From Antwerp to Amsterdam : painting from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / texts by Pim Arts [and fourteen others] ; translation, Ted Alkins ; exhibition curator Micha Leeflang.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Ode to Antwerp, the Secret of the Dutch Masters from 14 May to 17 September 2023 at the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht. Translation of: Van Antwerpen naar Amsterdam, Schilderkunst uit de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw. Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-406).
Contents:
'Art desires to be near wealth'-From Antwerp to Amswerdam / Micha Leeflang -- Venite et videte-Come and see / Koenraad Jonckheere -- The art of conservation / Sven Van Dorst -- Catalogue.
Summary:
"Seventeenth-century Dutch art is famed throughout the world. Yet how 'Dutch' are those paintings in actual fact? Did the countless history pieces, landscapes, portraits, still lifes and scenes from everyday life truly originate in cities like Amsterdam, Haarlem, Delft and Leiden? Or might the cradle of these genres actually be located somewhere else? This book presents over ninety masterpieces by Flemish and Dutch artists to show how seventeenth-century Dutch painting could never have flourished the way it did without the foundations laid in sixteenth-century Antwerp. Thoroughly researched, it tells the story of the talented and accomplished artists and merchants who migrated north in search of religious liberty and new commercial opportunities after Antwerp fell to Spanish Catholic troops in 1585. 'From Antwerp to Amsterdam' is a timeless reference work containing unique paintings by outstanding masters such as Joos Van Cleve, Pieter Aertsen, Maarten De Vos, Frans Floris, Frans Hals, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Jan Steen and Rembrandt Van Rijn"--Page 4 of cover.
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