Dutch Golden Age Paintings for the Bedroom

Here are 110 Dutch Golden Age paintings for the bedroom, painted between 1611 and 1693, with works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobbema and Pieter de Hooch; the subjects they return to most are landscapes, and cityscapes. Soft landscapes, water, evening skies, sleeping figures and quiet interiors, in muted or cool palettes, lower the visual volume of the room.

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Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond, Jacob van Ruisdael 30 × 40 in landscape print (76 × 102 cm), centered 72¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Dark moody painting of crumbling castle tower and walls amidst river and forest.

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond, 1650–55 Art Institute of Chicago

Wheat Fields, Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Wheat Fields, ca. 1670 The Met

Landscape painting featuring a wavy tree tree in the foreground and a watermill with a red roof adjacent to a river at right. Colors are subdued earth tones, the foliage a dark green and the river a muddy brown.

Meindert Hobbema The Watermill with the Great Red Roof, c. 1665 Art Institute of Chicago

Wooded Landscape with Cottage and Horseman, Meindert Hobbema, 1663, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema Wooded Landscape with Cottage and Horseman, 1663 Art Institute of Chicago

Travelers in Hilly Countryside, Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1650, oil on wood

Aelbert Cuyp Travelers in Hilly Countryside, c. 1650 Cleveland Museum of Art

Wooded and Hilly Landscape, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1660s, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Wooded and Hilly Landscape, 1660s Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with a Windmill, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646, oil on wood

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with a Windmill, 1646 Cleveland Museum of Art

Woodland Road, Meindert Hobbema, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Meindert Hobbema Woodland Road, ca. 1670 The Met

The Forest Stream, Jacob van Ruisdael, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael The Forest Stream, ca. 1660 The Met

Grainfields, Jacob van Ruisdael, mid- or late 1660s, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Grainfields, mid- or late 1660s The Met

Warm sunlight bathes a scene with a herd of five golden tan, ivory, or chocolate-brown cows lying or standing on a low hill near four people on foot and on horseback in this horizontal landscape painting.

Aelbert Cuyp Landscape with Herdsmen, mid 1650s National Gallery of Art

An elegantly dressed man and woman ride horses toward us and to our right in a landscape with low, rolling hills, stone buildings, and trees in this horizontal painting. The two horses and riders take up the right half of the composition.

Aelbert Cuyp Lady and Gentleman on Horseback, c. 1655, reworked 1660/1665 National Gallery of Art

Water laps at a curving shoreline in front of a steep sandy dune carpeted in grass, shrubs, and trees in this horizontal landscape painting. The dune takes up the lower right quadrant of the composition.

Jacob van Ruisdael Dunes by the Sea, 1648 National Gallery of Art

The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1668 - c. 1670, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, c. 1668 - c. 1670 Rijksmuseum

View of Olinda, Brazil, Frans Jansz Post, 1662, oil on canvas

Frans Jansz Post View of Olinda, Brazil, 1662 Rijksmuseum

The Town Hall on Dam Square, Amsterdam, Gerrit Berckheyde, 1693, oil on canvas

Gerrit Berckheyde The Town Hall on Dam Square, Amsterdam, 1693 Rijksmuseum

Ships off a Rocky Coast, Adam Willaerts, 1621, oil on panel

Adam Willaerts Ships off a Rocky Coast, 1621 Rijksmuseum

Italian Landscape with Girl Milking a Goat, Karel du Jardin, 1652, oil on panel

Karel du Jardin Italian Landscape with Girl Milking a Goat, 1652 Rijksmuseum

View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht, Gerrit Berckheyde, 1671 - 1672, oil on panel

Gerrit Berckheyde View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht, 1671 - 1672 Rijksmuseum

Brazilian landscape with the village of Igaraçú. To the left the church of Sts Cosmas and Damian, Frans Jansz Post, 1659, oil on panel

Frans Jansz Post Brazilian landscape with the village of Igaraçú. To the left the church of Sts Cosmas and Damian, 1659 Rijksmuseum

Horsepond on a River, Philips Wouwerman, c. 1662 - 1663, oil on panel

Philips Wouwerman Horsepond on a River, c. 1662 - 1663 Rijksmuseum

Entrance to a Village, Meindert Hobbema, ca. 1665, oil on wood

Meindert Hobbema Entrance to a Village, ca. 1665 The Met

Sailing Vessels on an Inland Body of Water, Salomon van Ruysdael, c. 1640 - c. 1645, oil on panel

Salomon van Ruysdael Sailing Vessels on an Inland Body of Water, c. 1640 - c. 1645 Rijksmuseum

Two men and a dog walk or stand on a rutted dirt road that stretches into the distance in front of us, between a grove of trees to our left and a shallow, narrow canal or ditch to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

Meindert Hobbema Wooded Landscape with Figures, c. 1658 National Gallery of Art

A man stands and a woman sits near a herd of seven cows under a light-drenched sky in this horizontal landscape painting. The herd gathers on a grassy rise just beyond some large boulders and twiggy branches.

Aelbert Cuyp Herdsmen Tending Cattle, 1655/1660 National Gallery of Art

A rutted, dirt road curves from the bottom center of the canvas toward and behind a grove of tall trees to our left, beneath a pale blue sky with fluffy white clouds that fills the top two-thirds of this horizontal landscape painting.

Meindert Hobbema A Wooded Landscape, 1663 National Gallery of Art

Young Herdsmen with Cows, Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1655–60, oil on canvas

Aelbert Cuyp Young Herdsmen with Cows, ca. 1655–60 The Met

We look across a river and slightly up at a pair of tall, leafy trees framed by steely-gray clouds against a a vivid blue sky in this nearly square landscape painting.

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape, c. 1670 National Gallery of Art

City Walls in Winter, Willem Schellinks, c. 1650 - c. 1670, oil on canvas

Willem Schellinks City Walls in Winter, c. 1650 - c. 1670 Rijksmuseum

A Watermill, Meindert Hobbema, c. 1664, oil on panel

Meindert Hobbema A Watermill, c. 1664 Rijksmuseum

The Lovesick Maiden, Jan Steen, ca. 1660, oil on canvas

Jan Steen The Lovesick Maiden, ca. 1660 The Met

Italian Landscape, Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1650 - 1683, oil on canvas

Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem Italian Landscape, 1650 - 1683 Rijksmuseum

Livestock, woodland animals, and about a dozen people cluster in groups throughout a densely wooded landscape with rocky outcroppings and the ruins of a round structure in this horizontal painting. The people all appear to have light skin.

Roelandt Savery Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1624 National Gallery of Art

A Calm (Ships in the Harbor by Calm Weather), Jan Claesz. Rietschoof, 1675 - 1719, oil on canvas

Jan Claesz. Rietschoof A Calm (Ships in the Harbor by Calm Weather), 1675 - 1719 Rijksmuseum

We look slightly down onto a panorama with dozens of pale-skinned men, women, and children skating and standing on a frozen river in this horizontal landscape painting.

Hendrick Avercamp A Scene on the Ice, c. 1625 National Gallery of Art

Landscape with a Village in the Distance, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646, oil on wood

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with a Village in the Distance, 1646 The Met

Winter Landscape with Skaters, Adam van Breen, c. 1615 - c. 1620, oil on panel

Adam van Breen Winter Landscape with Skaters, c. 1615 - c. 1620 Rijksmuseum

Rocky landscape, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650 - 1682, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Rocky landscape, 1650 - 1682 Rijksmuseum

River View, Abraham van Beijeren, c. 1643 - c. 1650, oil on panel

Abraham van Beijeren River View, c. 1643 - c. 1650 Rijksmuseum

Enjoying the Ice near a Town, Hendrick Avercamp, c. 1620

Hendrick Avercamp Enjoying the Ice near a Town, c. 1620 Rijksmuseum

Landscape with Two Oaks, Jan van Goyen, 1641, oil on canvas

Jan van Goyen Landscape with Two Oaks, 1641 Rijksmuseum

Sandy Track in the Dunes, Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1650 - c. 1655, oil on panel

Jacob van Ruisdael Sandy Track in the Dunes, c. 1650 - c. 1655 Rijksmuseum

Landscape with Travellers before an Inn near a Watering Place, Salomon van Ruysdael, 1660, oil on panel

Salomon van Ruysdael Landscape with Travellers before an Inn near a Watering Place, 1660 Rijksmuseum

Meindert Hobbema A Watermill, c. 1664 Rijksmuseum

Landscape with watermill, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1661, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with watermill, 1661 Rijksmuseum

View of an Imaginary Town across a River, with the Tower of Saint Pol in Vianen, Jan van Goyen, 1649, oil on panel

Jan van Goyen View of an Imaginary Town across a River, with the Tower of Saint Pol in Vianen, 1649 Rijksmuseum

Landscape with Ruins, Jacob van Ruisdael, 1650 - 1682, oil on canvas

Jacob van Ruisdael Landscape with Ruins, 1650 - 1682 Rijksmuseum

A French Squadron near a Rocky Coast, Jacob Bellevois, 1640 - 1676, oil on panel

Jacob Bellevois A French Squadron near a Rocky Coast, 1640 - 1676 Rijksmuseum

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