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Rachel Ruysch – Female Dutch Flower Painter: Netherlands 16th Century Female Painter of Flowers

By: Kathleen Duffy

Landscape with Aeneas at Delos by Claude Lorrain: Formal Analysis of Canonical Painting by 17th-century French Painter

By: Zuzana Minarikova

The Finding of Moses Painting by Nicolas Poussin: Formal Analysis of Work by 17th-century French Painter

By: Zuzana Minarikova

Harmen Steenwyck (1612-1656): Still Life – An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life

By: Zuzana Minarikova

Artists and Fame - Johannes Vermeer: Professional Reputation in the 17th Century

By: Zuzana Minarikova

Artemisia Gentileschi: Feminist Expression in "Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting"

By: Heather Hurd

Charles LeBrun – 17th-century French Painter: The First Painter to King Louis XIV of France

By: Zuzana Minarikova

Charles LeBrun – The First Painter to the King: The Founder of The French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture

By: Zuzana Minarikova

Putto in Nicolas Poussin's Painting: “Aurora and Cephalus” (1631)

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

Artists Portray Themselves: Self Portraits as Paris, Saint Luke, Apostle Paul, and in Own Museum

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

17th-Century European Painters: Learn More About Charles Le Brun and Meindert Hobbema

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Hill

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