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The Dutch Golden Age developed the art of genre paintings. This included works depicting musicians, tavern scenes, housewives in quiet interiors, courtship scenes, festive occasions, and brothel scenes, to name just a few.
Oct 16, 2018 · The Dutch Republic, which gained independence from Spain in 1648 after eighty years of warfare, provided fertile ground for an experimental and competitive art market. We now celebrate this "Golden Age" for the signature realism of Rembrandt , the earthy humor of Frans Hals , and the luminous scenes of everyday life by Vermeer .
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Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid (1658–1661) Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, [1] during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence. The new Dutch Republic was the most prosperous nation in Europe and led ...
The guilder (Dutch: gulden, pronounced [ˈɣʏldə(n)] ⓘ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.. The Dutch name gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning "golden", and reflects the fact that, when first introduced in 1434, its value was about equal to (i.e., it was on par with) the Italian gold florin.
- The Night Watch – Rembrandt van Rijn. Date created: 1642. Dimensions: 363 × 437 centimeters (142.9 × 172 inches) Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Johannes Vermeer. Date created: 1665. Dimensions: 44.5 × 39 centimeters (17.5 × 15 inches) Location: Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands.
- Laughing Cavalier – Frans Hals. Date created: 1624. Dimensions: 83 × 67.3 centimeters (33 × 26.5 inches) Location: Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom.
- The Matchmaker – Gerard van Honthorst. Date created: 1625. Dimensions: 71 × 104 centimeters (28 × 41 inches) Location: Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Dutch Paintings of the 17th Century. Despite the political and religious turmoil of the Eighty Years’ War (1589–1648), in the early 17th century the northern Netherlands experienced great economic prosperity due to the country’s international maritime trade and high levels of urbanization. With the foundation of the Dutch Republic came an ...
May 15, 2021 · Jacob Isaacsz van Ruisdael (1628—1682) Jacob van Ruisdael was the most important landscape painter in the Netherlands in the 17th century. He gave a new dimension to landscape art by portraying nature as a metaphor for the darker aspects of human psychology. Before him, Dutch artists only used trees as decorative elements, whereas Ruisdael ...
