Dutch Golden Age Painting

Two (unrelated) additional things to perhaps keep in mind: The preservatives used in this era have turned the paintings considerably darker today than when they were painted. Secondly, it is worth noting that the black cloth and white cloth common on the people in these paintings was quite expensive at the time. This is also why the subjects of genre paintings are typically clothed in more colourful fashion. In the case of the Sophia Trip portrait it is noteworthy that while the style of clothes is very simple, the type of cloth used is still of the very expensive sort (black cloth & white frilly embroidery).

I think you skipped the most famous maritime painters: Willem van de Velde (both father and son). They painted many battles between England and the Netherlands; even the lost ones.

Great video as ever Tom! This really took me back to my final year of school and my Art History class when I did a big project on Golden Age still life and which major force in society was the biggest driver of the movement. Keep up the good work!

This is so helpful! I'm doing a poster over the Dutch Republic for AP euro and your videos are super awesome so thank you

Absolutely fantastic and interesting, thank you from Scotland!

I just discovered Pieter Codde (born 1599) His portrait of a young scholar (melancholy) blew my mind, Lucien Freud-esque intensity and precision, painted around 400 years ago

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Firstly I want to say thank you because this has helped me immensely in understanding art of this period. I am British student doing an art history module as part of my arts and humanities degree and I am currently doing an assignment on art from two locations in the 17th century, one of these is the Netherlands. Normally I can complete assignments without any outside assistance, from just using the materials provided, however, I became confused with this one as it is asking about how the visual culture of Dutch 17th century paintings represented urban and city culture, however the chapter in the book looks at a lot more landscape and rural settings as well as genre paintings which led me to become confused about how I was to use examples from the book that expressed the representation of urban and city life. The book I have doesn’t directly address the categories of art, although it does look at some. I was wondering if you could help me in better understanding these categories... for example, which category would Gabriel Metsu’s - vegetable market in Amsterdam fall into? Would this be a mixture of genre painting and landscape? Also, what category would Isaac Elias’ merry company fall into? Would this be a portrait? And lastly the one I am most unsure about is, Jan Steen’s the so-called brewery of jan steen (the life of man)

Hey Tom you really make great videos...really enjoyed it. Thanks

My favorite Dutch painting is “The Night Watch.”

Great and very educational. I really enjoyed this video!

Enjoyed listening to you while painting,thank you

Thank u!! It was a very good lecture 😄

Why are you so interested in the Netherlands, Tom? What makes Dutch History so awesome?

Can you cover up Partitions of Poland?!

Wow. Thanks I really enjoyed your video. I will definitely check out your other ones.

My favourite era!

Have you ever seen some paintings by Jan Steen? We even have a saying based on his paintings: "a household of Jan Steen" (een huishouden van Jan Steen). And for the Utrecht pronunciation: try saying the u like 'ü' instead of 'oo'. 😋 Great video and groeten uit Noord Brabant, NL 🇳🇱

Amazing! Thank you!

Thank you for this video about Dutch Painters👍 Btw thanks for watching my paintings👍