Rulers:
• Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665)
• Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658)
Literature:
• Molière (1622-1673): The Love-Tiff (1656)
Art:
• Guercino (1591-1666): Deposizione nel sepolcro (1656)
• Guercino (1591-1666): Sant’Antonio da Padova col Bambino Gesù (1656)
• Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Dos mujeres en la ventana (c.1655-60)
• Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): La Adoración de los Reyes Magos (c.1655-60)
• Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Magdalena penitente (c.1650-65)
• Post, Frans (1612-1680): Brazilian Landscape (1656)
• Post, Frans (1612-1680): Plantation Settlement in Brazil (1656)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): A Woman Holding a Pink (1656)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Boy (1655-60)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Gentleman with a Tall Hat (1656-58)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan (1656-58)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Man (1650-60)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels (1654-56)
• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Titus van Rijn, the Artist’s Son, Reading (1656-57)
• Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): Las hilanderas (1655-60)
• Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): Las meninas (1656)
• Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): Retrato de doña Mariana de Austria (1655-57)
• Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675): A Maid Asleep (1656-57)
• Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675): Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1654-56)
• Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675): The Procuress (1656)