Century on the plan of the building.
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upper tier · +6.40 circulation spine void over court light drops to the tier below 06 Post-Impressionism 12 works · 18x12 m 07 Modernism 12 works · 18x12 m 08 Ukiyo-e 12 works · 16x12 m 09 Pictorialism 12 works · 18x10 m 10 Folk Art 12 works · 16x10 m dn lower tier · +0.00 circulation spine court · open air 01 Renaissance and Before 12 works · 18x12 m 02 The Seventeenth Century 12 works · 18x12 m you are here 03 The Barbizon School 7 works · 16x12 m 04 Realism 12 works · 18x10 m 05 Impressionism 12 works · 16x10 m up entrance 52 m 10 m N ▭ hall, width follows the size of the hang · ⌐ door · ▤ open-air court · ≡ stair upper tier · +6.40 circulation spine dn 06 Post-Impressionism 12 works 07 Modernism 12 works 08 Ukiyo-e 12 works 09 Pictorialism 12 works 10 Folk Art 12 works lower tier · +0.00 circulation spine up 01 Renaissance and Before 12 works 02 The Seventeenth Century 12 works you are here 03 The Barbizon School 7 works 04 Realism 12 works 05 Impressionism 12 works court · open air entrance 10 m N

Every work shown here is in the public domain and comes from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, published under its Open Access programme (CC0). Artist, title, date, medium and the museum’s own credit line are printed under each plate, and every plate links to the object record in Chicago. EPRIS Museum claims no rights in these images.