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Jacob Adriaensz. Backer

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Seated older man with white ruff and fur-trimmed coat holding a quill pen beside an open book and inkwell.

Johannes Wtenbogaert

1638

Oval portrait of a bearded man in black with a white collar, holding a tool beside an ornate silver cup.

Portrait of Johannes Lutma

c. 1646

Oval oil portrait of a woman in black dress, white collar and cap, hands resting on a carved ledge, dark background.

Portrait of Sara de Bie

c. 1646

Painting of a sleeping nude woman on a bed with pink drapery while a armored man enters through a doorway at left.

Paris Being Admitted to the Bedchamber of Helen

about 1585-1590

Oil portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearls and a dark gown, resting her hand on a patterned cloth before a red curtain.

Portrait of a Woman

about 1647

Oval portrait of a young boy in a grey cloak and white ruffled collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Boy in Grey

1634

Seated man in black costume and white ruff collar holding gloves, against a dark plain background.

Portrait of a Man

1636

Oil portrait of a young man in an ivy wreath and fur cloak holding a flute, gazing at the viewer against a dark background.

Shepherd with Flute (Self-Portrait?)

1637

Group portrait of militia officers and armed men with pikes, muskets and a flag before a stone building and cloudy sky.

Officers and men of the Company of captain Cornelis de Graeff and lieutenant Hendrick Lauwrensz

1642

Oval portrait of a young blond boy in a red velvet coat with gold trim and white collar, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Boy

1637

Painting of the Last Judgement with Christ enthroned above trumpeting angels and crowds of nude figures below.

The Last Judgement

Grayscale portrait of an elderly woman with a white ruff and lace cap, holding a book and spectacles.

Portrait of a Woman holding a Book

1627

Painting of nude Venus embracing winged Cupid with bow and arrows, dark drapery and distant landscape behind.

Venus and Amor

1585

Seated woman in black dress with white ruffled collar and cap, holding a handkerchief, against a dark background.

Portrait of a woman

1635

Painting of the Last Judgement with Christ enthroned above angels and nude figures rising from graves below.

The Last Judgement

1571

Head of a Bald Old Man in Profile

1635

Half-length portrait of a young man in a fur hat with feather plume, white collar, gold chain and brown cloak.

Portrait of a Young Man in a Fancy Dress

1630

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

1634-1638

Oil portrait of a man in a black hat and dark coat with white collar, resting his arm on a red-draped table.

Abraham de Visscher (1605-67). Amsterdam merchant and director of the Dutch West India Company

1650

Oval portrait of a bearded man in black with a white collar, holding a silversmith's tool beside an ornate silver vessel.

Portrait of Johannes Lutma

1638

Group portrait of dark-clad men in hats around a table, with a woman in a white cap standing at the right.

De regenten van het Nieuwe Zijds Huiszittenhuis te Amsterdam, ca 1650

1645

Seated elderly man in a fur-trimmed coat and white ruff, holding a quill over a book beside an inkwell, against a dark backgr

Johannes Wtenbogaert (1557-1644). Remonstrants predikant te 's-Gravenhage

1638

Half-length portrait of a woman in black dress, white ruff collar and lace cap, hands folded, dark background.

Portrait of a Lady

1633-1636

Group portrait of black-clad men with white collars seated and standing around a dark table, with a woman in a white bonnet a

Portrait of the Regents of the Nieuwezijds Institute for the Outdoor Relief of the Poor, Amsterdam, c. 1650

1650

Group portrait of armed civic guardsmen in hats, white collars and sashes beside a banner and pikes before a building.

Officers and other Civic Guardsmen of the V District in Amsterdam under the command of Captain Cornelis de Graeff and…

1642

Seated... standing woman in black dress and white collar beside red curtain, with wooded landscape and pink roses behind her.

Portrait of Machtelt Bas (?-1681)

1651

Portrait of a man in a black hat and dark coat with white collar, leaning on a red draped table.

Portrait of Abraham de Visscher (1605-67). Amsterdam merchant and director of the Dutch West India Company

1651

Oil portrait of a young boy in a feathered brown hat, white lace collar and fur-trimmed brown jacket against a muted backgrou

Portret van een jongen met baret

1647

Painting of a woman in white satin holding a shell, with a young man in a laurel wreath, another woman, and a greyhound in a

Granida and Daifilo

1640

Painting of a man with curly hair and moustache, gazing upward with one hand on his chest, in a brown cloak.

Tronie of a man with his hands on his chest

1639

Painting of the Last Judgement with angels, enthroned figures in clouds, and nude souls and demons below.

Last Judgement (Matthew 25:31-33)

Half-length portrait of a man with a white pleated ruff collar, black clothing and a mustache, against a dark background.

Mansportret

1640

Half-length portrait of a man with long curly hair in a red cloak, hand on chest, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

1630

Painting of a smiling man with long dark hair holding an open oyster shell, against a grey background.

Le Mangeur d'huîtres

1650

Oil portrait of a young woman in a black dress with a large white lace collar, pearls, and a lace cap against a dark backgrou

Portrait of a Young Woman

1638

Engraved oval portrait of a man with moustache and white collar, framed by Latin inscriptions and a decorative cartouche.

Vopiscus Fortunatus Plemp. Line engraving by T. Matham after J. de Backer

Brown wash drawing of the Virgin and Child with cherubs and an angel holding a cross, heightened with white.

Virgin and Child, and Saint John the Baptist (recto); Summary sketches, possibly the Virgin and Child (verso)

ca. 1580-90

Black and white chalk drawing of a standing woman in flowing robes holding a staff, on gray paper, with sketches at left.

Juno (?)

Studie einer Frau, verbräunt, durchgestrichen

Young man, looking up

Engraving of a seated nude woman smelling a rose beside a dog, with two women, a peacock and a building in the background.

Reuk

1570

Engraving of a reclining nude woman with a basket of fruit and a monkey, with small figures and a tower in the landscape behi

Smaak

1570

Etching of a nude woman with a swan and tortoise beneath a tree, with classical figures and architecture in the background.

Tastzin

1570