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 ...

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 ...

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.

Christie's is offering a group of important and highly collectable 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), during two live ...

Later in life, his images were more minimal and solemn. Rembrandt influenced generations of artists who came after him and is still ... 17th-century Amsterdam, which is why the surgeons in this ...

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 ...