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Painting in the
Dutch Golden Age
a profile of the seventeenth century
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Painting in the Dutch Golden Age
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Painting in the Dutch Golden Age
A Profile of the Seventeenth Century
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Acknowledgments
This teaching packet is a project of the National
Gallery of Art, department of education publica-
tions. Writers Carla Brenner, Jennifer Riddell, and
Barbara Moore extend sincere thanks to colleagues
at the Gallery: curator of northern baroque paint-
ings Arthur Wheelock, exhibition research assistants
Jephta Dullaart and Ginny Treanor, and curatorial
assistant Molli Kuenstner, who generously shared
books and expertise; head of the education divi-
sion Lynn Pearson Russell; editor Ulrike Mills and
designer Chris Vogel; and fellow staff members
Ira Bartfield, Barbara Bernard, Ricardo Blanc, Bob
Grove, Peter Huestis, Greg Jecmen, Leo Kasun, Yuri
Long, Donna Mann, Marjorie McMahon, Rachel
Richards, Carrie Scharf, Neal Turtell, and Barbara
Woods. We also thank our colleague Anna Tummers,
lecturer in art history, University of Amsterdam, for
her original manuscript, sustained collaboration, and
precise editorial comments, which have nurtured this
book to its final form.
© 2007 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art,
Washington
cover and frontispiece
front cover:
Jan Davidsz de Heem, Dutch, 1606–1683/1684,
Vase of
Flowers
(detail), c. 1660, oil on canvas, 69.6 56.5 (273⁄8 22¼),
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Fund
back cover:
Frans Hals, Dutch, c. 1582/1583–1666,
Willem Coymans
(detail), 1645, oil on canvas, 77 64 (30¼ 25), National Gallery of
Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection
frontispiece:
Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch, 1631–1708,
Ships in Distress
off a Rocky Coast
(detail), 1667, oil on canvas, 114.3 167.3 (45 657⁄8),
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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