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  European painting to 1900 in London's National Gallery
 Velazquez begins work in Seville c. 1617 Velazquez Kitchen Scene with Christ (detail) 1618
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 Van Dyck works in Rubens' studio 1618 Van Dyck Theodosius and St Ambrose (detail) c.1620
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 Jordaens builds up a flourishing business in Antwerp c. 1620 Jordaens Govaert van Surpele (?) and his Wife (detail) c.1638
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 Gerrit van Honthorst returns from Rome and settles in Utrecht 1620
 
 Van Dyck begins five-year stay in Genoa 1622 Van Dyck The Balbi Children (detail) c.1626
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 Saenredam joins the painters' guild in Haarlem and specializes in church interiors 1623 Saenredam Interior of the Buurkerk (detail) 1644
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 Rubens travels abroad on diplomatic missions 1623 Rubens Thomas Howard (detail) c.1630
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 Velazquez is court painter 1623 Velazquez 'La Tela Real'' (detail) c.1635
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 Poussin moves to Rome 1624 Poussin Sleeping Nymph surprised by Satyrs (detail) c.1627
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 Bernini, the greatest sculptor of his age, is also an accomplished painter c. 1625 Bernini Saints Andrew and Thomas (detail)
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 Rembrandt establishes his own studio in Leiden c. 1625
 
 Zurbaran receives his first major commission in Seville 1626 Zurbaran St Francis in Meditation (detail) c.1638
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 Claude follows Poussin to Rome 1627
 
 Philippe de Champaigne appointed royal painter to Marie de Médicis 1628 Champaigne Cardinal Richelieu (detail) 1637
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 Frans Hals praised as Haarlem's leading portrait painter 1628 Hals Man in his Thirties (detail) 1633
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Rembrandt's first self-portraits c. 1628 Rembrandt Self Portrait at the Age of 34 (detail) 1640
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 Strozzi settles in middle age in Venice c. 1630 Strozzi A Personification of Fame (detail) c.1636
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 Poussin develops antiquarian interests in Rome c. 1630 Poussin Adoration of the Golden Calf (detail) c.1634
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 Zurbaran becomes skillful painter of still life c. 1630 Zurbaran A Cup of Water and a Rose (detail)
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 Gerrit Dou sets up on his own in Leiden 1631 Dou A Poulterer's Shop (detail) c.1670
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