Includes an introduction with approximately 35 photographs. This book contains a selection of the most important works of the epoch. It features artists such as: Francesco Albani, Caravaggio, Valentin de Boulogne, Jan Breughel the Elder, Annibale Carracci, Anthonis van Dyck, Adam Elsheimer, Georg Flegel, Luca Giordano, Guercino, and others.