Twenty years ago, I bought my first Old Master portrait. It wasn’t a famous painting, nor the most important work I would ever own, but it changed everything. Standing face to face with that seventeenth-century sitter, I felt an unexpected connection. It was as if time folded for a moment. That feeling - and my fascination with the Dutch Golden Age - never left me.
Argento Gallery grew from that first encounter. What began as a personal passion has become a gallery dedicated to the beauty, history and presence of 17th-century Dutch portraiture. These works are more than art: they are windows into another world, carrying with them centuries of stories.
Our collection brings together museum-quality portraits by masters such as Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck, Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt and Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn. Each piece has been carefully examined, restored and researched so their stories can be told again. These portraits once hung in patrician homes across Europe and America before finding their way to Argento Gallery. Today, they offer a vivid glimpse of Dutch life between 1600 and 1660.
We work with leading experts and restorers to preserve these paintings with the greatest care, revealing their subtle beauty without erasing their history. It’s this attention to detail that allows them to shine not only in museums but in private homes and modern interiors. We believe great art doesn’t belong behind glass alone. It belongs in daily life where its presence can move, inspire and endure.
When you choose Argento Gallery, you don’t just acquire a work of art. You welcome a piece of history into your world.
“Art is the remedy for life’s wounds.” — Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627–1678)
Jaco Pieper
Owner Argento Gallery
