Giltaij Jeroen

The seventeenth century is often known as the Dutch Golden Age, not only because of the great wealth the country amassed but also because of the impressive cultural flowering. The art of painting in particular reached a high point. Throughout the century, countless highly talented artists created masterpieces that still evoke our admiration more than four centuries later. Their paintings are the jewels in the collections of museums all over the world.

The Dutch Golden Age Book is a new, compact and multifaceted survey of painting in the Dutch Golden Age. The book provides an outstanding picture of the exceptional and prolific production of paintings created in the Netherlands during the seventeenth century. This publication not only provides a complete picture of the Golden Age of Dutch painting, but also offers the very latest theories concerning this period as developed by Ronald de Leeuw, Director of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Holland.