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| Isaack Luttichuys Portrait of a young woman 1656 Rijksmuseum |
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| Jan Steen Adolf Croeser & Catharina, his daughter 1655 Rijksmuseum |
Jan Steen included a beggar woman and her child in his portrait of the stout bourgeois Adolf Croeser and his slender, pale, satin-covered daughter outside their residence in Delft. The poor are deployed here with cheerful brutality as stage props, providing extra texture and meaning to the depiction of confident wealth. Curators at the Rijksmuseum report that the artist himself fell dangerously into debt shortly after completion of this commission. And Jan Steen did in fact borrow the money he needed from Adolf Croeser, the subject of this picture, who does not seem inclined to offer similar help to the beggar woman.
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| Anonymous painter Married couple with their child, on a beach 1655 Rijksmuseum |
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| Johannes Mytens Govert van Slingelandt, Lord of Dubbeldam, with his first wife Christina van Beverin and their two sons 1657 Rijksmuseum |
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| attributed to Pieter van Anraedt Jeremias van Collen with his wife and their twelve children 1655-57 Rijksmuseum |
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| Sébastien Bourdon Equestrian portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden 1653-54 Prado |
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| Diego Velázquez Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain 1656 National Gallery, London |
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| Charles & Henri Beaubrun Portrait of Anne of Austria, dowager Queen of France 1659 Prado |
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| Karel Dujardin Portrait of a young man ca. 1655 National Gallery, London |
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| Jan Lievens Self-portrait early 1650s National Gallery, London |
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| Cornelius Johnson Portrait of a Lady 1655 National Gallery, London |
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| Carel Fabritius Self-portrait 1654 National Gallery, London |
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| Jacob van Oost the Elder Portrait of a boy with fur hat and muff 1650 National Gallery, London |
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| Rembrandt Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels with a white fur tippet ca. 1654-56 National Gallery, London |