Dutch Painting by Marjorie E. Wieseman


Dutch Painting
Title : Dutch Painting
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ISBN : 1857095790
ISBN-10 : 9781857095791
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 96
Publication : First published January 1, 1983

The National Gallery, London, is home to a world-renowned collection of Dutch paintings that includes masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Cuyp, and Ruisdael, among many others. Still lifes painted with painstaking attention to detail, sublime landscapes, vividly human portraits, and intimate interiors: these beloved paintings tell the story of the Dutch Golden Age, when art, science, and trade thrived. Now the National Gallery’s popular 2007 guide to the collection has been revised, featuring an elegant new design and an extended introduction that examines why painting flourished in the 17th-century Dutch Republic, and why it is so enduringly popular today. Striking image details enhance the book and updated, informative texts accompany each work of art. Accessible and illuminating, this guide is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Dutch painting.


Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press

Dutch Painting Reviews

  • Stephen Ede-Borrett

    A worthwhile read with interesting notes on the artists whose work is shown. The author (as always in such things) cannot avoid wild speculations as to 'hidden meanings' shown in the paintings - I suspect that the artists themselves would be equally perplexed by some of these. In most cases I would suggest that the painting is no more than a depiction of something and there IS no hidden meaning. (and I did say 'most' not 'all').

    The interest of the book is, of course, the art and the reproductions are beautiful - its worth 'reading' the book just to wonder of the illustrations, which I think most people will, including me.

    Very worthwhile just don't take the author's guesses on deeper meanings as any more than just that - speculation and guesswork.