Guided Tour #7

Painting in the Low Countries (1400-1800)


Description: This tour gives an overview of painting in the Low Countries (Flanders and Holland) between 1400 and 1800. A short description of painting, as well as a summary of history in the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries is presented. A chronological list of Netherlandish (Flemish and Dutch) painters of this period guides you to their artworks in this collection.

Sources: MURRAY, Peter and Linda, The Art of the Renaissance, Thames and Hudson, London, 1963; MURRAY, Linda, The High Renaissance and Mannerism, Thames and Hudson, London, 1967; HUYGHE, René, Larousse Encyclopedia of Renaissance and Baroque Art, Hamlyn, London, New York, Sydney, Toronto, 1964; PRATER, Andreas and BAUER, Hermann, Painting of the Baroque, Taschen Verlag, Köln, 1997; VÉGH, János, Painting of the Low Countries in the 15th century, Corvina, Budapest, 1977 (in Hungarian); FUCHS, R. H., Dutch Painting, Thames and Hudson, London, 1978

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