A prosperous middle class eager to express its status and its new sense of national pride, replaced the church and monarchy as the primary patrons of art.
1600 - 1700
A prosperous middle class eager to express its status and its new sense of national pride, replaced the church and monarchy as the primary patrons of art.
1600 - 1700
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As we can see in a closer examination of The Jewish Cemetery, Ruisdael's works were closely based on, but not entirely beholden to, the world he saw around him.
Rembrandt's enigmatic self-portrait at Kenwood House is an apt example of the artist's long career in self-exploration.
Perspective is the star of this painting. Saenredam expertly widens the viewpoint to create an interior panorama.
With its almost sculptural surface and dazzling range of textures, this painting once reduced van Gogh to tears.
Built for nobility and now home to royals, this palace has a checkered past. It held art, then political prisoners.
Is this the eighth wonder of the world? Amsterdam’s leaders thought so—their hall contains a universe in miniature.
Virtue, or vice? This seated woman is an icon of domesticity, but the man’s money may tempt her away from work.
The subjects appear quiet and austere, yet Hals’s expressive use of paint animates this group portrait.
In this painting, Rembrandt plays with the division between reality and illusion, present and past. Who’s the girl?
Are we awaiting a duet or interrupting a solo? One of Dou’s finest, this intimate scene defies easy interpretation.
Kalf celebrates the fruits of life but reminds us of our mortality. The light—and his technique—are otherworldly.
Zero in on the beautiful passages of line in this print—and witness the artist at work.
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