A Timeline of Prominent Painters of Vermeer's Era
This timeline illustrates a number of the most important European artists that where in activity of the Golden Age. Their names are arranged according their birthplaces. In order to see examples of each painter's works, click on their name.
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Netherlands
Frans Hals 1580-1666
Salomon van Ruisdael 1600-1670
Johannes Vermeer 1632-1675
Flanders
Pieter Brueghel 1564- c.1638
Jan Brueghel 1568-1625
Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640
Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678
Anthony van Dyck 1599-1641
Italy
Annible Caracci 1560-1609
Michaelangelo da Caravaggio c.1650- 1609
Orazio Gentileschi c.1565-1640
Guido Reni 1575-1642
Guercino 1591-1666
Pietro da Cortona 1596-1669
Gianlorenzo Bernini 1598-1680
Spain
Jusepe Ribera 1588-1652
Francisco Zubaran 1598-1664
Diego Velasquez 1599-1660
Bartolomé-Esteban Murillo 1617-1690
France
Antoine le Nain c. 1588-1648
Simon Vouet 1590-1640
Georges de la Tour 1593-1665
Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665
Claude Lorrain 1600-1682
Phillipe Champagne 1602-1674
Charles le Brun c. 1619-1690