The universal art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678) : painter, writer, and courtier / edited by Thijs Weststeijn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weststeijn, Thijs, editor.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age

Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hoogstraten, Samuel van, 1627-1678.

Hoogstraten, Samuel van.

Painting, Dutch--17th century.

Painting, Dutch.

Painting--Netherlands--17th century.

Painting.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

296 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.

Summary:

The versatile painter, poet, courtier and European traveller Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678), one of Rembrandt's pupils, has received much scholarly attention in the last two decades. Whereas older historians allotted him a marginal role as a minor figure in his master's studio, he is now recognized for his central position in the world of art and letters in the Dutch Golden Age. This new evaluation is mainly due to careful studies of his treatise on painting, 'Inleyding tot de Hooge Schoole der Schilderkonst' (Introduction to the Academy of Painting, 1678). His book has been mined for unique insights not only into Rembrandt's working methods but also into profounder problems relative to Dutch art and culture, such as pictorial realism, imitation and illusion, the rise of landscape and still life and the status of the 'learned artist'.

Contents:

Van Hoogstraten's Theory of Theory of Art / Jan Blanc Blanc, Jan 35

Paradoxical Passages: The Work of Framing in the Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten / Celeste Brusati Brusati, Celeste 53

The Young Samuel van Hoogstraten, Corrected by Rembrandt / Ben Broos Broos, Ben 77

"Zwierich van sprang": Samuel van Hoogstraten's Night Watch / Paul Taylor Taylor, Paul 97

Samuel van Hoogstraten's Personal Letter-Rack Paintings: Tributes with a Message / Michiel Roscam Abbing Abbing, Michiel Roscam 115

A Pledge of Marital Domestic Bliss: Samuel van Hoogstraten's Perspective Box in the National Gallery, London / Herman Colenbrander Colenbrander, Herman 139

Van Hoogstraten's Success in Britain / Fatma Yalcin Yalcin, Fatma 161

Samuel van Hoogstraten, the First Dutch Novelist? / Thijs Weststeijn Weststeijn, Thijs 183

Great Respect and Complete Bafflement: Arnold Houbraken's Mixed Opinion of Samuel van Hoogstraten / Hendrik J. Horn Horn, Hendrik J. 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789089645234

9089645233

OCLC:

844236343