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1604
 
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Annibale Carracci completes an influential ceiling fresco in the Farnese palace in Rome       
1608
 
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The Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens completes an altarpiece in Rome which is an early masterpiece of the baroque       
1608
 
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Rubens returns from Italy to Antwerp, where he soon establishes Europe's most successful and prolific studio      
Rubens The Judgement of Paris (detail) c.1635
National Gallery, London

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c. 1615
 
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The Mughal school of painting reaches a peak of perfection in the reign of Jahangir       
1618
 
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The 19-year-old Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck is employed by Rubens in Antwerp as his chief assistant       
Van Dyck Theodosius and St Ambrose (detail) c.1620
National Gallery, London

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c. 1620
 
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The Dutch painter Frans Hals displays exceptional brilliance in his group portraits, including several of the civic guards of Haarlem      
1622
 
   
The Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck begins a five-year stay, and a successful career as a portrait painter, in Genoa      
Van Dyck The Balbi Children (detail) c.1626
National Gallery, London

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1623
 
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Diego Velazquez becomes court painter to the king of Spain - a post which he will hold for the remaining thirty-seven years of his life      
Velazquez Philip IV of Spain (detail) c.1632
National Gallery, London

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1624
 
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Nicolas Poussin arrives in Rome, where he develops the tradition of French classicism       
Poussin Sleeping Nymph surprised by Satyrs (detail) c.1627
National Gallery, London

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1625
 
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Rubens completes a great narrative sequence of twenty-one paintings to celebrate the achievements of Marie de Médicis