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Also Known As Arent de Gelder
Born October 26, 1645 • Dordrecht • Netherlands
Died August 28, 1727 (aged 81) • Dordrecht • Netherlands

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The Artist Painting a Portrait of an Old Woman, oil on canvas by Aert de Gelder, 1685; in the Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main, Ger.
Gelder, Aert de: Esther at Her Toilet
Peter I the Great
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Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Jan van Eyck: Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?)
Jan van Eyck
Netherlandish painter
Hans Memling
Netherlandish painter
Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den: Group Portrait
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Dutch painter and poet
Scorel, Jan van
Jan van Scorel
Dutch artist and engineer
Gossart, Jan: Descent from the Cross
Jan Gossart
Netherlandish painter
Heemskerck, Maerten van: Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Anne Codde
Maerten van Heemskerck
Dutch painter
Joos van Cleve: Death of the Virgin
Joos van Cleve
Netherlandish painter
Ecce Homo, oil on canvas by Jan Mostaert, c. 1520–30; in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. 120.5 × 95.5 cm.
Jan Mostaert
Netherlandish painter
“Portrait of the Van der Helm Family,” by Barent Fabritius, 1655; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Barent Fabritius
Dutch painter
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Venus of Urbino by Titian
Titian
Italian painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Spanish artist
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian artist
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
Spanish artist

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