Dutch paintings of the seventeenth century in the rijksmuseum

Dutch-paintings-of-the-seventeenth-century-in-the-rijksmuseum-amsterdam:Artists Born Between 1570 and 1600 v. 1 (Rijksmuseum Series)

The Rijksmuseum is going over the next few years, his entire collection of paintings unlocking through a series of English-language catalogues in which all over 5500 work be discussed extensively and (page) great in color shown.

The accent in the paintings collection of the Rijksmuseum is the Dutch school; no less than about 2000 articles thereof originate from the 17th century. It is therefore not surprising that this century in four parts, with each separated tires for text and images. The first part appears this winter and includes 445 paintings of artists born between 1570 and 1600. They were the ones who stood at the cradle of the golden age, such as Hendrick Avercamp, Balthasar van der Ast, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Pieter Lastman, Pieter Saenredam and Esaias van de Velde. A number is with a large core of works in the collection are represented: Jan van Goyen (11 paintings), Frans Hals (11), Gerard van Honthorst (9), Frans van Mierevelt (9), Paulus Moreelse (7), Cornelis van Poelenburch Pieter Saenredam (5), (6) and most importantly Adriaen van de Venne (16).

An up-to-date biography of the more than one hundred artists goes to the discussion of their work in advance. The paintings contain a wide variety of themes and research questions, which often can be seen in a certain consistency. In addition to the traditional art-historical stylistic and iconographic research the material (scientific) research also plays a large role. By the chosen serial conception is quite possible per share a coherent art historical picture of the artistic developments in the relevant period, whereby the catalog also the function of an art historical Handbook.