Das Goldene Zeitalter der niederländischen Malerei im 17. Jahrhundert

Rembrandt to Rubens: A Century of Masterpieces

The Golden Age of Dutch painting spans roughly the 17th century and includes all the great names of this artistic era, such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens, Van Dyck, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Frans Hals, and Carel Fabritius. At the time when the formerly united Netherlands had definitively split into an independent northern part and a southern part still under Spanish rule, art and culture experienced a tremendous upswing. Countless masterpieces were created: genre scenes, landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, as well as religious and historical subjects. Illustrated with a fantastic wealth of magnificent images on double pages and in detail, the knowledgeable and elegant text by Dutch painting specialist Norbert Wolf brings together works of Dutch and Flemish painting into a unique overall view. This creates a completely new and unique perspective on one of the most fascinating chapters in art history.