Johanna Koerten was a multifaceted artist in a wide range of media, including glass, silk, wax and watercolor. But she is most famous for her paper cuts, works that use small cuts and incisions in ...
Dutch Golden Age painter Maria van Oosterwijck and her assistant, Gerta Pieters, lived side by side in 17th century Amsterdam, Pieters having started out as van Oosterwijck’s maid. Victoria Redel’s ...
How did Rachel Ruysch, seen by some in the Dutch Golden Age as Holland’s most famous painter — for a while, she outsold Rembrandt — slip from grand renown to barely a footnote? Such are the vagaries ...
From the collections of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Groningen Museum, Keramiekmuseum Princessehof Leeuwarden. "NUR 655"--Page 280. Contents The Dutch Golden Age: growth, innovation ...
A new beginning: François Spiering and tapestry weaving in the Dutch Republic -- Museums and collections with Dutch tapestry -- Spiering tapestries -- Table carpets ...
Young Lion Resting, Rembrandt van Rijn, circa 1638-42 The Leiden Collection A new exhibition in Amsterdam brings together 75 paintings from the Leiden Collection, a stunning assortment of art from the ...
It didn't exactly take dogged detective work for an art sleuth in Amsterdam to solve a canine conundrum dating back to the Dutch Golden Age. Anne Lenders, a curator at the city's landmark Rijksmuseum, ...
Step into Hoorn, a picturesque city in North Holland, Netherlands, resting along the Markermeer Lake. Originating in the 14th century, Hoorn played a key role in the Dutch Golden Age as a major VOC ...