Like Alpers’s, Fowler’s book neglects the variety of 17th-century Dutch art, which encompassed much more than still lifes and church interiors, such as the theatrical paintings of Jan Steen or ...
Detail from Rembrandt van Rijns painting Two African Men. Sailko/The Mauritshuis/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY The so-called ...
still lifes and scenes of everyday life (also known as genre painting). Dutch art contrasts notably with the Flemish Baroque painting made during the same period in neighboring Flanders (i.e., the ...
Drawing upon Dutch Still Life Painting of the 17th century, Still Life Stories presents a series of multipurpose food containers, that interpret classical paintings in a contemporary manner. Still ...
The commercial prominence of the Netherlands in the seventeenth century ... Dutch passion for collections of little objects or the broad range of subjects and styles in Dutch still life painting.
Dutch artist, born in Amsterdam, Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) specialized in winter landscapes.  His father Barent Avercamp ...
As one Dutch observer wrote ... When she wasn’t engaged in the noble art of wielding a sword, she could be found picking spectator’s pockets.) Of course, this limited understanding of ...