The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drawing the Eel

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Salomon van Ruysdael (Dutch, 1600/1603–1670)
Drawing the Eel, 1650s
Oil on wood; 29 1/2 x 41 3/4 in. (74.9 x 106 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 1871 (71.75)

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

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Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675)
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662
Oil on canvas; 18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889 (89.15.21)

Merrymakers at Shrovetide

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Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582/83–1666)
Merrymakers at Shrovetide, ca. 1615
Oil on canvas; 51 3/4 x 39 1/4 in. (131.4 x 99.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.605)

Young Man and Woman in an Inn ("Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart")

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Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582/83–1666)
Young Man and Woman in an Inn ("Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart"), 1623
Oil on canvas; 41 1/2 x 31 1/4 in. (105.4 x 79.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.602)

Wheat Fields

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Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29–1682)
Wheat Fields, ca. 1670
Oil on canvas; 39 3/8 x 51 1/4 in. (100 x 130.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.623)

Young Herdsmen with Cows

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Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–1691)
Young Herdsmen with Cows, ca. 1650
Oil on canvas; 44 1/8 x 52 1/8 in. (112.1 x 132.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.616)

A Maid Asleep

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Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675)
A Maid Asleep, 1656–57
Oil on canvas; 34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in. (87.6 x 76.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.611)

Self-portrait

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Self-portrait, 1660
Oil on canvas; 31 5/8 x 26 1/2 in. (80.3 x 67.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.618)

Man with a Magnifying Glass

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Man with a Magnifying Glass, early 1660s
Oil on canvas; 36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 74.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.621)

Woman with a Pink

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Woman with a Pink, early 1660s
Oil on canvas; 36 1/4 x 29 3/8 in. (92.1 x 74.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.622)

Man in Oriental Costume ("The Noble Slav")

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Man in Oriental Costume ("The Noble Slav"), 1632
Oil on canvas; 60 1/8 x 43 3/4 in. (152.7 x 111.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of William K. Vanderbilt, 1920 (20.155.2)

Flora

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Flora, about 1654
Oil on canvas; 39 3/8 x 36 1/8 in. (100 x 91.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Archer M. Huntington, in memory of his father, Collis Potter Huntington, 1926 (26.101.10)

Herman Doomer

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Herman Doomer, 1640
Oil on wood; 29 5/8 x 21 3/4 in. (75.2 x 55.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.1)

Curiosity

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Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617–1681)
Curiosity, ca. 1660
Oil on canvas; 30 x 24 1/2 in. (76.2 x 62.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.38)

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

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Pieter Claesz. (Dutch, 1597/98–1660)
Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill, 1628
Oil on wood; 9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (24.1 x 35.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1949 (49.107)

Falconer's Bag

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Jan Weenix (Dutch, 1642–1719)
Falconer's Bag, 1695
Oil on canvas; 52 3/4 x 43 3/4 in. (134 x 111.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1950 (50.55)

The Enchantress

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Paulus Bor (Dutch, born about 1601, died 1669)
The Enchantress, ca. 1640
Oil on canvas; 61 1/4 x 44 1/4 in. (155.6 x 112.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Ben Heller, 1972 (1972.261)

Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

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Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653
Oil on canvas; 56 1/2 x 53 3/4 in. (143.5 x 136.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, special contributions and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1961 (61.198)

Study of a Young Woman

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Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675)
Study of a Young Woman, probably ca. 1665–67
Oil on canvas; 17 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (44.5 x 40 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman in memory of Theodore Rousseau, Jr., 1979 (1979.396.1)

The Dissolute Household

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Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626–1679)
The Dissolute Household, ca. 1665
Oil on canvas; 42 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (108 x 90.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982 (1982.60.31)

Interior of the Old Church in Delft

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Emanuel de Witte (Dutch, born about 1616, died 1691/92)
Interior of the Old Church in Delft, 1650–52
Oil on wood; 19 x 13 5/8 in. (48.3 x 34.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Virgilia and Walter C. Klein, The Walter C. Klein Foundation, Edwin Weisl Jr., and Frank E. Richardson Gifts, and Bequest of Theodore Rousseau and Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, by exchange, 2001 (2001.403)