Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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Volume 1: Artists Born Between 1570 and 1600
Jonathan Bikker, Yvette Bruijnen, Gerdien Wuestman, Everhard Korthals Altes, Jan Piet Filedt Kok,and Taco Dibbits
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Format: Hardcover with SlipcasePrice: $400.00
This spectacular slipcased two-volume set is the first in a series of four catalogues that will showcase the holdings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which owns the world’s largest and most representative collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Focusing on 445 works by such masters as Hendrick Avercamp, Balthasar van der Ast, Hendrick ter Brugghen, and Esaias van de Velde, Volume I presents the work of some 100 painters who together provide a comprehensive overview of the dawn of 17th-century Dutch art.
An up-to-date biography is provided for each artist as is the complete known provenance for each painting. The paintings have been fully researched and described, and all are reproduced in full color. An appendix of photographed signatures is also included. For every admirer of the Dutch masters, this set is both a treasure trove of information and a delight to the eye.
“[an] excellent academic [publication] … The quality of the pictures (accompanied where appropriate by lavish details) … is superb … the entries present what has become known about [each work], with the effect that one gets the idea that … it is the paintings themselves that are speaking to us … The Rijksmuseum catalogue, with its matter-of-fact approach, its splendidly edited text and the visual pleasure it provides … sets the standard … We can only hope that the next volumes will follow soon.” - Xander Van Eck, Burlington
Publication Date: November 25, 2008
440 color illus.
![](https://drupal.yalebooks.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/book_jacket/public/imagecache/external/5c4308ae867365ce3fdeb7b511ba12a1.jpg?itok=PtrGBA50 ""The Dance around the Golden Calf" by Lucas van Leyden")
