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| Adriaen van der Werff Self-portrait holding a picture of his wife and daughter 1699 Rijksmuseum |
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| Adriaen van der Werff Portrait of Margaretha Rendrorp 1692 Rijksmuseum |
During the 17th century, especially in the Low Countries, middle class people frequently became the subjects of the highest quality portraits, an amenity reserved in earlier centuries almost exclusively for those of much loftier standing. Conspicuously expensive fabrics remained, all the same, a near-absolute necessity. Women's corsets gradually relaxed, in pursuit of a less-structured silhouette. The high artificiality of the starched ruff fell out of use, yet for men it was quickly replaced by the high artificiality of the full-bottomed wig.
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| Anonymous painter Portrait of François Leydecker ca. 1690 Rijksmuseum |
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| Pierre Mignard Portrait of the Marquise de Seignelay with two of her sons 1691 National Gallery, London |
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| Michael Dahl Self-portrait 1691 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Anonymous painter Portrait of an unknown musician holding a miniature portrait of a woman 1690s National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| studio of Hyacinthe Rigaud Portrait of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland ca. 1698-99 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| John Closterman The children of John Taylor of Bifrons Park ca. 1696 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Godfrey Kneller Portrait of Anne, daughter of James II and later Queen 1690 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Godfrey Kneller Portrait of Aubrey Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford ca. 1690 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Anonymous painter Portrait of the deposed King James II in exile ca. 1690 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Nicolas de Largillière Portrait of Prince James Edward Stuart & Princess Louisa Stuart in exile 1695 National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Godfried Schalcken Portrait of William III, King of England ca. 1692-97 Rijksmuseum |
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| Luca Giordano Equestrian portrait of Mariana, Queen of Spain ca. 1694 Prado |