This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!

Ten Artists Born in 17th Century

1. Claude Lorrain
2. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
3. Willem van der Velde the Younger
   

   

4. Johannes Vermeer
5. Wenceslaus Hollar
6. Aelbert Cuyp
7. Pieter de Hooch
8. Antoine Watteau
9. William Hogarth
10. Peter Lely