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Born June 19, 1815 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died March 8, 1872 (aged 56) • Chicago • Illinois
Liu Songnian
Chinese painter
Herman de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Jean de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Paul de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Homer Watson
Canadian painter
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
American artist
Cuyp, Aelbert: The Maas at Dordecht
Aelbert Cuyp
Dutch painter
Neer, Aert van der: View of the River in Winter
Aert van der Neer
Dutch painter
Ruisdael, Jacob van: Waterfall with a Low Wooded Hill
Jacob van Ruisdael
Dutch painter
Goyen, Jan van: River Landscape with Fishermen
Jan van Goyen
Dutch painter
Ruysdael, Salomon van: Drawing the Eel
Salomon van Ruysdael
Dutch painter
“The World Upside-down,” oil painting by Jan Steen, 1663; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Jan Steen
Dutch painter
Meindert Hobbema
Dutch painter
Patinir, Joachim
Joachim Patinir
Flemish painter
Hercules Seghers
Dutch artist
Alex Colville
Canadian painter
Both, Jan: Italianate Landscape with Travellers on a Road
Jan Both
Dutch painter

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