Dutch Golden Age
Stories tagged Dutch Golden Age.
Where to See ItWhere to See Every Vermeer Painting in the WorldThere are only about 35 of them. Here is the map: city by city, museum by museum, and the one that is still missing.
Where to See ItWhere to Discover Art in AmsterdamA first-timer’s route through the city’s great museums — Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Gogh in an afternoon.
Behind the MasterpieceThe Secret Hiding in Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring”She isn’t a portrait, the pearl may not be a pearl, and that’s only the start.
Behind the MasterpieceWhat Makes Vermeer's "The Milkmaid" a Masterpiece?A servant, a loaf of bread, and a thread of milk that has held still for 350 years.
Behind the MasterpieceRembrandt's "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp," ExplainedA 25-year-old painter, a public dissection, and the group portrait that made his name.
Behind the Masterpiece"The Goldfinch": The Tiny Painting Behind the Bestselling NovelA chained bird, a doomed painter, and a 1654 panel that survived an explosion.
Artist StoriesWho Was Johannes Vermeer, and Why Are His Paintings So Rare?A Delft painter who left behind roughly 34 works — and one of the most famous faces in art.
Artist StoriesWho Was Rembrandt van Rijn?The Dutch master who painted his own face for forty years — and went spectacularly broke.
Artist StoriesWho Was Judith Leyster? The Forgotten Master of the Dutch Golden AgeFor two centuries her paintings were credited to Frans Hals. Then someone found her monogram.
Movements & IdeasWhat Was the Dutch Golden Age of Painting?A tiny republic, a new merchant class, and the century that gave us Rembrandt and Vermeer.