Rembrandt (1606 - 1669), Portrait of a Man, 1658
Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University - Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

Salomon Jacobsz van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), Landscape with Deer Hunters, ca. 1630
Oil on wood, 73.66 cm × 110.49 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The United States of America

Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), Landscape with Travelers at an Inn near a Stop, 1660
Oil on panel, 60.7 cm x 85 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), A Woman Seated at a Table and a Man Tuning a Violin. ca. 1658
Oil on canvas, 43 cm x 37.5 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), Young Couple at Breakfast, 1667
Oil on oak wood, 56.5 cm x 48.2 cm
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), Old Woman in Contemplation, ca. 1661 – 1663
Oil on panel, 27.3 cm x 23.2 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), Landscape with a Wooden Fence and Figures, ca. 1630
Oil on oak panel, 36.3 cm x 48.6 cm (oval)
Nationalmuseum, Stockhom, Sweden

Pieter de Hooch (1629 - after 1684), Figures in a Courtyard behind a House, ca. 1663 - 1665
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Pieter de Hooch (1629 – after 1684), A Woman Seated at a Window and a Child in a Doorway, ca. 1680
Oil on canvas, 54.1 cm x 67.2 cm
Private collection

De Hooch worked in Delft and Amsterdam.

Pieter de Hooch (1629 - after 1684), A Woman Reading a Letter by a Window, 1664
Oil on canvas, 55 cm x 55 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Also, the window with the characteristic "view" reveals nature and the West Church of Amsterdam, which seems to touch the sky.

Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), The Ferry Boat, 1650
Oil on wood, 77.5 cm × 114.3 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 – 1670), A view of Beverwijk, 1646
Oil on panel, 75.2 cm x 65.7 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The United States of America

P.S. Another painting, housed in the Mauritshuis in The Hague, is called A View of Beverwijk from the Wijkermeer.

Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670, The Halt, 1661
Oil on canvas, 99 x 153 cm
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

One of Holland’s greatest and most prolific landscape painters, Salomon van Ruysdael is best known for his river scenes with boats sailing under a cloudy sky.

Salomon van Ruysdael (between 1600 and 1603 - 1670), View of Alkmaar with the Grote Kerk (Winter), 1647
Oil on wood panel, 53.1 cm x 89.3 cm
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675), Diana and her Nymphs (mythological painting), (ca. 1655 - 1656)
Oil on canvas, 97.8 cm x 104.6 cm
Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands

He devoted himself exclusively to his art, living the rest of his life in the city of Delft.

Michiel van Musscher (1645 - 1705), A female merchant and a maid at the Eenhoornsluis in Amsterdam, 1669
Oil on panel, 53.4 cm x 41 cm Private collection

Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), Tavern Scene, 1649 - 1667
Oil on wood, 36.5 cm x 32.1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States of America

Johannes Vermeer, The Love Letter, ca. 1669 - 1670
Oil on panel, 44.0 x 38.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dutch painter, only 35 of his works are preserved due to his methodical way of working and also to his short life and the disappearance of many of his paintings.

Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675), The Geographer, 1669
Oil on canvas, 51.6 cm x 45.4 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Nicolaes Maes (1634 - 1693), The spinner or A Woman Spinning, 1655
Oil on panel, 41.5 cm x 33.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), Young Woman at Her Toilet
Oil on panel, 28 cm x 23 cm Guildhall Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), Woman at Her Toilette, ca. 1659
Oil on panel, 64.8 cm x 57.8 cm
The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, The United States of America

Gabriel Metsu (1629 - 1667), An elegant lady writing at her desk, with a dog beside her
Oil on panel, 33.2 x 39.4 cm
Private collection

The influence of Johannes Vermeer on Metsu's work is obvious, and can be seen most clearly in Metsu's masterpieces from the mid-1660s.

Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), The Dismissal of Hagar, ca. 1653 - 1654
Oil on canvas, 112 cm x 86 cm
Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands

He was the son of the Flemish painter Jacques Metsu. According to Arnold Houbraken, he was a pupil of Gerard Dou, the leading Leiden genre painter.

Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675), Christ at the House of Martha and Mary, ca. 1654
Scottish National Gallery of Art, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669), Child with a drum, ca. 1631
Oil on canvas
Villa Vauban, Musee d'Art de la Ville de Luxembourg

Egbert Lievensz van der Poel (1621 – 1664), Seascape in Moonlit Darkness on the Beach at Scheveningen, 1663

A few people are walking across the Schuitegat on the left. In the background are the Scheveningen church and beacon. This is a rare night scene of Scheveningen beach from the Golden Age.

Egbert Lievensz van der Poel (1621 – 1664), Moonlit Beach with Fishing Vessels, ca. 1660
Oil on panel, 26.5 x 20.53 cm
Musée de Grenoble, France

Another atmospheric view of the beach at Scheveningen, this time with fishermen unloading their catch. A shelter hut can be seen on the left.

Pieter de Hooch (1629 - after 1684), The empty glass (Tavern scene with maid trying to fill the glass of a cavalier), 1652
Oil on panel, 46 cm x 37 cm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675), A Maid Asleep, ca. 1656 – 1657
Oil on canvas, 87.6 cm x 76.5 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States of America