Hieronymus Francken I or Hieronymus Francken the Elder was a Flemish painter and an important member of the Francken family of artists. After training in Antwerp, he was mainly active in France, where he became court painter at the French court. His compositions with elegant groups of dancing figures, musicians and courtiers anticipate the development of this genre in the 17th century.
Carnival in Venice, c. 1565
Courtiers strolling in a garden, 1610
Banquet Scene, An Allegory on Love and Lust, 1555-1610
Abraham Bloemaert was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, who trained most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.
Moses Striking the Rock, 1596, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, 1624
The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael, oil on canvas