Golden Age portraits of Dutch children. Dirck Dircksz van Santvoort, painter. Living from 1609 to 1680, he lived and worked in Amsterdam.

Portrait of a girl, full-length, in a black dress, holding a glove and some buttercups, with a dog. 1632. Oil on panel. Dutch. Inscribed and dated ‘Ætatis. Sua .6· / Anno · 1632 ·’ on the upper right. Image © CHRISTIE’S 2021. Fair use license. via https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/old-master-paintings-sculpture-online/dirck-dircksz-van-santvoort-amsterdam-c-1610-1680-156/110566 and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dirck_dircksz_van_santvoort_portrait_of_a_girl_full-length_in_a_black_121556.jpg)
Boy in white. ca. 1641. Dutch. Oil on panel. Private Collection. Image source pubhist.com. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dirck_Dircksz_Santvoort_-Boy_in_White-_c._1641.jpg
Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel. 1639. Dutch. Oil on panel. Collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art. In the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dirck_Dircksz.SantvoortPortrait_of_Elizabeth_Spiegel1975.81-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tiff

Places that look mythical but probably weren’t from the Dutch Golden Age. Frans de Hulst, artist (1610-1661). Studying under Pieter Mulier I, he later became a member of the Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke.

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Landscape. ca. 1640. Dutch. Oil on panel. Image © Kollenburg Antiquairs. Fair use license. via https://www.kollenburgantiquairs.com/Paintings/Frans-de-Hulst-1606-1661

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Village by a River. 17th c. Dutch. Oil on panel. Image ©2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/frans-de-hulst/village-by-a-river-Apu8iFJKpyuaCc44RXZsCw2

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A river landscape with fishermen and a church in the background. 17th c. Dutch. Oil on oak panel. SIgned “F. D. HULST” on the lower left. Image © 2020 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/the-rafael-valls-sale-online/frans-de-hulst-a-river-landscape-with-fishermen

Children painted by Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Lievens (1607-1674). Shared a studio with Rembrandt for several years from around 1626 to 1631.

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“A Young Girl.” 17th c. Oil on panel. Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Signed on the bottom left. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_young_girl,_by_Jan_Lievens.jpg

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Portrait of a girl. 17th c. Oil. Collections of the Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leipzig,_Museum_der_bildenden_K%C3%BCnste,_Jan_Lievens,_Brustbild_eines_M%C3%A4dchens.JPG

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“Kinderkopje.” 1632. Collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Lievens_-_Kinderkopje_-_1456_(OK)_-_Museum_Boijmans_Van_Beuningen.jpg

Still lifes from the Dutch Golden Age. Martinus Nellius, artist (1621-1719).

Stilleven met fruit, oesters en kreeft (Still life with fruit, oysters and lobster). No date.
Stilleven met fruit, oesters en kreeft (Still life with fruit, oysters and lobster). No date. Oil on canvas. Image © HAMPEL Fine Art Auctions. Fair use license. via https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/Martinus-Nellius-1621-1706-zug-Nachfolge-des.html?a=108&s=527&id=539399

Still life with fruit. No date.
Still life with fruit. No date. Image ©Mompesson House/The National Trust. Photo © The National Trust. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artists/nellius-martinus-16211706

Still life with fruit and a goldfinch. 1712.
Stillleben mit früchten und distelfink (Still life with fruit and a goldfinch). 1712. Oil on panel. Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martinus_Nellius_-_Stillleben_mit_Fr%C3%BCchten_und_Distelfink_42330-1.jpg

Portraits of people mostly in black but with children trying to have fun around the edges by portraitists of the Dutch Golden Age. Mid 16th century.

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“Portrait of Michiel van der Dussen, his Wife, Wilhelmina van Setten and their Children.” 1640. Dutch. Hendrick Corneliszoon van Vliet, artist (1611/12-1675). Collection of the Collection Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft. In the public domain. via http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hendrick_Cornelisz._van_Vliet

"Portrait of Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen and his Family." ca. 1662-63.
“Portrait of Jan Jacobsz Hinlopen and his Family.” ca. 1662-63. Gabriël Metsu, painter (1629-1667). Collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin. In the public domain. via http://arthistorynewsreport.blogspot.com/2014/09/gabriel-metsu-rediscovered-master-of.html

"Familienporträt des Hendrik van den Broucke" (detail). 1564.
“Familienporträt des Hendrik van den Broucke” (detail). 1564. Cornelis de Zeeuw, painter. In the public domain. via https://www.repro-tableaux.com/a/zeeuw.html?sfl=1&INCLUDE=LIST

"Family Portrait of Pierre de Moucheron, Merchant in Middelburg and Antwerp, his Wife Isabeau de Gerbier, their eighteen Children, their Son-in-Law Allard de la Dale and first Grandchild." 1563.
“Family Portrait of Pierre de Moucheron, Merchant in Middelburg and Antwerp, his Wife Isabeau de Gerbier, their eighteen Children, their Son-in-Law Allard de la Dale and first Grandchild.” 1563. Artist not known. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via