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  European painting to 1900 in London's National Gallery
 Guido Reni joins painters' guild in Bologna 1599
 
 Rubens travels to Italy 1600
 
 Domenichino moves to Rome, initially as an assistant to Annibale Carracci 1602 Domenichino Landscape with Tobias (detail) c.1612
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 Pieter Lastman returns to Amsterdam after spending five years in Italy 1607 Lastman Rest on the Flight into Egypt (detail) 1620
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 Rubens pioneers baroque in Rome 1608
 
 Rubens back in Antwerp 1608 Rubens The Judgement of Paris (detail) c.1635
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 Ribera moves from Spain to Italy c. 1608 Ribera Jacob with the Flock of Laban (detail) 1638
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 Gerrit van Honthorst travels to Rome, where he is much influenced by Caravaggio's dramatic lighting effects c. 1610 Honthorst Christ before the High Priest (detail) c.1617
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 Frans Hals joins painters' guild in Haarlem 1610
 
 Guercino develops tradition of Carracci family c. 1613 Guercino The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto (detail) 1651
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 Hendrick Avercamp, after training in Amsterdam, settles in Kampen and specializes in winter scenes 1614 Avercamp A Scene on the Ice (detail) c.1615
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 Hendrick ter Brugghen returns to Utrecht from Rome, strongly influenced by the style of Caravaggio c. 1614 Hendrick ter Brugghen The Concert (detail) c.1626
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 Velazquez begins work in Seville c. 1617 Velazquez Kitchen Scene with Christ (detail) 1618
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 Van Dyck works in Rubens' studio 1618 Van Dyck Theodosius and St Ambrose (detail) c.1620
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 Jordaens builds up a flourishing business in Antwerp c. 1620 Jordaens Govaert van Surpele (?) and his Wife (detail) c.1638
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 Gerrit van Honthorst returns from Rome and settles in Utrecht 1620
 
 Van Dyck begins five-year stay in Genoa 1622 Van Dyck The Balbi Children (detail) c.1626
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 Saenredam joins the painters' guild in Haarlem and specializes in church interiors 1623 Saenredam Interior of the Buurkerk (detail) 1644
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 Rubens travels abroad on diplomatic missions 1623 Rubens Thomas Howard (detail) c.1630
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 Velazquez is court painter 1623 Velazquez 'La Tela Real'' (detail) c.1635
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 Poussin moves to Rome 1624 Poussin Sleeping Nymph surprised by Satyrs (detail) c.1627
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 Bernini, the greatest sculptor of his age, is also an accomplished painter c. 1625 Bernini Saints Andrew and Thomas (detail)
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