The Mass Market for History Paintings in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam : : Production, Distribution, and Consumption / / Angela Jager.

Millions of paintings were produced in the Dutch Republic. The works that we know and see in museums today constitute only the tip of the iceberg — the top-quality part. But what else was painted? This book explores the low-quality end of the seventeenth-century art market and outlines the significa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2020 Part 2
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021]
©2020
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age
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Physical Description:1 online resource (294 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The trade in cheap history paintings: Dammeroen, Doeck, and Meijeringh
  • 2. ‘Bunglers’ and ‘duds’: the painters listed in Doeck’s and Meijeringh’s inventories and their career prospects
  • 3. Painting by numbers: the production of ‘dime-a-dozen’ works in Dammeroen’s, Doeck’s, and Meijeringh’s art shops
  • 4. History paintings in Amsterdam households, 1650-1699 : Social class and subject matter
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index