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Northern Baroque
The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 divided the Netherlands into Catholic and Protestant areas and influenced the styles of art produced there. Prince William of Orange had united the northern Netherlands under Protestant rule and Flanders remained under Catholic control. Catholic areas focused on huge altarpieces while Protestant areas painted many still lifes, landscapes, as well as group portraits which became narrative paintings as well as status symbols. -
The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (Night Watch), 1642. Oil on canvas (cropped from original size), 11’ 11” x 14’ 4”. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. -
Woman Holding a Balance
JAN VERMEER, Woman Holding a Balance, 1664. Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC -
View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen
JACOB VAN RUISDAEL, View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen, ca. 1670. Oil on canvas, 1’ 10” x 2’ 1”. Mauritshuis, The Hague.
