Description
| Product ID: | 9789089643261 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | NL |
| Series: | Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age |
| Title: | Art and Allegiance in the Dutch Golden Age |
| Subtitle: | The Ambitions of a Wealthy Widow in a Painted Chamber by Ferdinand Bol |
| Authors: | Author: Margriet van Eikema Hommes |
| Page Count: | 324 |
| Subjects: | Conservation, restoration and care of artworks, Conservation, restoration & care of artworks, History of art, Paintings and painting, Individual artists, art monographs, Social and cultural history, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Social & cultural history |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In the early 1650s Ferdinand Bol produced a series of wall-covering paintings. This 'painted chamber' is a unique example of a branch of the art of painting which was extremely popular in the seventeenth century, although hardly any of it now remains. Bol's ensemble has always been surrounded by mysteries. Who was the initial owner, what was the re |
| Imprint Name: | Amsterdam University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Amsterdam University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-01-10 |