Dutch Art and Culture in the Seventeenth Century

The golden age of Dutch art was remarkable for its innovation, diversity and specialization and relates directly to the commercial prosperity and unique character of the new Dutch state, the United Netherlands.

This course will look at the social changes that accompanied the foundation of the new republic, the character of Dutch society, and the extraordinary outpouring of artistic talent.

Tuesday 7 March 2006

10.30am
The Birth of the Dutch Republic and its Maritime Empire
Professor Renier Salverda, Department of Dutch, University College London

12 noon
Portraits, Dress and Status in Seventeenth Century Holland
Dr. Emilie Gordenker, Senior Curator, Early Netherlandish, Dutch and Flemish Art, National Gallery of Scotland

1pm
Lunch

2pm
Social Change and Cultural Production: The Dutch Golden Age
Dr. J.L. Price, University of Hull

Tuesday 14 March 2006

10.30am
The Interpretation of Still Life
Dr. Paul Taylor, Warburg Institute of Art

12 noon
“The birds of a feather” Dutch Landscape Painters in Italy
Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures

1pm
Lunch

2pm
Reinterpreting Dutch Art: The Rising Fortunes of Hals and Vermeer in the Nineteenth Century
Dr Frances Suzman Jowell, Independent Art Scholar

Tuesday 21 March 2006

10.30am
Art and Emigration in the Low Countries
Dr Jaap Harskamp, Dutch and Germanic Collections, British Library

12 noon
A Survey of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings
Jane Turner, Editor of the Journal ‘Master Drawings’

1pm
Lunch

2pm
Visit to the Wallace Collection to view the collection of Dutch paintings

Tuesday 28 March 2006

10.30am
Ruisdael and the Other Vermeer?
Ian Dejardin, Director, Dulwich Picture Gallery

12 noon
The Fall and Rise of Vermeer’s ‘Young Woman Seated at the Virginals’
Greg Rubinstein, Senior Director, Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sotheby’s

1pm
Lunch

2pm
“From beardless youth” to “miracle of our age”- The Career of
Rembrandt van Rijn
Axel Rüger, Curator of Dutch Paintings, National Gallery

The cost of the full course is £228. The cost of the morning lectures only (lunch not included) is £130. The lectures will take place at The Medical Society of London,
Lettsom House, 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London W1. Each day will begin at 10.30am and finish at about 3.30 pm.

To apply, please contact us.