Comments on: Taking a stroll in 17th-c. Netherlands http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/2009/03/03/taking-a-stroll-in-17th-c-netherlands/ Words from the Essential Vermeer.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:11:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ARech http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/2009/03/03/taking-a-stroll-in-17th-c-netherlands/comment-page-1/#comment-3142 ARech Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:41:10 +0000 http://flyingfox.jonathanjanson.com/?p=1289#comment-3142 I have visited this truly outstanding exhibition in November 2008 in the Mauritshuis, and I was immediately impressed first by the special atmosphere of earnest concentration and study, quite different to, say, the recent 'Dutch Portrait's show where visitors admired the costly robes or expressed their feelings about the various figures and their appearance. On the other hand the compositional variety of cityscapes is truly amazing. Others than expected from a usual cityscape many of them are full of life (even the Amsterdam-views) and labour, too. It is indeed rare in Dutch painting to watch craftsmen working on the construction of new ramparts like in Gerrit Berckheyde's Haarlem-view. A very interesting insight into techniques in the Golden Age. One particular painting, which leaves a deep, persisting impression, is Abraham de Verwer's 'View of Hoorn', entirely painted in various reddish tints and unfolding a nearly endless horizon. For those who were or are not able to visit this unique exhibition, just explore some of its highlights here (with extensive facilities, like zoom-in, location of the painter's view point on a period map, photographs of the view today and audio-explanations, also in English). http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=4322&FilterID=1002 There is also a blog (the first of the Mauritshuis-website) to the exhibition, even with English translation when originally written in Dutch. Only one drawback with Jonathan Lopez' very informative and animating report in 'Apollo': one has to get registered to 'Apollo' to be able to read the entire article. And although they offer a choice whether or not to receive email-communication you will get mails quite frequently, so I cancelled my earlier registration recently. AR I have visited this truly outstanding exhibition in November 2008 in the Mauritshuis, and I was immediately impressed first by the special atmosphere of earnest concentration and study, quite different to, say, the recent ‘Dutch Portrait’s show where visitors admired the costly robes or expressed their feelings about the various figures and their appearance.

On the other hand the compositional variety of cityscapes is truly amazing. Others than expected from a usual cityscape many of them are full of life (even the Amsterdam-views) and labour, too. It is indeed rare in Dutch painting to watch craftsmen working on the construction of new ramparts like in Gerrit Berckheyde’s Haarlem-view. A very interesting insight into techniques in the Golden Age.

One particular painting, which leaves a deep, persisting impression, is Abraham de Verwer’s ‘View of Hoorn’, entirely painted in various reddish tints and unfolding a nearly endless horizon.

For those who were or are not able to visit this unique exhibition, just explore some of its highlights here (with extensive facilities, like zoom-in, location of the painter’s view point on a period map, photographs of the view today and audio-explanations, also in English).

http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.aspx?ChapterID=4322&FilterID=1002

There is also a blog (the first of the Mauritshuis-website) to the exhibition, even with English translation when originally written in Dutch.

Only one drawback with Jonathan Lopez’ very informative and animating report in ‘Apollo’: one has to get registered to ‘Apollo’ to be able to read the entire article. And although they offer a choice whether or not to receive email-communication you will get mails quite frequently, so I cancelled my earlier registration recently.

AR

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