Arts and Music
Artists of the 17th & 18th Centuries
A key style of this period was the Baroque, characterized by elaborate curves, scrolls and ornamentation.
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Rosalba Carriera (born 1675, died 1757)
Italian painter.
- Painted Self-Portrait Holding Portrait of Her Sister
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Elisabetta Sirani (born 1638, died 1665)
Italian painter.
- Painted Portia Wounding Her Thigh
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Giovanna Garzoni (born 1600, died 1670)
Italian painter.
- Painted Plate of White Beans
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Maria Sibylla Merian (born 1647, died 1717)
Swiss painter.
- Painted Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium
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Louise Moillon (born 1610, died 1696)
French painter.
- Painted Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries, and Gooseberries
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Clara Peeters (born 1594, died 1657)
Flemish painter.
- Painted Still Life
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Rachel Ruysch (born 1664, died 1750)
Dutch painter.
- Painted Flower Still Life
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Maria van Oosterwyck (born 1630, died 1693)
Dutch painter.
- Painted Vase of Tulips, Roses and Other Flowers with Insects
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Judith Leyster (born 1609, died 1660)
Dutch painter. Only female member of the Haarlem painters' guild.
- Painted The Proposition
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Mary Beale (born 1632, died 1697)
English painter.
- Painted John Wilkins
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Susan Penelope Ross (born 1652, died 1700)
English painter.
- Miniaturist who painted Unknown Boy
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Josefa de Ayala
Spanish painter.
- Painted The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine
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Artemisia Gentileschi (born 1593)
Italian Renaissance painter.
- Painted Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
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Luisa Ignacia Roldan (born 1656, died 1704)
Spanish sculptor.
- Sculptor of the Chamber to King Charles II
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