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One painting from every year of the 17th century, from China to India and Italy to Mexico and everywhere in between, in chronological order.

1601: The Calling of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio

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1602: River View with Rocks by Paul Bril

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1603: Flowers with Two Lizards by Roelant Savery

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1604: The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens

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1605: The Battle of Salvore by Domenico Tintoretto

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1606: The Witches' Kitchen by Frans Francken

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1607: Allegory for Marriage by Clara Peeters

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1608: Winter Landscape with Skaters by Hendrick Avercamp

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1609: The Flight into Egypt by Adam Elsheimer

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1610: Portrait of William Shakespeare by John Taylor

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1611: Landscape with Waterfall from a High Mountain by Zhao Zuo

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1612: Wang Shimin at the age of Twenty by Zeng Jing

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1613: Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld by Jan Brueghel the Elder

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1614: Opening of the Fifth Seal by El Greco

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1615: The Birth of a Prince by Bishandas

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1616: The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616 by Frans Hals

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1617: The Mughal Emperor Jahangir with Radiant Gold Halo, Holding a Globe by Abu al-Hasan

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1618: A Chameleon by Ustad Mansur

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1619: The cabinet of a collector with paintings, shells, coins, fossils and flowers by Frans Francken the Younger

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1620: Paradise by Jan Brueghel the Younger

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1621: Self-Portrait with Family by Jacob Jordaens

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1622: Landscapes in the Manner of Old Masters by Dong Qichang

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1623: Self-Portrait by Gianlorenzo Bernini

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1624: Hotei with Child by Ono Otsū

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1625: The Matchmaker by Gerard von Honthorst

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1626: Five Holy Men by Govardhan

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1627: Christ on the Cross by Francisco de Zurbarán

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1628: Entry of St Martin into Amiens by Krzysztof Boguszewski

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1629: Portrait of the Duke of Hamilton by Daniel Mytens

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1630: From the Accession Ceremonies of Shah Jahan by Bichitr

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1631: Two Lovers by Reza Abbasi

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1632: Ixion by Jusepe de Ribera

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1633: Self-portrait by Judith Leyster

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1634: Man on Horseback by Gerard ter Borch

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1635: Portrait of Galileo by Justus Sustermans

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1636: Charles I in Three Positions by Anthony van Dyck

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1637: Drinking Wine in the Garden by Chen Hongshou

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1638: Et in Arcadia Ego by Nicolas Poussin

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1639: Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi

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1640: Saint Joseph and the Christ Child by Guido Reni

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1641: The Thunderstorm by Jan van Goyen

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1642: The Night Watch by Rembrandt

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1643: The Four Sages of Mount Shang by Kanō Naonobu

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1644: Glasses in a Basket by Sebastian Stoskopff

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1645: Atlas Holding up the Celestial Globe by Guercino

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1646: Portrait of a Woman by Mo'en Mosavver

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1647: The Bull by Paulus Potter

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1648: Rostam and Sohrab by Mohammad Yusef the Painter

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1649: Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene by Georges de la Tour

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1650: Portrait of Pope Innocent X by Diego Velázquez

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1651: The Maas at Dordrecht by Aelbert Cuyp

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1652: The Triumph of Frederik Hendrik by Jacob Jordaens

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1653: Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels by David Teniers the Younger

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1654: The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius

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1655: Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk of Haarlem by Pieter Jansz

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1656: An Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes

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1657: The Visit by Pieter de Hooch

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1658: Saviour (Not Made by Hands) by Simon Ushakov

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1659: Human Fragility by Salvator Rosa

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1660: Ministry of the Apostles by Fyodor Zubov

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1661: The Coming of the Autumn by Hong Ren

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1662: Ex-Voto de 1662 by Philippe de Champaigne

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1663: Virgin and Child by Elisabetta Sirani

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1664: The Enchanted Castle by Claude Lorrain

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1665: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer

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1666: Krishna and Radha in a Bower by Sahibdin

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1667: Liberation of Peter by Bartolome Esteban Murillo

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1668: Board with Letter Rack and Music Book by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts

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1669: Interior of a Protestant Church by Emanuel de Witte

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1670: Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede by Jacob van Ruisdael

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1671: Peonies by Yun Shouping

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1672: The Gouden Bocht on the Herengracht in Amsterdam, Seen from the West by Gerrit Berckheyde

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1673: Birds and Flowers of Spring and Summer by Kanō Einō

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1674: Louis XIV at the taking of Besançon by Adam Frans van der Meulen

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1675: The Haarlem Painter's Guild by Jan de Bray

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1676: Two Old Men in Discussion Outside a Hut by Aliquli Jabbadar

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1677: Figures by Leng Mei

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1678: Two Birds by Bada Shanren

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1679: Siege of Rheinberg by Lambert de Hondt

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1680: Saint Quiricus and Saint Juliet by Gury Nikitin

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1681: Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove by Kano Tanshin

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1682: Christ Healing the Blind by Nicolas Colombel

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1683: Fish Market by Cornelis Dusart

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1684: The Breasfeeding of Santo Domingo by Cristóbal de Villalpando

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1685: Flying Celestial by Kiyohara Yukinobu

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1686: Battle of Öland by Claus Møinichen

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1687: The Convert from China by Godfrey Kneller

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1688: Snow Over Rivers and Mountains by Wang Shimin

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1689: Woman of the Apocalypse by Juan Correa

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1690: Mount Fuji in the Autumn by Kanō Tsunenobu

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1691: The Palace of Nine Perfections by Yuan Jiang

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1692: Blue Iris by Mohammad Zaman

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1693: Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work by Andrea Pozzo

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1694: Warships in a Heavy Storm by Ludolf Bakhuizen

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1695: Time Clipping Cupid's Wings by Pierre Mignard

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1696: The Great Market in Haarlem by Gerrit Berckheyde

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1697: Still Life by Edward Collier

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1698: Self Portrait in a Turban by Hyacinthe Rigaud

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1699: The Carrot by Willem Frederick Royen

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1700: Destruction of the Soleil Royal at the Battle of La Hogue by Adriaen van Diest

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