Class distinctions
Subtitle: Dutch painting in the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer
By: Ronni Baer ; with essays by Henk van Nierop, Herman Roodenburg, Eric Jan Sluijter, Marieke de Winkel, and Sanny de Zoete ; essays translated by Diane Webb
Contributors: Nierop, Henk F. K. van, writer of added commentary; Roodenburg, Herman, writer of added commentary; Sluijter, Eric Jan, 1946- writer of added commentary; Winkel, Marieke de, writer of added commentary; Zoete, Sanny de, 1954- writer of added commentary; Webb, Diane, translator; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780878468300
Subjects: Dutch Painting; Social classes in art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Dutch painting in the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer
Description: "The Dutch Republic in the 17th century was home to one of the greatest flowerings of painting in the history of Western art. Freed from the constraints of royal and church patronage, artists created a rich outpouring of works that circulated through an open market to patrons and customers at every level of Dutch society. The closely observed details of daily life captured in portraits, genre scenes and landscapes offer a wealth of information about the possessions, activities and circumstances that distinguished members of the social classes, from the nobility to the urban poor. The dazzling array of paintings gathered here--by artists such as Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Pieter de Hooch and Gerard ter Borch, as well as Rembrandt and Vermeer--illuminated by essays from leading scholars, invites us to explore a vibrant early modern society and its reflection in a golden age of brilliant painting." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 11, 2015-January 18, 2016 and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, February 20-May 29, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-316) and index.

Translated from the Dutch.
Table of contents: title: The anatomy of society / Henk van Nierop; title: Smelling rank and status / Herman Roodenburg; title: Ambition and apparel / Marieke de Winkel; title: Laying the table / Sanny de Zoete; title: Ownership of paintings in the Dutch Golden Age / Eric Jan Sluijter; title: Stadholders and the court; title: Nobles and aspiring nobles; title: Regents and wealthy merchants / with Ian Kennedy; title: Professions and trades / with Ian Kennedy; title: Women at work; title: Labor; title: The indigent; title: Where the classes meet; title: Artists biographies / John Hawley.