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| circle of Pellegrino Tibaldi Venus and Minerva ca. 1590-1620 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Hans Rottenhammer Venus and Mars 1604 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
from A SONG
How blest are lovers in disguise!
Like gods they see,
As I do thee,
Unseen by human eyes.
Exposed to view,
I'm hid from you;
I'm altered, yet the same;
The dark conceals me,
Love reveals me –
Love which lights me by its flame.
– George Farquhar (1699)
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| Hans Rottenhammer Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and St Catherine 1604 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder Landscape with Rest on the Flight into Egypt ca. 1600-1700 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Hendrik de Clerck Contest between Apollo and Pan ca. 1600-1629 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
from A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY
What passion cannot MUSIC raise and quell!
When Jubal struck the corded shell,
His listening brethren stood around,
And wondering, on their faces fell,
To worship that celestial sound.
Less than a god they thought there could not dwell
Within the hollow of that shell
That spoke so sweetly and so well.
What passion cannot MUSIC raise and quell!
– John Dryden (1687)
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| Philips Wouwerman Stag Hunt ca. 1650-68 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Philips Wouwerman Heron Hunt ca. 1650-68 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jan Davidsz de Heem Flowers in a Glass Vase ca. 1650-83 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
from SIGNS OF SPRING
The almond flourisheth, the birch trees flow,
The sad mezereon cheerfully doth blow.
The flowery sons before their fathers seen,
The snails begin to crop the mandrake green.
The vernal sun with crocus gardens fills,
With hyacinths, anemones and daffodils:
The hazel catkins now dilate and fall,
And paronychions peep upon each wall.
– Sir Thomas Browne (ca. 1650)
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| Karl Dujardin Muleteers at an Italian Inn ca. 1658-60 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt Portrait of a man and a woman ca. 1678-1705 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Herman Saftleven Mountainous Landscape near Boppard aan de Rijn 1660 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
from A LANDSCAPE
Standing upon a hill of fancies high,
Viewing about with curiosity's eye
Saw several landscapes under my thoughts to lie.
Woods did present my view on the left side,
Where trees of high ambition grew great pride.
There shades of envy were made of dark spite,
Which did eclipse the fame of honour's light.
Faults stood so close, not many beams of praise
Could enter in: spite stopped up all the ways.
But leaves of prattling tongues, which ne'er lie still,
Sometimes speak truth, although most lies they tell.
– Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1653)
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| Gerard Hoet Portrait of Willem Hadriaan van Nassau with wife and children ca. 1671-76 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Thomas de Keyser Portrait of Pieter Schout on horseback 1660 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Willem de Heusch Italian Landscape with Herdsman before 1692 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |