Vermeer and the Delft School (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: March 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9780300088489
Subjects: History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Individual artists; c 1600 to c 1700; Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Exhibition Catalogs; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Netherlands; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum; European; History - General; Art / History / European; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; 1632-1675; 17th century; Art, Dutch; Delft; Delft school of art; Exhibitions; Vermeer, Johannes,
First sentence: IN THE SPRING OF 1660 Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), whose famous diary was then in its twentieth week, left his temporary lodgings in the court city of The Hague to see the neighboring city of Delft.
Description: "Seventeenth-century Delft has often been viewed as a quaint town whose artists painted scenes of domestic life. This book revises that image, showing that the small but vibrant Dutch city produced a wide range of artworks, including luxurious tapestries and silver objects, as well as sophisticated paintings for the court at The Hague and for patrician collectors in Delft itself."--Jacket.