Overview
Celebrating the enduring British taste for collecting Dutch paintings from the long seventeenth century, this exhibition catalog will explore why and how this particular type of art was desired, commissioned, and displayed, through the consideration of Golden Age masterpieces from a number of National Trust houses. This catalog will be published to accompany the first ever exhibition of Golden Age Dutch pictures in the collection of the National Trust, which will be shown at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, the Holburne Museum in Bath and at Petworth House in West Sussex (2018-19). It will feature portraits, still lifes, religious pictures, maritime paintings, landscapes, genre paintings and history pictures, painted by celebrated artists such as Rembrandt, Lievens, Hobbema, Cuyp, Hondecoeter, De Heem, Ter Borch and Metsu, as well as less well-known artists such as De Baen and Van Diest. With over 350 heritage properties in the UK, the National Trust cares for one of the world's largest and most significant holdings of art and its collection of Dutch Old Masters is particularly impressive. The catalog will include essays by Quentin Buvelot (chief curator at the Mauritshuis) and David Taylor (curator of pictures and sculpture at the National Trust). The authors will also discuss other aspects of the influence of Dutch culture in British country houses (using National Trust examples) - on furniture, garden design, and print and ceramics collecting.
Full Product Details
Author: David Taylor ,
Quentin Buvelot
Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 25.90cm
Weight: 0.726kg
ISBN: 9781911300243
ISBN 10: 1911300245
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 31 May 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Dutch pictures and English country houses: a marvellously interwoven story ... the first exhibition of highlights among the many Dutch paintings in National Trust homes. --Financial Times, 19/20 May 2018
"""A jewel box of a show."" --Country Life (07/01/2018) ""A golden opportunity to see 22 Dutch masterpieces""--Epoch Times (06/01/2018) ★★★★ ""A glittering snapshot of the National Trust's collection ... more than an at-a-glance overview of the Golden Age. It also reveals much about the British relationship with 17th-century Dutch paintings.""-- (06/01/2018) ""A landmark exhibition""--Timeless Travel (06/01/2018) ""A small treat""--The Oldie (07/01/2018) ""Revelatory insights into significant paintings held by the National Trust.""--Bath Magazine (06/01/2018) ""A comprehensive picture of an era ... to study these pictures properly is not just to see, but to enter a society, to understand its aspirations and emotions, its sense of humour and its moral judgments ... opens up into an expansive view.""-- (05/01/2018) ""Dutch pictures and English country houses: a marvellously interwoven story ... the first exhibition of highlights among the many Dutch paintings in National Trust homes."" --Financial Times, 19/20 May 2018"
Author Information
David Taylor graduated in Scottish Historical Studies from the University of Edinburgh, and gained a PhD from the University of the Highlands and Islands. After teaching history at Douglas-Ewart High School he was Principal Teacher of History and Modern Studies at Kingussie High School (Badenoch) for thirty years. Now retired, he lives in Orkney.
