Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of Isabella Brant, c. 1620–25
Baroque Paintings for the Staircase
Here are 40 Baroque paintings for the staircase, painted between 1597 and 1665, with works by Anthony van Dyck, Diego Velázquez and Peter Paul Rubens; the subjects they return to most are portraits, and history. The stairwell is the one place where paintings should not hang level with each other.
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40 Baroque paintings
Diego Velázquez Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670), 1650
Diego Velázquez Portrait of the Jester Calabazas, c. 1631–32
Anthony van Dyck Lucas van Uffel (died 1637), ca. 1622
Anthony van Dyck Queen Henrietta Maria, 1636
Peter Paul Rubens Rubens, Helena Fourment (1614–1673), and Their Son Frans (1633–1678), ca. 1635
Anthony van Dyck Head of a Girl, c. 1618–c. 1620
Peter Paul Rubens Nicolas Rubens, the Artist's Son, c. 1635
Anthony van Dyck Helena Tromper Du Bois, c. 1631
Anthony van Dyck Study Head of an Old Man with a White Beard, ca. 1617–20
Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of a Man, Possibly an Architect or Geographer, 1597
Peter Paul Rubens Study of Two Heads, ca. 1609
Diego Velázquez Portrait of a Man, Possibly a Self-Portrait, ca. 1635
Diego Velázquez Portrait of a Man, ca. 1650
Diego Velázquez María Teresa, Infanta of Spain, mid-17th century
Peter Paul Rubens Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King, c. 1618
Anthony van Dyck Head of a Young Man, c. 1617/1618
Peter Paul Rubens Agrippina and Germanicus, c. 1614
Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a Man, c. 1620
Nicolas Poussin The Holy Family on the Steps, 1648
Diego Velázquez Isabella of Bourbon, Wife of Philip IV of Spain, c. 1632
Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a Man, ca. 1618
Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a Woman, Called the Marchesa Durazzo, probably ca. 1622–25
Anthony van Dyck Self-Portrait, ca. 1620–21
Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a Flemish Lady, probably 1618
Anthony van Dyck Mary Stuart and William II, 1641
Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of Anne of Austria (1601-1666), Queen of France, c. 1628
Diego Velázquez Portrait of Philip IV, c. 1632
Anthony van Dyck James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox, ca. 1633–35
Anthony van Dyck Robert Rich (1587–1658), Second Earl of Warwick, ca. 1632–35
Diego Velázquez Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain, probably 1624
Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a Nobleman, possibly Adriaan van der Borcht, 1634 - c. 1635
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal, ca. 1665–72
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo A Knight of Alcántara or Calatrava, ca. 1650–55
Diego Velázquez María Teresa (1638–1683), Infanta of Spain, 1651–54
Diego Velázquez Kitchen Scene, 1618–20
Diego Velázquez Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen of Spain, 1640
Francisco de Zurbarán The Young Virgin, ca. 1632–33
Annibale Carracci Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, ca. 1600
Diego Velázquez Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1622
More for the staircase
Other styles for the staircase
- Impressionist Paintings 129
- 18th-Century Paintings 118
- Dutch Golden Age Paintings 111
- Realist Paintings 70
- Early 19th-Century Paintings 56
- Renaissance Paintings 53
- Post-Impressionist Paintings 38
- Late 19th-Century Paintings 31
- Early 20th-Century Paintings 28
- Romantic Paintings 25
- Rococo Paintings 22
- Neoclassical Paintings 19
- Tonalist Paintings 18
- Barbizon School Paintings 15
- 17th-Century Paintings 13
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Rooms that share paintings
- Hallway & Entryway 526 shared
- Apartment & Dorm 518 shared
- Dining Room 129 shared
- Guest Room 93 shared