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Wayne Franits
Description: Dutch Seventeenth-Century Genre Painting: Its Stylistic and Thematic Evolution
Dutch Seventeenth-Century Genre Painting: Its Stylistic and Thematic Evolution
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Wayne Franits
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Copyright© 2004 by Wayne Franits
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Prefixes in names are ignored in the filing order, eg. Gerrit van Honthorst will be found under Honthorst.
Adonis 206, 242–3
aemulatio 125, 257
Aertsen, Pieter 191
alchemy 140–42
Alpers, Svetlana 6, 268n.12
amatory imagery see courtship; love
Amsterdam
art market 290n.39
and Haarlem 7, 17–18, 263n.7
history 53, 175
Town Hall 185
Angel, Philips 3, 62, 63, 119
antique manner (style), in art 221–2, 228–30, 248–9, 254, 255–7, 301n.78
apes see monkeys
Aphrodite see Venus
appropriation, theory of 187
architectural scenes 86
aristocratization 96–7, 196, 221, 275nn.5–6, 278n.4, 281n.125, 291n.66
Arminius, Jacobus 13, 115
art market 2–3, 15, 131, 134, 175, 220, 259 see also patrons
artists
as models in paintings 208–9, 300n.25
paintings of 44–5, 267n.245
Assendelft, Nicolaes van 172
Baburen, Dirck van 66–71
Backgammon Players 69–71, 70
Loose Company 69, 69
The Procuress 67, 68, 173–4, 270n.18, 271n.48
Young Man Playing a Jew’s Harp 71
Baer, Ronni 120
Baltens, Digna 166
Barlaeus, Caspar 79
Poemata 79
Bassano, Jacopo 76
Bassen, Bartholomeus van 86–7, 273nn.11–12
Renaissance Interior with Banqueters (with Esaias van de Velde) 86–7, 86
Beck, David 7
Bega, Cornelis 139–44, 283n.51
Alchemist 140–42, 141, 282–3n.43
Duet 142, 143, 283n.46
Young Mother 139–40, 140
Begga, Aeltie Pieters 283n.51
Berchem, Nicolaes 160, 197, 286n.23
Berckel, Gerard van 172
Berckhout, Pieter Teding van 173, 224
beret, motif 278n.84
Beuckelaer, Joachim 191
Beverwijck, Johan van 198
“Schat der gesontheydt” 38
Bie, Cornelis de 35, 87
Bijlert, Jan van 193, 270n.22
birdcage, motif 183
birds, motif 180, 225–7, 233–4, 289n.35
Bisschop, Jan de 222, 228
Signorum veterum icones 248
black clothing, significance of 100, 276n.15
Blasius, Johannes 130
Bleyswijck, Dirck van 173
Bloemaeert, Abraham 66, 167
Bloot, Pieter de 189
Bode, Wilhelm von 137
Bodin, Jean 280n.65
Bok, Marten Jan 66
Bol, Hans 53
Winter (engraving by Johannes Sadeler) 151, 152
Bolnes, Catharina 217, 238
Bolswert, Schelte à, As the Old Sang, So Pipe the Young (after Jacob Jordaens) 212
Bon, Arnold 167
Bosch, Hieronymous 40
Bourdieu, Pierre 187
Bramer, Leonard 287n.59
breastfeeding 162, 286n.37
Bredero, Gerbrand Adriaensz. 37, 56, 221, 265n.105
Spaanschen Brabander 29–30, 264nn.50, 53
Bredius, Abraham 214
Breen, Gillis van, Poultry Seller (after Nicolaes Clock) 180
Brekelenkam, Quirijn van 130–34, 190, 199
The Gallant Conversation 132–4, 133
Old Woman at Table 131, 131
The Tailor’s Workshop 132, 132
brewing industry 17, 57
Bronckhorst, Wilhelmina van 191
brooms, motif 109, 161, 286n.28
brothel scenes 84, 177, 201
see also prostitutes
Brouwer, Adriaen 34–42, 37, 189, 190, 254, 265n.83
The Back Operation 39, 40–41
Peasants of Moerdyck 37, 38, 40, 43, 266n.108
Tavern Interior 34, 35, 47, 266n.108
Bruegel, Pieter the Elder 35, 53–4, 203
The Alchemist (engraving by Philips Galle) 140–42, 142
Kermis of St. George (engraving by Johannes and Lucas van Doetecum) 34
Brugge, Johan van der 245
Brugghen, Hendrick ter see ter Brugghen, Hendrick
Brune, Johan de 154
Brusati, Celeste 122, 147
Bry, Jan Theodor de
A Court Dance 59, 60
A Peasant Dance 59, 60
bubbles, motif 112, 233–4
Bullaert, Isaac 35
Burch, Hendrick van der 160
Buytewech, Willem 27–31, 189
Garden Party 27–8, 28
Merry Company 28–9, 29, 30–31
Bye, Johan de 119, 122
Calvinists 12–13, 65, 145
camera obscura 168–70, 237, 287n.66
candles
motif 122
see also lighting
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 66–7, 71, 76
The Cardsharps 68
Caravaggisti see Utrecht
Carracci, Annibale 66
Castiglione, Baldassare 296n.26
Catholic Church 65
Cats, Jacob 74, 145, 196, 271–2n.60
emblems 5, 5, 226, 227
Houwelyck 87, 88, 108, 108, 198
cats, motif 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 284n.46
chandeliers 187
Chapman, H. Perry 24–5, 30, 36, 172, 208, 279–80n.65
Charles II, King of England 120, 218
Chartier, Roger 187
chiaroscuro 67, 75, 76–7, 150, 197, 272n.86
see also lighting
childbirth rituals 149, 183, 184, 209–10, 233
see also pregnancy
children
depiction of 25–6, 43–4, 110–13, 253
see also education
Christina, Queen of Sweden 120, 279n.49
Church of St. Mary, Utrecht 27, 264n.44
cities, proximity 7, 17–18
civility, concept of 96–7, 107, 121–2, 134, 138, 161–2, 187, 221, 227, 255, 259, 275n.10, 277n.55, 296n.27
class see elites; social
class classical style see antique style
clothing
antique style 228–30, 254, 301n.78
black 100, 276n.15
kimonos 238, 299n.25, 301n.64
see also fabric
Codde, Pieter 44, 57–9, 63–4, 82
Dancing Lesson 57, 58, 273n.97
Guardroom 63, 63, 266–7n.141
Merry Company 58
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste 223
columns, motif 159–60
comic themes 25, 206, 208, 212, 294n.29
Confrerie, The Hague 85, 88, 108, 245, 285n.8
Coninxloo, Gillis van 18
conventionality, of Dutch art 1, 20, 31, 54, 57, 99, 120, 121, 131, 151, 166, 259, 261n.4
Coques, Gonzales 289n.20
The Duet 164, 164
Corneille, Pierre 221
Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Cornelis 17, 139
Crossing of the Red Sea 18
Cornelius literature 272n.87
Cort, Cornelis, Hearing (after Frans Floris) 27, 27
costume see clothing
Counter-Remonstrants 13–14
country estates, and elites 195–7, 292n.55
Court van der Voort, Pieter de la 225, 227, 297n.25
Courtin, Antoine de 255
courtship, imagery 56, 100–02, 130, 132, 176–7, 178–9, 180–82, 191–3, 243
courtyard scenes 164–6
Craesbeeck, Joos van 267n.150
crucifix, motif 292n.61
Cupid 206, 233, 293nn.20–21
curtains, motif 122, 156
Cuyp, Jacob Gerritsz. 149
Dafforne, Richard 122
Dalfssen, Gerard van 197
dancing, attitudes to 58–9
Danckerts, Cornelis, Two Children with a Cat (after Frans Hals) 48
deceit, depiction of 78
Dekiert, Marcus 79
Delen, Dirck van, An Interior with Ladies and Cavaliers (with Dirck Hals) 33
Delft, history 157–8, 235
“Delft School” 173
Delsaute, Jean-Luc 169
dentist, theme of 76–8
see also doctors
Deventer 99–100
Diana and Actaeon 194–5
Diemen, Françoise van 248
Diest, Hieronymous van 87
display, of paintings 3–4
Dissius, Jacob Abrahamsz. 172
doctors, quackish depictions 40–41, 206, 266n.119, 294n.26
see also dentist
Doetecum, Johannes and Lucas, Kermis of St. George (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder) 54
dogs, motif 159–60, 206
Dohna, Friedrich van 250
domesticity, theme of 108–9, 120–21, 138, 150, 160–64, 187, 279n.54, 279–80n.65
doorsien 146, 152, 156, 164
Dordrecht, history 145–6
Dou, Gerrit 2, 112, 116–24, 128, 142, 182, 190, 227, 245, 246, 248
An Artist Drawing by Candlelight 248, 248
Kitchenmaid with a Boy in a Window 118–19, 118
Lady at her Toilet 281n.104
The Night School 114, 122, 123
Old Woman Eating Porridge 131, 131
Self-Portrait 122–4, 124
Violin Player 116–18, 117, 119, 233
The Young Mother 120–21, 121, 128
dress see clothing
Droochsloot, Joost Cornelisz. 82
Duarte, Diego 253, 301nn.49–50
Duck, Jacob 82–4
Dividing the Spoils 82–3, 83
Gallant Company 273n.97
Sleeping Woman and a Cavalier 83, 84
Duquesnoy, François 116, 278n.14
Dürer, Albrecht, Melencolia I 110
Dutch Republic, history of 11–15, 95–7, 217–19
Dutch Teniers Group 189, 190
Duyster, Willem 58, 59–64, 82, 139
Card-Playing Soldiers 60–63, 62
The Duet 59–60, 61
Soldiers Dividing Booty in a Barn with a Captive Couple 64
Dyck, Anthony Van 41, 230, 266n.120, 272n.76
Adriaen Brouwer 36
Portrait of Richard Rich, Second Earl of Warwick 41
eavesdroppers, paintings of 155–6
economic collapse (1672) 217, 260
economic prosperity 15, 17, 260
education, views of 122, 209, 212, 233–4, 295n.62
Eeckhout, Gerbrandt van den 177–80
Party on a Terrace (Metropolitan Museum of Art) 179, 179
Party on a Terrace (Worcester Art Museum) 178–9, 178
Tric-Trac Players 160, 179–80, 179
elderly
depiction of 73–5, 131, 151–2, 239, 284n.48, 293n.22
see also procuresses; unequal lovers
Elias, Norbert 96–7
elites
country estates 195–7, 292n.55
luxury 175, 185–7
patronage by 107, 134, 142–4, 146, 172, 257, 259, 277n.55
status 187, 290–91n.65
taste 87, 187, 291n.71
emblems 5, 5, 30, 30, 75, 102, 177, 177, 226, 227
England
Dutch artists in 245
and Dutch Republic 95–6, 217–18
erotic imagery 69, 79–81, 122, 124, 128–30, 155, 180–82, 197–8, 232, 245–8
see also prostitutes
Evelyn, John 120, 290n.65
fabric
depiction of 60–61, 106–7, 127, 142, 235, 276–7n.39, 277n.41, 300n.40
textile industry 17, 115, 135, 157, 175, 223
see also clothing
Fabritius, Carel 158–60, 167
The Sentry 158–60, 159
faience manufacture 157, 235
fan, motif 179, 289n.22
fashion, satire 28–30
Feddes, Pieter, Kitchen Scene 119
Ferdinand III, Emperor 146
Ferrand, Jacques 110
fijnschilders 119, 124, 134, 170, 182, 185, 223, 225, 233, 254, 279n.41, 280n.70
fishing, symbolism 232
Five Senses, theme of 27, 31, 264n.37
Flemish art, demand for 15, 64
influence of 15, 18, 47, 53–4, 56, 64, 87, 140–41, 164, 178, 189, 203, 206, 264–5n.69
Flemish artists 189
Flinck, Nicolaes 257, 302n.88
floors, marble 186–7
Fock, C. Willemijn 186, 187
Follinus, Hermannus 43
foodstuffs, symbolism 118–19
foolishness, depiction of 206, 208–9
footwarmer, motif 176–7
France, and Dutch Republic 217–19, 220–21, 223, 260, 296n.25
Frederick v of the Palatinate 85, 273n.6
Frederik Hendrick, Prince of Orange 12, 14, 85
furnishings, depiction of 106, 186–7
furor uterinis 149, 206
Gaehtgens, Barbara 254, 255, 257
Galle, Philips, The Alchemist (after Pieter Bruegel the Elder) 142
gambling, depictions of 69–71
garden parties, paintings of 18–20, 27–8, 55–7, 178, 269n.23
gardens, of the elite 195–7
Geertgen tot Sint Jans 17
genre paintings
definition 1–2
market for 2–3, 131, 134, 175, 220
prices of 2, 64, 84, 120, 131, 172, 191, 253, 261n.13, 264n.66, 267n.154, 269n.52, 276n.25, 290n.57
scholarly interpretations 4–6
Gentileschi, Orazio 277n.41
gestures see hand gestures
Glorious Revolution 218
gold chains 78, 146, 272n.76
Golden Age 219
Goltzius, Hendrick 17, 18
Quis Evadet 112
Unequal Lovers 19
Gomarus, Franciscus 13, 115
Goodman, Elise 173
Gool, Johan van 220, 227
Goyen, Jan van 203
Gramsbergen, Matthijs 193
Grange, Justus de la 160
grapevine, motif 182–3, 290n.44
Grebber, Pieter de 139
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste 298n.51
grisailles 88–91, 274nn.28, 30
Groen, Jan van der, Den nederlandtsen hovenier 196
Grotius, Hugo 115
gryllorum 36–7
guardroom scenes 2, 60–63, 82, 160, 179–80
Guild of St. Luke
Delft 158, 160, 166, 174, 238, 242, 287n.60, 298n.5
Haarlem 22, 43, 48, 99, 268n.179
Leiden 203, 209, 213, 230, 232, 297n.6
The Hague 85
Utrecht 66
gypsies 270n.18
Haarlem
and Amsterdam 7, 17–18, 263n.7
artistic reputation 17, 263n.6
economy 17, 135, 263n.2
population 17, 135, 282n.3
Hals, Dirck 31–4
Garden Party (Instituut Collectie Nederland) 31 31
Garden Party (location unknown) 31, 31, 264n.63
An Interior with Ladies and Cavaliers (with Dirck van Delen) 33, 33
Merry Company in and Interior 31, 31
Woman Tearing a Letter 32, 33–4, 44, 106, 265n.74
Hals, Frans 22–7, 43, 48–50, 264n.34
Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Militia Company 22, 27
Boy Playing a Violin 26–7, 26, 264nn.32–3
Garden Party (attrib.) 27, 28, 263n.24
Jonker Ramp and His Sweetheart 23, 24, 263n.23
Peeckelhaering 25, 25, 206, 263n.29
Shrovetide Revellers 263n.24
Two Children with a Cat (engraving by Cornelis Danckerts) 48, 50, 268n.177
hand gestures 84, 108, 155, 194, 276n.16, 284n.33, 285n.70, 288n.107, 292n.35, 295n.56
handkerchiefs, motif 104–6, 276n.37
Hecht, Peter 6, 116, 248
Heemskerck, Maarten van 17
Heijthuysen, Willem van 299–300n.14
Heinsius, Daniel 100
Hemessen, Jan van, Parable of the Prodigal Son 56
Hercules 255
Heyden, Pieter van der, Die blau schuyte 204, 204
Hinloopen, Jacob Jansz. 183–5, 233, 290n.49
history painting 168
Hockney, David 168
hofdichten 196
Hofrichter, Frima Fox 51
Hofwyck 196–7, 196
Holland, Province of, and Dutch Republic 12–14, 95, 218
Hollander, Martha 156
honnêteté 221, 296n.26
Honthorst, Gerrit van 66, 75–82
Brothel Scene 81–2, 81
The Dentist 76–8, 76, 272n.73
Merry Company 78–81, 78, 79, 272nn.81, 87
Merry Violinist 80, 81, 278n.11
Singing Elder with a Flute 273n.91
Hooch, Pieter de 158, 160–66, 168, 183, 185–7, 193–4, 285n.8, 290n.56, 291n.66
Card Players 185, 187
Courtyard of a House in Delft 164–6, 165, 286n.46
Linen Chest 185, 186
Mother and Child with a Maid Sweeping 161, 161
Tric-Trac Players 160, 161
A Woman Nursing an Infant with a Child and a Dog 162–4, 163
A Woman Peeling Apples 286n.42
Hooft, Pieter Cornelisz. 56, 100
Hooft, W. D., Heden-daeghsche verlooren soon 24–5, 24
Hoogstraten, Dirck van 146
Hoogstraten, Samuel van 2, 122, 146–9, 152, 158, 219, 245, 284n.56
Doctor’s Visit 147–9, 148, 206, 284n.33
Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der schilderkonst 2, 146, 158, 219
The Slippers 146–7, 147, 283nn.20, 23
Two Women by a Cradle 147–8, 148
hostage situations 64, 82–3, 273n.99
Houbraken, Arnold 35–6, 41–2, 122, 139, 146, 160, 193, 203, 209, 219, 246, 254, 265n.87
houses
construction 162
see also interior scenes
Houwaert, Johan Baptist, Pegasides pleyn 182, 182
Huis ten Bosch 292n.53
hunting, motifs 182
Huygens, Constantijn 59, 100, 196
iconographic erosion 138–9, 293n.8
illusion, in paintings 122
immigrants 15, 17, 30, 53, 65, 115, 189, 263n.20, 265n.96
impotence 206, 210, 293n.20
Incogniti Scriptoris Nova poemata 232, 232, 298n.56
interior scenes
domestic 162
ornate 87, 185–7
unreality of 121, 155–6
voorhuis (vestibule) 187, 194, 198–9, 290n.62
see also perspective
Israel, Jonathan 64, 218
Italian art, influence of 66–7
James II, King of England 218
Jong, Erik de 196
Jongejan, Marlies 166
Jongh, Eddy de 4–5, 180
Jongh, Ludolf de 160, 193–7, 286n.23
A Formal Garden 195–6, 196
Paying the Hostess 188, 193–4, 193
Woman Receiving a Letter 194–5, 195
Jordaens, Jacob 47, 206, 293n.32
As the Old Sang, So Pipe the Young (engraving by Schelte à Bolswert) 212, 212
Juno 155, 285n.73
kannekijker 79
kermis scenes 54–5, 91
Kessel, Jan van, II 3
Ketel, Cornelis 263n.16
Kettering, Alison 100, 147
Kick, Simon 58
kimonos 238, 299n.25, 301n.64
Kittensteyn, Cornelis 264n.63
Knuijt, Maria de 172
Knüpfer, Nicolaes 180, 203, 289n.31
Koedijck, Isaac 152
kortegaarde 60
Krul, Jan Harmensz.
Minne-beelden 34, 34, 265n.75
Pampiere wereld 176, 289n.13
kunstkammer 113
Lairesse, Gerard de
The Art of Painting 121, 132–4, 170, 219, 221–2, 224–5, 237, 251–3, 254–5, 278n.15, 280n.1.66, 69
Five Female Heads 228
laken 115
Larson, Johannes 173
Leeuwen, Cornelis van 87
Leeuwen, Simon van 128
Leiden
history 115–16, 223
textile industry 115, 281n.98
see also fijnschilders
Lely, Peter 228–9, 298n.10
Leopold I, Emperor 218
Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Vienna 125, 127, 281n.95
letters, in paintings 33, 104, 106, no, 235, 298n.8
Leyden, Aertgen van 75
Leyden, Lucas van
(after), The Card Players 70
The Dentist 77
Leyster, Judith 43, 45, 48–51
The Proposition 50, 51, 182
Two Children with a Cat 48, 50
Young Flute Player 49, 50–51
Liedtke, Walter 7, 87, 152, 164, 240
Lievens, Jan Andriesz. 242
lighting
candlelight 75, 122, 248, 280n.72
natural 168
see also chiaroscuro
Lipsius, Justus 115
Loo, Jacob van 176–7, 289n.10
Brothel Scene 177, 177
Wooing 176, 176, 289n.11
Loughman, John 3, 7–8, 146
Louis XIV, King of France 96, 217–18, 220–21
love
images of 56–7
lovesickness 110, 149, 206
and music 191, 243
spurned lover 179
unequal lovers 73–4, 206, 280n.92, 293n.22
see also courtship
love gardens see garden parties
luxury, Amsterdam elite 175, 185–7
lying-in ritual 149, 183, 184–5, 209–10, 233
Maes, Nicolaes 149–56
Abraham and the Three Angels 284n.56
Eavesdropper 154, 155–6
An Evesdropper with a Woman Scolding 156, 136
Idle Servant 152–5, 133, 284n.53
Old Woman Saying Grace 150–51, 131
Young Lace-Maker Beside a Cradle with an Old Woman Looking out the Window 149–50, 130
maids, stereotypes 118–19, 154–5, 166, 245
Man, Cornelis de 235, 238–40
Geographers at Work 238, 239
Man Weighing Gold 239–40, 240
Mancini, Giulio 77
Mander, Karel van 17, 22, 33, 54, 122, 224
Manfredi, Bartolomeo 67–8, 76, 79
The Concert 79
Mannerist style 17, 18, 32, 66
maps 155
marble floors 186–7
Marchi, Neil de 3
markets, depictions of 190–91
marriage, symbols of 108–9, 182–3
Martin, Willem 45
Massys, Quentin, Ill-Matched Lovers 74
Maurits, Prince of Orange 12, 13–14, 65, 88
medical practitioners see doctors
Medici, Cosimo III de’ 100, 120, 125, 224
melancholia, depiction of 110, 179, 206, 289n.25
Memling, Hans, Portrait of a Young Man 278n.11
merry companies, depiction of 2, 31, 58, 78–81
Metsu, Gabriel 180–85
Hunter in a Niche 182–3, 183
The Hunter’s Gift 180–82, 181
Lady Seated in a Window 182–3, 183
Visit to the Nursery 183–5, 184, 233
A Woman Writing Music 185, 185
Young Lady Drawing 250, 250
Miedema, Hessel 137
Miegroet, Hans J. van 3
Mieris, Frans van, the Elder 107, 124–8, 170, 197, 223–5
A Boy Blowing Bubbles 112, 112, 233
The Cloth Shop 125–7, 126, 281n.98
The Concert 297n.19, 301n.66
The Doctor’s Visit 204, 205
Inn Scene 124–5, 125, 197
Musical Company of Gentlemen and Ladies 223–5, 224, 297n.9
Old Lover 280n.92
The Oyster Meal 197, 198
Teasing the Pet 128–30, 130
A Woman with a Bird in a Small Coffer 225–7, 227
Young Woman Standing Before a Mirror 127–8, 127, 297n.7
Mieris, Willem van 225–30, 237
The Escaped Bird 225–7, 226
The Lute Player 227–8, 229, 243
A Mother Feeding Her Child 227, 228, 230
milkmaids, depiction of 232, 298n.54
mirror, motif 127–8
modern manner (style), in art 32–3, 121, 224–5, 227, 280nn.66–7
Molenaer, Jan Miense 43–8, 267nn.151, 153, 283n.51, 294n.32
Battle Between Carnival and Lent 267n.156
Children Playing with a Cat 43, 44, 268n.178
The King Drinks 16, 46–8, 46
A Painter in His Studio 44–5, 43, 267n.147
Molijn, Pieter 99
Monconys, Balthasar de 128
monkeys, motif 28, 87, 208, 273n.15
monochromatic effects 63–4, 84, 269n.52
see also grisailles
Montias, John Michael 3, 7–8, 64, 167, 261n.13
Moor, Carel de 209, 230–32
Angler 216, 230–32, 231
Prayer Before a Meal 231
moralizing, in paintings 37, 240, 250, 259
Moreelse, Paulus 66, 67
motherhood 149, 162–4, 183
see also childbirth
music
and art 116, 278n.15
and love 191, 243
songbooks 56–7, 56, 290n.43
musical instruments, symbolism 50, 60, 72, 81–2, 130, 142, 201, 212
musicians 50–51, 71, 199
mussel shells, motif 109
Musson, Matthijs 3, 280n.67
Naiveu, Matthijs 232–4
Children Blowing Bubbles 233, 234
The Newborn Baby 233, 233
Neer, Eglon van der 237, 245, 250–53, 254, 276–7n.39
Elegant Conversation 300n.46
Interior with a Woman Washing Her Hands 251–3, 252
A Lady Drawing 250–51, 231
Playing Children 253, 253, 257
Netscher, Caspar 100, 107–13, 148
The Lace-Maker 108–9, 108
Portrait of a Woman 230, 230
Two Boys Blowing Bubbles 110–12, 111
Young Girl Holding a Letter 98, 109–10, 109
Nevitt, H. Rodney 30
niche, motif 112, 116–19, 182, 233, 278n.11
night scenes 51, 75, 77, 81, 122, 248, 250
Nil Volentibus Arduum 221–2, 227
Nine Years War 218–19
Noort, Pieter van 297n.33
Nootmans, Pieter 36
“nose books” 43, 43
noses 43, 266n.129
obscene gestures 84, 276n.16
Ochtervelt, Jacob 190, 197–201
Merry Company with Violinist 197, 197, 292n.59
Musical Company in an Interior 200, 201
The Oyster Meal 197, 198
Street Musicians at the Door 199, 199
Oldenbarnevelt, Johan van 13
Olipodrigo of nieuwe kermis-kost 20, 21
Oomius, Simon 161
Oortmans-de la Court, Petronella 104, 293n.15
Orangists 12, 95, 96, 217
Orlers, Jan 119
Ostade, Adriaen van 41–3, 135–9, 190, 203, 269n.56
Alchemist 282n.41 The Breakfast 137–8, 137
Grace 138, 138
Peasant Family in a Cottage 94, 135, 136
Peasants Drinking and Making Music in a Barn 42, 42, 135
Peasants in an Inn 135–7, 137
Ostade, Isack van 203
The Halt at the Inn 204
Ovid, Metamorphoses 194, 206, 242
oysters, motif 197–8, 208, 228, 292nn.59, 64
Paedts family 214
Paets, Adriaen 255
paintings, within paintings 146–7, 173–4, 185, 194, 206, 237, 242–3, 298n.10
Palamedesz., Anthonie 158, 193
Panofsky, Erwin 4, 5
paragone 255
Paris, art market 3
Passe, Crispijn van de, the Elder 269n.34
Backgammon Players (after Dirck van Baburen) 70–71, 70
Discordia (after Marten de Vos) 208
Fortitude 160
Passe, Crispijn van de, the Younger 66
Miroir des plus belles courtisans de ce temps 201
patronage 120, 125, 138, 172–3, 225, 255, 257
Pauw, Maarten 148
pearls, motif 170, 172
peasants
depiction of 20, 35, 40–43, 46, 54–5, 135–8, 140, 190, 260, 263n.16, 268n.12, 282n.19
prosperity of 282n.12
Peeckelhaering 25, 206
Pels, Andries 222
pendants 71–2, 148–9
Perpetual Edict 96, 217
perspective 152, 164, 165, 168–9, 173, 239
Petrarchan sentiments 100–02, 130, 176, 179
Pfalz, Johan Wilhelm von der 245, 250, 257, 299n.5
Philip II of Spain 11
picaresque novels 71, 81, 273n.92
Picart, Jean-Michel 3, 280n.67
Picolet, Cornelis 254
picturesqueness 296–7n.41
playing cards, motif 63, 208
Pliny the Elder 122
Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta 109, 277nn.66, 68
Poelenburch, Cornelis 191
Poelenburch, Simon, Banquet on a Terrace (after Esaias van de Velde) 20, 263n.14
pointillés, use by Vermeer 169–70, 171
Pol, Lotte van de 68–9
political organization, Dutch Republic 12–14
poor, depiction of 90
porcelain, Delftware 157, 235
pornographic literature 245–6, 299nn.10–12
see also erotic imagery
posture, as social delineator 59, 254–5
Pot, Hendrick 44, 267n.146
Poussin, Nicolas 221
pregnancy
representation of 148–9, 284n.33
see also childbirth rituals; motherhood
prices, of genre paintings 2, 64, 84, 120, 131, 172, 191, 253, 261n.13, 264n.66, 267n.154, 269n.52, 276n.26, 290n.57
privacy, concept of 161–2
procuresses 20, 68–9, 270n.30
Prodigal Son, theme of 24–5, 56, 68, 279n.22
prostitutes 20, 63, 68–9, 73–4, 79–81, 83–4, 106–7, 124, 249–50, 270n.24
see also brothel scenes
Pyramus and Thisbe 193
Quellinus, Artus 255
Questiers, David 20
Quintijn, Gillis, Hollandsche-Liis met de Brabantsche-Bely 58, 59
Raphael, School of Athens 149
Raupp, Hans-Joachim 36, 45
“reality effect” 121, 279n.61
Rees, Margaretha 257
Reformed Church 12–13, 65, 145
religion, role of 12–13, 65, 145
Rembrandt van Rijn 4, 40, 53, 116, 149
The Holy Family with Angels 149, 450
Remonstrants 13–14
Renger, Konrad 35, 40
Renialme, Johannes de 46, 100, 267n.154
ribaldry 25, 69, 79, 270–71n.32
Ring, Hendrick Bugge van 263n.29, 281n.119, 283n.51, 294n.24
Rodenburgh, Theodore 122
Roghman, Geertruid 279n.54
Rollenhagen, Gabriel, Nucleus emblematum Selectissimorum 170
Rollos, Peter 272n.87
Euterpae suboles 82
Roodenburg, Herman 255
Rotterdam
history 189
patrons 255
rough manner see techniques
Rubens, Peter Paul 35, 36
Rüger, Axel 87, 160
Ruijven, Pieter Claesz. van 100, 172, 235, 292n.45
Ruy ter, Michiel de 217
Sadeler, Johannes, Winter (after Hans Bol) 151, 152
Saenredam, Pieter 264n.44
Saftleven, Cornelis 189, 193, 266n.126
Saftleven, Herman 291n.5
sailing, imagery 34
St. Anthony 158–9, 285n.16
St. Luke’s Guild see Guild of St. Luke
Salomon, Nanette 82
Sam, Abraham 8
Sandrart, Joachim von 35, 37, 75, 122
satin, depiction 106–7, 142, 276–7n.39, 300n.40
Scalinger, Joseph 115
Schalcken, Godfried 230, 245–50, 280n.70
Artist and Model Looking at an Ancient Statue by Lamplight 247, 248–9
Gentleman Offering a Lady a Ring in a Candlelit Bedroom 249–50, 249
Lady Come a’ Courting 246–8, 246
Man Making an Obscene Gesture 84, 84
The Sausage Maker 245–6, 246, 299n.8
Schelte á Bolswert, Boetius, Adriaen Brouwer (after Anthony Van Dyck) 36, 37
Scholten, Frits 196
sculpture, in paintings 116–18, 228, 255–7
seascapes, in paintings 185, 233
seashells
symbolism 109, 112–13
see also oysters
servants
role of 235–7
see also maids
sewing, motif 182, 289n.37
Shakespeare, William 193, 291n.24
ship of fools 203–4, 293n.10
shoemakers, depiction of 281n.121
shoes, motif 109, 127, 182, 281n.105, 289n.37
size, of paintings 246, 299–300n.14
Slatkes, Leonard J. 70
sleeping figures, depiction of 84
Slingelandt, Pieter van 128–30, 131
The Carpenter’s Family 128, 128
Lady with a Pet Dog 128–30, 129
Tailor’s Workshop 281n.121
Slive, Seymour 24
Sluijter, Eric Jan 6, 64, 81, 119, 249–50
slung-leg motif 207, 294n.34
smooth manner see techniques
social class
and art market 3, 187, 259, 261n.25, 291n.66
Dutch Republic 11–12
see also elites
social inversion 47–8
soldiers, depiction of 60–63, 83, 102–4, 155, 158–60, 179–80, 201, 276n.35, 289n.29
Solms, Amalia van 85, 273n.7
songbooks 56–7, 56, 290n.43
Sorgh, Hendrick 189–93
Barn Interior with Amorous Couple 189–90, 190
Fish Market 190–91, 191
Kitchen Interior 190, 190
The Lute Player 191–3, 192
Vegetable Market 191
space, depiction of see perspective
Spain, and Dutch Republic 11, 14, 62–3, 95, 218
Spelt, Adriaen van der 281n.119
Spiering, Pieter 119, 172
Spiljeurs, Nicolaes 281n.125
Stadholderless era 95–6, 145, 175
Stadholders 12, 96, 217, 218
Stam, W. I., Cupido’s lusthof 22
States Party 12, 13, 14, 95, 96, 217, 218
statuary see sculpture
Steadman, Philip 168
Steen, Havick 203
Steen, Jan 7, 36, 142, 203–14, 289n.31
As the Old Sang, So Pipe the Young 210, 211, 212–13, 295n.65
Baptismal Party 264n.31
Burgher of Delft and his Daughter 293n.12
The Dissolute Household 202, 206–9, 207
The Doctor’s Visit 25, 204–6, 205
Garden Party 213, 214
Prayer Before the Meal 230, 231
The Schoolmaster 210
Tavern Scene with Pregnant Hostess 292n.35
Twin Birth Celebration 209–10, 211
Village Festival with the Ship of Saint Rijn Uijt 203–4, 204
Steen, Philip 255
Stoskopff, Sebastian 122
Sutton, Peter C. 165
sweeping see brooms
Sylvius, Franciscus de le Boe 266n.119, 294n.26
symbolism, disguised 4–6, 261n.36
Sysmus, Jan 2, 173, 239
tailors, depiction of 131–2
taste, and elites 187, 291n.71
techniques
rough manner 41, 266n.120
smooth manner 266n.120
Tellinick Willem 30
teeth, modif 44, 72, 170, 266–7n.141
Tempel, van den 230
Tempesta, Antonio 194
Teniers, David the Younger 47, 139, 189
The King Drinks 47
ter Borch, Gerard the Elder 99
ter Borch, Gerard 99–107, 168, 176, 182, 201, 250–51
Curiosity 104–6, 105, 185, 276n.27
Gallant Military Man 106–7, 107, 277n.49
Officer Writing a Letter, with a Trumpeter 102–4, 103, 276n.27
The Paternal Admonition 146–7, 147, 283n.19
The Suitor’s Visit 100–02, 101, 183
Tric-Trac Players 103
Unwelcome News 242, 242
Woman Sealing a Letter 276n.27
Young Woman at her Toilet 99, 100
ter Borch, Gesina 99, 102, 289n.22
Gentleman Kneeling Before a Lady 102
ter Brugghen, Hendrick 66, 71–5
Flute Player 71–2, 72, 271n.47
Old Man Writing by Candlelight 74, 74, 75
Supper at Emmaus 71
Unequal Couple 10, 72–4, 73
terraces, scenes on 178, 289n.20
textile industry 17, 115, 135, 157, 175, 223
The Hague
art market 235, 298n.6
history 85
theater
farces 24–5, 69, 97
French influence 221
Thins, Maria 174
Tilius, Johannes 277n.53
tobacco smoking, depiction of 37, 40, 266n.n1, 278n.16
trade
Amsterdam 53
Dutch Republic 15, 96
Traudenius, Dirck 122
Treaty of Münster (1648) 7, 14, 95, 96, 161, 260
Troost, Cornelis 298n.65
trumpeters, depiction of 104, 276n.32
Twelfth Night, celebration of 47–8, 267nn.163, 168
twelve-year truce (1609–21) 30, 64
twins, significance of 210, 295n.56
unequal lovers, theme of 73–4, 206, 280n.92, 293n.22
University of Leiden 115
Utrecht
Caravaggisti 50, 66–82, 197, 268n.180
history 65–6
Uylenburgh, Gerrit van 142
Valckert, Werner van, Sleeping Venus Surprised by Satyrs 133
Veen, Otto van, Quinti Horatii Flacci emblemata 73
Velde, Esaias van de 18–22, 86–7, 273n.12
Banquet in the Park of a Country House 20–22, 21
Garden Party before a Palace 18–20, 19, 178
Renaissance Interior with Banqueters (with Bartholomeus van Bassen) 86–7, 86
Velde, Hans van de 18
Velsen, Jacob van 158
Venne, Adriaen van de 74, 87–92, 109, 128, 266n.122, 269n.47, 273–411.22
Alle menschen behaegen 274n.51
Armoe soekt list 274n.33
Bij het volck is de neering 90, 91
Fray en Leelijck 88–90, 89, 199, 274n.28, 32
Tafereel van de belacchende werelt 91, 91, 274n.52
Venne, Jan van de 87–8
Venus/Aphrodite, motif 198, 206, 242–3, 248–9, 289n.11
Vergara, Lisa 237
Verkolje, Johannes 235, 240–43
Elegant Couple in an Interior 242, 243
The Messenger 241, 242–3, 299n.48
Vermeer, Johannes 2, 158, 166–74, 217, 235–8, 271n.48, 286–7n.53
The Astronomer 238, 239, 298n.10
The Concert 173–4, 173, 288nn.105, 107
The Girl With the Wine Glass 169, 170–71, 281n.123, 287–8nn.82–4
The Lace-Maker 237–8, 237
A Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid 235–7, 236
The Milkmaid 169, 169
The Music Lesson 173
An Officer and Laughing Girl 167, 168, 172
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher 170, 171, 172, 235, 258
Vermeer, Reynier Jansz. 166
Vertue, George 248
Villiers, George, first Duke of Buckingham 77, 272n.73
Vinckboons, David 18, 46, 53–7, 203, 224
Elderly Fisherman with a Girl 232, 232
Garden Party 24, 55–6, 55, 178
Kermis 32, 54–5, 59, 39
Vinckboons, Philip 53
Vinne, Vincent Laurensz. van der 139, 282n.28
virtue, depictions of 75, 182
Visscher, Roemer, Sinnepoppen 30, 30, 177
Vlaming, Peter 292n.49
Voetius, Gisbertus 59
Vondel, Joost van den 56
Den gulden winckel der konstlievende Nederlanders 123
voorhuis (vestibule) 187, 194, 198–9, 290n.62
Vos, Jan 183–4
Vredeman de Vries, Hans 87, 122, 264–5n.69
Vredeman de Vries, Paul 87, 264–5n.69
Vries, Jan de 66, 175, 220
Vries, Lyckle de 138–9, 204
washing, symbolism 253
wealth
Rotterdam 189
see also elites
Weber, Gregor 174
weddings
entertainments 214
see also marriage
Weenix, Jan Baptist 180, 281n.18
Weller, Dennis 45
Werff, Adriaen van der 219, 245, 250–51, 254–7, 276–7n.39
Musical Pair 254–5, 254
Playing Children Before a Statue of Hercules 244, 255–7, 256
Westermann, Mariët 88, 90, 169, 199, 206
Weyerman, Campo 203, 220, 225
Wheelock, Arthur K. 182, 237
Wierix, Hieronymous, Acedia (after Philips Galle) 153
Wieseman, Marjorie E. 108
Willemsen, Abraham 3
William II, Prince of Orange 95
William III, Prince of Orange 95, 96, 217–19, 223, 267n.168
William the Silent 12, 157
Wind, Barry 36
wineglass, motif 132–4, 134, 170, 281n.123, 292n.59, 294n.34
Witt, Johan de 95–6, 145, 175, 217
Wittewrongel, Petrus, Oeconomia Christiana 161, 162
women
beautiful 238, 249
see also domesticity; maids; motherhood; prostitutes
Wtewael, Joachim 66
The Golden Age 66
Wyttehorst, Willem Vincent, Baron van 191
Zandvliet, Kees 238
Zeven duivelen, regerende en vervoerende de hedendaagsche dienst-maagden 118, 119