Dutch Portraits: The Age of Rembrandt and Frans HalsPortrait art of Holland's Golden Age is one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of Western art, distinguished by a powerful realism, an immense diversity and, above all, a high artistic level. The National Gallery in London and the Mauritshuis in The Hague are mounting a major exhibition on the subject in 2007. The main thread running through the exhibition is the chronological development of the portrait, interwoven with several themes like the individual portrait, the double portrait, the family portrait, the group portrait, militia and regents portraits as well as children's portraits.Within each theme a selection of works are being shown which offer imposing and also exciting juxtapositions. In this accessible publication all the exhibited paintings are illustrated in colour and have accompanying information. The texts are prefaced by three lavishly illustrated essays on the development of portraiture in the northern part of the Netherlands and the costumes worn in portraits. |
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Adriaen Amster Amsterdams Historisch Museum Antwerp artists Broos in Mauritshuis civic guard clothing commissions Cornelis Coymans Delft depicted Dirck Dordrecht Double Portrait dressed Dudok van Heel Dutch Ekkart Enkhuizen fashion Frans Hals Museum Frederik Gemäldegalerie genre Gerard ter Borch Graeff group portrait guild Haarlem Hague Hals's Helst Hendrick Heythuysen Huygens ibid Jacob Jan de Bray Jan Six Jan van Ravesteyn Johannes Jongh in Haarlem lace Leiden life-sized London Maes Margaretha Marieke de Winkel Mauritshuis 2004 Michiel Mierevelt militia pieces National Gallery 1991 Nicolaes Nicolaes Maes Northern Netherlands Oil on canvas Oil on panel painting pendant Pickenoy Picture Gallery Mauritshuis Pieter Pietersz portrait painters portraitists portraiture pose Private collection PROVENANCE Ravesteyn Rembrandt Rijksmuseum Royal Picture Gallery Salomon de Bray SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY seventeenth century sitter Slive in Washington-London-Haarlem stadholder style Thomas de Keyser traits Tulp Utrecht Verspronck viewer Voort Washington-London-Haarlem 1989-90 wears wife