Anthony van Dyck
Dandies, divas, and cavalier style
1599 – 1641
Catharina van Hemessen
Success against the odds
1528 – 1565
Edwaert Collier
1642 – 1708
Frans Hals the Elder
Intimate realist
1582 – 1666
Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
1821 – 1909
Hieronymus Bosch
Welcome to Hell
1450 – 1516
Johannes Vermeer
Can you cheat at art?
1632 – 1675
Judith Leyster
Jovial portraitist forgotten for 200 years
1609 – 1660
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
The worst painter of the 19th century
1836 – 1912
Maria van Oosterwijck
All business
1630 – 1693
Matthijs Maris
Don't get lost in the fog
1839 – 1917
Peter Paul Rubens
Great painter, perfect entrepreneur
1577 – 1640
Piet Mondrian
There is no God, only Truth
1872 – 1944
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The peasant life is the humanist ideal
1525 – 1569
Rachel Ruysch
Paint flowers, make money
1664 – 1750
Rembrandt van Rijn
Your actions leave a mark
1606 – 1669
Vincent Van Gogh
Eloquent writer forges new path in painting
1853 – 1890
Willem de Kooning
Violent encounters
1904 – 1997