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Heritage: from 1246
1246 - 1583
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Youth: to age 40
1632 - 1653
1654 - 1672
Early Career: 40 to 70
1673 - 1679
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Late Career: after 70
1702 - 1712
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1720 - 1776
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Leeuwenhoek
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Maria's estate
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De Meij
Barbara Elias
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Swalmius
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De Molijn
Margrieta Philips
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Van den Berch
Margrietke Jacobs
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Hogenhouck
Neeltje Jans
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Period 1 1673-1679
Chronology
Period 2 1679-1686
Chronology
Period 3 1687-1694
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Period 4 1694-1702
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Period 5 1702-1712
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Period 6 1712-1719
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Period 7 1720-1723
Delft in Holland
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Life in Holland
Jan Luyken
Pieter de Hooch
Jan Steen
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Gabriel Metsu
Delft
The Prince's city
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Chronology: City history
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Leeuwenhoek’s contemporaries
Life in Holland in the 1600's
Life in Holland
in the 1600's
Man Writing a Letter
The Letter-Writer Surprised
The Wine Drinker
The Virginal Lesson
The Intruder
Work in Holland
in the 1600's
Dyer
Instrument maker
Lawyer
Astrologer
Images of life in Holland
Gabriel Metsu
1629-1667
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Feast of the Bean King
Hunter's Gift
Man Writing a Letter
Old Drinker
Old Woman Selling Fish
The Apothecary
The Cook
The Intruder
The Letter-Writer Surprised
The Poultry Woman
The Sick Child
The Sleepy Sportsman
The Virginal Lesson
The Virginal Player
The Wine Drinker
Woman Feeding a Cat
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Life in Holland slide shows
Adriaen van Ostade
Jan Steen
Pieter de Hooch
Gabriel Metsu
Jan Luyken
Life in Holland
in the 1600's
The Tooth Puller
Tavern Scene
Nocturnal Serenade
Woman Drinking with Two Men
Woman and Maid in Courtyard
Mother with Cradle
