Zolotoi vek gollandskoi zhivopisi. - Getashvili Nina Viktorovna

The 17th century in the history of Dutch painting is rightly called gold, because it was during this period that the paintings that glorified the fine art of this country were created. Not surprisingly, the guild of Dutch painters at that time was the largest: there were four times more artists than butchers, and twice as many as bakers. Dutch painting of the 17th century is extremely interesting in a variety of themes, subjects and genres - it was the "small Dutch" who were finally developed such popular genres today as still life, landscape, portrait and everyday painting. For a wide range of readers.