Ronni Baer ; with essays by Henk van Nierop, Herman Roodenburg, Eric Jan Sluijter, Marieke de Winkel, and Sanny de Zoete ; essays translated by Diane Webb
343 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm
ISBNs
9780878468300, 0878468307
OCLC
ocn920894652
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 11, 2015-January 18, 2016 and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, February 20-May 29, 2016.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-316) and index.
Translated from the Dutch.
The anatomy of society / Henk van Nierop -- Smelling rank and status / Herman Roodenburg -- Ambition and apparel / Marieke de Winkel -- Laying the table / Sanny de Zoete -- Ownership of paintings in the Dutch Golden Age / Eric Jan Sluijter
Stadholders and the court -- Nobles and aspiring nobles -- Regents and wealthy merchants / with Ian Kennedy -- Professions and trades / with Ian Kennedy -- Women at work -- Labor -- The indigent -- Where the classes meet -- Artists biographies / John Hawley