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Description: Allegory of the Freedom of Trade

TitleAllegory of the Freedom of Trade

Creator nameLairesse, Gérard de

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1672

Object typePainting

MaterialsUnknown

LocationPeace Palace, The Hague

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsMural painting and decoration, Flemish--17th centuryAllegoriesCeilings--Decoration

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Chapter 15: The Decorative Tradition

Seymour Slive

Dutch Painting, 1600–1800

~There was a limited tradition in seventeenth-century Holland for the use of sets of large paintings as permanent decoration for interiors. As we have heard, Honthorst and Bramer made some, and Stadholder Prince Frederik Hendrik and his wife Amalia van Solms commissioned Dutch and Flemish artists to decorate the walls and ceilings of their palaces and country...

Author

Seymour Slive

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.301-305

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23927&redirecttoanchor=104129

Chapter subject tags:Mural painting and decoration, Dutch--17th centuryWit, Jacob de, 1695-1754Painting, Dutch--17th centuryLairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711

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