Baroque Paintings for the Dining Room

Here are 31 Baroque paintings for the dining room, painted between 1595 and 1750, with works by Peter Paul Rubens, Nicolas Poussin and Diego Velázquez; the subjects they return to most are religion, and groups and gatherings. Dining rooms have hosted still lifes for four hundred years for a reason.

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31 Baroque paintings

The Musicians, Caravaggio, 1597, oil on canvas

Caravaggio The Musicians, 1597 The Met

Kitchen Scene, Diego Velázquez, 1618–20, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Kitchen Scene, 1618–20 Art Institute of Chicago

The Supper at Emmaus, Diego Velázquez, 1622–23, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez The Supper at Emmaus, 1622–23 The Met

Two Tritons at the Feast of Acheloüs, Anthony van Dyck, 1627, oil on canvas

Anthony van Dyck Two Tritons at the Feast of Acheloüs, 1627 The Met

Diana Offered Wine and Fruit by Bacchus and his Retinue, Jan Brueghel the Elder, c. 1617 - 1625, oil on panel

Jan Brueghel the Elder Diana Offered Wine and Fruit by Bacchus and his Retinue, c. 1617 - 1625 Rijksmuseum

The Young Virgin, Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1632–33, oil on canvas

Francisco de Zurbarán The Young Virgin, ca. 1632–33 The Met

A blue and white bowl with a flaring rim is filled with small red strawberries, and the currants and cherries scattered around it are arranged along a wooden ledge or table in this horizontal still life painting.

Jacob van Hulsdonck Wild Strawberries and a Carnation in a Wan-Li Bowl, c. 1620 National Gallery of Art

Painting of Greek landscape, classical architecture, yellow, red robed man reading.

Nicolas Poussin Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640 Art Institute of Chicago

The Holy Family on the Steps, Nicolas Poussin, 1648, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Holy Family on the Steps, 1648 Cleveland Museum of Art

Large painting of Holy Family: Mary in red, holding baby Jesus.

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, c. 1615 Art Institute of Chicago

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin, 1658, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658 The Met

Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678), Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678), ca. 1635 The Met

The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria, Jusepe de Ribera, 1648, oil on canvas

Jusepe de Ribera The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria, 1648 The Met

Italian Landscape, Claude Lorrain, c. 1630, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Italian Landscape, c. 1630 Cleveland Museum of Art

Sunrise, Claude Lorrain, possibly 1646–47, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Sunrise, possibly 1646–47 The Met

View of La Crescenza, Claude Lorrain, 1648–50, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain View of La Crescenza, 1648–50 The Met

We look slightly down onto a group of people gathered along the bank of a river that winds around a copse of tall trees to our left, past a hill to our right, and into the deep distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Claude Lorrain Landscape with Merchants, c. 1629 National Gallery of Art

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Diego Velázquez, c. 1622, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1622 Art Institute of Chicago

Shown from the waist up, a woman with pale skin and brown hair, wearing a dark corset and white fabric over her shoulders, looks down at needlework in her hands in this vertical painting.

Diego Velázquez The Needlewoman, c. 1640/1650 National Gallery of Art

The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth, Nicolas Poussin, c. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth, c. 1627 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1608–9, oil on oak

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove, ca. 1608–9 The Met

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1627 The Met

A young woman sitting with a nude infant lying in her lap is flanked on either side by an older woman to our left and an elderly man with a nude young boy to our right in this vertical painting. They all have pale skin tinged with blue.

El Greco The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist, c. 1595/1600 National Gallery of Art

A seated woman with an infant on her lap and three children are clustered on a terrace overlooking green hills and a body of water in this square painting. They all have pale skin with flushed cheeks.

Peter Paul Rubens Deborah Kip, Wife of Sir Balthasar Gerbier, and Her Children, 1629/1630, reworked probably mid 1640s National Gallery of Art

Christ on the Way to Calvary, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1635, oil on panel

Peter Paul Rubens Christ on the Way to Calvary, c. 1635 Rijksmuseum

Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, Annibale Carracci, ca. 1600, oil on copper

Annibale Carracci Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, ca. 1600 The Met

The painting depicts a wide country road seen from above. The horizon is halfway up the painting, showing the flat, green land meeting the blue sky. Far in the distance there are faint blue buildings, including a tall tower.

Jan Brueghel the Elder Wooded Landscape with Travelers, 1610 National Gallery of Art

The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Peter Paul Rubens, early or mid-1630s, oil on canvas

Peter Paul Rubens The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, early or mid-1630s The Met

A woman wearing a voluminous black dress with a wide, ruffled collar sits holding the hand of a young boy, who stands next to her, in this vertical portrait painting.

Anthony van Dyck A Genoese Noblewoman and Her Son, c. 1626 National Gallery of Art

Ecce Agnus Dei, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655, oil on canvas

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Ecce Agnus Dei, c. 1655 Art Institute of Chicago

This painting shows a group of people engaged in various activities within a wide green landscape. In the background are distant white-and-blue mountains and a blue sky with soft gray clouds.

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