Self-Portrait, by Rembrandt, 1660 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"The Enchantress," by Paulus Bor (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Aristotle with a Bust of Homer," by Rembrandt, 1653 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Man with a Magnifying Glass," by Rembrandt (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Study of a Young Woman," by Johannes Vermeer (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Falconer's Bag," By Jan Weenix, 1695. (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Interior of the Old Church in Delft," by Emanuel de Witte (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Herman Doomer," by Rembrandt, 1640 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill," by Pieter Claesz, 1628 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John," by Hendrick ter Brugghen, ca. 1625 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John," by Hendrick ter Brugghen, ca. 1625 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Anna van der Aar" (born 1576/77, died after 1626), by Frans Hals, 1626 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Drawing the Eel, " by Salomon van Ruysdael (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Young Woman with a Water Pitcher," by Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1662 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Merrymakers at Shrovetide," by Frans Hals, ca. 1615 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Young Man and Woman in an Inn" (Yonker Ramp and His Sweetheart), by Frans Hals, 1623 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Wheat Fields," by Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, ca. 1670 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"A Maid Asleep," by Johannes Vermeer (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Woman with a Pink," by Rembrandt, early 1660 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Man in Oriental Costume" (The Noble Slav), by Rembrandt, 1632 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware," by Willem Claesz. Heda, 1635 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

“Vanitas Still Life,” by Jacques de Gheyn the Elder, 1603 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"The Visit to the Nursery," by Gabriël Metsu, 1661 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

"Curiosity," by Gerard ter Borch, ca. 1660 (Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art)