From rembrandt to vermeer: 17th century dutch artists P : 17-Century Dutch Artists

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One of the most creative and accessible periods of art the world has ever known, the Golden Age is brought to life in an unprecedented series of biographies of the artists active in the Netherlands during the 17th-century. Painters in the Dutch Republic specialized in portr