Bibliograph

Class distinctions, Dutch painting in the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Ronni Baer ; with essays by Henk van Nierop, Herman Roodenburg, Eric Jan Sluijter, Marieke de Winkel, and Sanny de Zoete ; essays translated by Diane Webb

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Class distinctions, Dutch painting in the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Ronni Baer ; with essays by Henk van Nierop, Herman Roodenburg, Eric Jan Sluijter, Marieke de Winkel, and Sanny de Zoete ; essays translated by Diane Webb

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-316) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Class distinctions

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

910702725

Responsibility statement

Ronni Baer ; with essays by Henk van Nierop, Herman Roodenburg, Eric Jan Sluijter, Marieke de Winkel, and Sanny de Zoete ; essays translated by Diane Webb

Sub title

Dutch painting in the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer

Summary

"The Dutch Republic in the 17th century was home to one of the greatest flowerings of painting in the history of Western art. Freed from the constraints of royal and church patronage, artists created a rich outpouring of works that circulated through an open market to patrons and customers at every level of Dutch society. The closely observed details of daily life captured in portraits, genre scenes and landscapes offer a wealth of information about the possessions, activities and circumstances that distinguished members of the social classes, from the nobility to the urban poor. The dazzling array of paintings gathered here--by artists such as Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Pieter de Hooch and Gerard ter Borch, as well as Rembrandt and Vermeer--illuminated by essays from leading scholars, invites us to explore a vibrant early modern society and its reflection in a golden age of brilliant painting"--, Source other than Library of Congress

Table Of Contents

The anatomy of society / Henk van Nierop -- Smelling rank and status / Herman Roodenburg -- Ambition and apparel / Marieke de Winkel -- Laying the table / Sanny de Zoete -- Ownership of paintings in the Dutch Golden Age / Eric Jan Sluijter -- Stadholders and the court -- Nobles and aspiring nobles -- Regents and wealthy merchants / with Ian Kennedy -- Professions and trades / with Ian Kennedy -- Women at work -- Labor -- The indigent -- Where the classes meet -- Artists biographies / John Hawley

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Dutch painting in the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer

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