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| 1632 |
| | Van Dyck moves to London and becomes portrait painter to the British court and aristocracy | |
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| 1634 |
| | Rembrandt marries Saskia van Uylenburgh, who will feature in many of his paintings | |
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| 1636 |
| | A painted ceiling by Rubens, celebrating the Stuart dynasty, is installed in the Banqueting House in Whitehall | |
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| c. 1640 |
| | The Dutch artist Gerrit Dou paints with exquisite precision and becomes leader of a group known as the 'fine painters' | |
| | Dou, Lady Playing a Virginal c.1665 (detail) Dulwich Picture Gallery
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| 1641 |
| | The profusion of paintings on sale in Holland astonishes an English visitor, John Evelyn | |
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| c. 1645 |
| | The Dutch artist Aelbert Cuyp paints landscapes that glow with the warmth of gentle sunlight | |
| | Cuyp, Herdsmen with Cows c.1660 (detail) Dulwich Picture Gallery
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| 1653 |
| | Jan Vermeer marries and begins a quiet career as a painter and art dealer in his home town of Delft | |
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| c. 1655 |
| | The painter Pieter de Hooch is a friendly guide through the welcoming spaces of the seventeenth-century Dutch courtyard and home | |
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| c. 1655 |
| | Diego Velazquez paints his only surviving female nude, The Toilet of Venus (known as the Rokeby Venus) | |
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| 1656 |
| | Velazquez, in Las Meninas, paints himself painting the king and queen of Spain | |
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