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This is a place where you can find paintings from a few decades ago and where opinions are expressed from time to time. This blog is for non-profit educational purposes; none of these pieces and images are mine, and thank you very much for wanting to see more historical art!
A River Valley with a Group of Houses
1625
Hercules Seghers
Perseus and Andromeda 
1611
Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael
Young Woman Combing Her Hair
Salomon de Bray
Vase of Roses in a Window
17th century
Ambrosius Bosschaert
The Toilet of Bathsheeba
1594
Cornelis van Haarlem
Flower Vase in a Window Niche
1620
Ambrosius Bosschaert
Parable of the Good Samaritan
1670
Jan Wijnants
Elegant Couples Courting
1617 - 1620
Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech
The Fall of Man
1592
Cornelis Cornelisz
Couple in a Bedroom
1668 - 1670
Jan Steen
A Woman Asleep
1657
Johannes Vermeer
Two Followers of Cadmus Devoured by a Dragon
1588
Cornelis van Haarlem
Description from National Gallery: 

This gruesome episode comes from the story of Cadmus which is told in Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ (III: 1-151). Cadmus was sent by the Delphic oracle to follow a cow and build a town where it sank from exhaustion. The cow stopped on the future site of Thebes, and Cadmus, intending to sacrifice it, sent his followers to get water from the neighbouring well of Ares. They were killed by the guardian of the well, a dragon who was the son of Ares. Cadmus then killed the dragon and on the advice of Athena sowed its teeth in the ground, from which sprang up armed men who slew each other, with the exception of five who became the ancestors of the Thebans.
Running Aground In A Storm
circa 1690
Ludolf Backhuysen
The Goldfinch
1654
Carel Fabritius
Wheat Fields
circa 1670
Jacob van Ruisdael
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