57 Dutch genre painters

Christoffel Bisschop was a Dutch painter and lithographer, known primarily for genre scenes and figures.

Richard Bisschop was a Dutch painter, graphic artist and watercolorist.

Gerard ter Borch, also known as Gerard Terburg, was an influential and pioneering Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age. He influenced fellow Dutch painters Gabriel Metsu, Gerrit Dou, Eglon van der Neer and Johannes Vermeer. According to Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Ter Borch "established a new framework for subject matter, taking people into the sanctum of the home", showing the figures' uncertainties and expertly hinting at their inner lives. His influence as a painter, however, was later surpassed by Vermeer.

Andries Both, was a Dutch genre painter. He was part of the group of Dutch and Flemish genre painters active in Rome in the 17th century known as the bamboccianti, who painted scenes from the everyday life of the lower classes in Rome and its countryside.

Esaias Boursse, was a Dutch painter. His paintings were mainly genre works.

Quirijn or Quiringh Gerritsz van Brekelenkam, was a Dutch Baroque genre painter. He probably studied under Gerard Dou, and as a result his paintings from the 1640s and 1650s are similar to those of the Leiden fijnschilders.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes ; he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in large paintings.

Hendrick van der Burgh, was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter.

Thomas Simon Cool, a Dutch historical and genre painter, was born at the Hague on 12 December 1831. He studied at the Hague Academy under J. E. J. van den Berg, and Baron Leys, and first distinguished himself by his 'Atala,' exhibited in 1853. He resided in Paris from 1857 to 1860, and in Antwerp from 1861 to 1865, then in Breda as a teacher from 1866–1870. He died at Dordrecht on 29 August 1870. Also known for "Zelfpotret", a self-portrait, "Boy and Dog in Stable" also known as "A Child feeding a dog", "A peasant girl harvesting", and "Child with Cat (1865)"

Reynier Covyn, was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter.

Douwe de Hoop was a Dutch painter and draftsman.

Franz Wilhelm Maria Deutmann was a Dutch painter and photographer. He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and is considered to be part of the Laren School, an offshoot of the Hague School, which is an independent part of the international movement of impressionism.

Karel Dujardin was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Although he did a few portraits and a few history paintings of religious subjects, most of his work is small Italianate landscape scenes with animals and peasants, and other genre scenes. Dujardin spent two extended periods, at the beginning and end of his career, in Italy, and most of his paintings and landscape etchings have an Italian or Italianate setting.

Cornelis Dusart was a Dutch genre painter, draftsman, and printmaker.

Pieter Jacobsz. Duyfhuysen (1608–1677) was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter.

Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger, originally Joannes Henricus, was a Dutch painter, photographer and art educator.

Jan Ekels the Younger, was a Dutch painter of genre pieces and an imitator of the old masters, especially of J. Molenaer. Two pictures by him, one representing A young Man drawing, and the other A Peasant lighting a Pipe, are in the Städel Gallery at Frankfurt.

Adriaen van Gaesbeeck was a Dutch painter of genre subjects and portraits. His works, which are rare, are in the manner of Gerard Dou and Pieter van Slingeland. The Berlin Gallery possesses The Seamstress, and the Amsterdam Museum a portrait of a young man.

Joost van Geel, was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter in the style of Gabriel Metsu.

Petrus Franciscus Greive was a Dutch painter and lithographer.

Abraham van den Hecken was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre pieces, religious and historical scenes, portraits and still lifes. His son Abraham II van den Hecken was also an artist.

Egbert van Heemskerck, or Egbert Jaspersz van Heemskerk (1634–1704) was a Haarlem Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works who died in London in 1704. He is often confused with another genre painter also called Egbert van Heemskerk III who lived c. 1676 – 1744.

Dirck Helmbreker, Theodor Helmbreeker, or Teodoro Elembrech (1633–1696) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of Italianate landscapes.

Bartholomeus van der Helst was a Dutch painter. Considered to be one of the leading portrait painters of the Dutch Golden Age, his elegant portraits gained him the patronage of Amsterdam's elite as well as the Stadtholder's circle. Besides portraits, van der Helst painted a few genre pictures as well as some biblical scenes and mythological subjects.

Gerard van Honthorst was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the nickname Gherardo delle Notti. Early in his career he visited Rome, where he had great success painting in a style influenced by Caravaggio. Following his return to the Netherlands he became a leading portrait painter.

Pieter de Hooch was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, with whom his work shares themes and style.

Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever, known as Hein was a Dutch genre and still-life painter; associated with the Laren School.

Petrus Kiers was a Dutch painter, graphic artist and photographer. He created portraits, still-lifes and cityscapes, but he is best known for his genre scenes, lit by lamps or candles.

Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, was a Dutch painter and draughtsman.

Salomon (de) Koninck was a Dutch painter of genre scenes and portraits, and an engraver.

Hendrik Maarten Krabbé, or Heinrich Martin Krabbé was a Dutch genre artist and portrait painter.

Pieter Bodding van Laer was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He was active in Rome for over a decade and was known for genre scenes, animal paintings and landscapes placed in the environs of Rome.

Baruch Lopes Leão de Laguna was a Dutch painter of Portuguese-Jewish ancestry; associated with the Laren School. He is known primarily for portraits, genre scenes and still-lifes of flowers.

Arie Johannes Lamme, also spelled Ary was a Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer, art dealer and museum director. He specialized in genre scenes and historical works.

Nicolaes Maes was a Dutch painter known for his genre scenes, portraits, religious compositions and the occasional still life. A pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam, he returned to work in his native city of Dordrecht for 20 years. In the latter part of his career he returned to Amsterdam where he became the leading portrait painter of his time. Maes contributed to the development of genre painting in the Netherlands and was the most prominent portrait painter working in Amsterdam in the final three decades of the 17th century.

Gabriël Metsu (1629–1667) was a Dutch painter of history paintings, still lifes, portraits, and genre works. He was "a highly eclectic artist, who did not adhere to a consistent style, technique, or one type of subject for long periods". Only 14 of his 133 works are dated.

Frans van Mieris, the elder, was a Dutch Golden Age genre and portrait painter. The leading member of a Leiden family of painters, his sons Jan (1660–1690) and Willem (1662–1747) and his grandson Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689–1763) were also accomplished genre painters.

Jan Miense Molenaer, was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age painting. He shared a studio with his wife, Judith Leyster, also a genre painter, as well as a portraitist and painter of still-life. Both Molenaer and Leyster may have been pupils of Frans Hals.

Godard Alexander Gerrit Philip Mollinger was a Dutch landscape and genre painter. Although he signed his paintings "A. Mollinger", some sources refer to him as Gerrit Mollinger.

Arnout de Muyser was a painter active in the second half of the sixteenth century. He is an elusive character, who left several notable paintings of market scenes, but little is known about the artist himself. His work is believed to have influenced a later generation of German painters.

Adriaen van Ostade was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works.

Isaac van Ostade was a Dutch genre and landscape painter.

David Oyens and Pieter Oyens, identical twins, were Dutch painters who specialized in genre scenes. They both spent most of their careers in Brussels. Their name was originally spelled "Oijens".

Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje was a Dutch-Belgian painter of genre scenes and portraits; mostly of women.

Paulus Potter was a Dutch painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point.

Albert Jurardus van Prooijen was a Dutch painter of cityscapes, landscapes and genre scenes.

Johanna Elisabeth Repelius, known as Betsy was a Dutch painter and watercolorist who specialized in simple, one-figure, genre scenes.

Frans Rijckhals, or François Ryckhals was a Dutch painter and designer. His works combine genre scenes with still-lifes.

Petrus Van Schendel (1806-1870) was a Dutch-Belgian genre painter in the Romantic style who specialized in nighttime scenes, lit by lamps or candles. This led to him being known as "Monsieur Chandelle".

Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer, or Schoenmaker Doijer was a Dutch painter, primarily of genre and historical scenes.

Jacob van Staverden was a Dutch painter who emigrated to Rome where he formed part of the group of genre painters known as the Bamboccianti.

Jan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century. His works are known for their psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour.

Daniel Thivart was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter.

Pieter Harmensz Verelst was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Three of his sons, Simon, Herman, and Johannes Verelst, also became painters.

Jan Verkolje or Johannes Verkolje was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver. He is mainly known for his portraits and genre pieces of elegant couples in interiors and, to a lesser extent, for his religious and mythological compositions. He was a gifted mezzotint artist. Trained in Amsterdam Verkolje spent his active professional career in Delft where he had access to powerful patrons.

Johannes Vermeer, original name Jan Vermeer van Delft, was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class life. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. Nonetheless, he produced relatively few paintings and evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death.

Jacob Vrel was a Dutch, Flemish, or Westphalian painter of interiors and urban street scenes during the Dutch Golden Age.