Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer
Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer
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Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer
The Dutch artists of the 17th century painted ordinary people doing everyday things. They offer us a glimpse into the rumbustious life of village taverns and peasant cottages, and the quiet domesticity of courtyards and parlours.
While the subject-matter may be ordinary – the preparation of food, eating and drinking, the enjoyment of music or a family game – the painting is rich and jewel-like, with equal attention paid to a discarded clay pipe as to a fine silk drape. The meticulously documented details often allude to a work's deeper meaning or to moral messages that would have been familiar to the contemporary viewer.
Presenting 27 masterpieces from the Royal Collection, the exhibition includes works by Gerrit Dou, Gabriel Metsu, Jan Steen and Pieter de Hooch, and Johannes Vermeer's A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, 'The Music Lesson'.
Over twenty works from the exhibition will be on display at the Mauritshuis, The Hague from September 2016 as part of the exhibition Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer, An exhibition from the British Royal Collection.
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Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of VermeerRoyal Collection Trust Main address:
Royal Collection TrustWells Fargo CenterBuckingham PalaceSW1A 1AALondon, United kingdomRoyal Collection TrustWells Fargo CenterBuckingham PalaceSW1A 1AALondon, United kingdomThe Dutch artists of the 17th century painted ordinary people doing everyday things. They offer us a glimpse into the rumbustious life of village taverns and peasant cottages, and the quiet domesticity of courtyards and parlours.
While the subject-matter may be ordinary – the preparation of food, eating and drinking, the enjoyment of music or a family game – the painting is rich and jewel-like, with equal attention paid to a discarded clay pipe as to a fine silk drape. The meticulously documented details often allude to a work's deeper meaning or to moral messages that would have been familiar to the contemporary viewer.
Presenting 27 masterpieces from the Royal Collection, the exhibition includes works by Gerrit Dou, Gabriel Metsu, Jan Steen and Pieter de Hooch, and Johannes Vermeer's A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, 'The Music Lesson'.
Over twenty works from the exhibition will be on display at the Mauritshuis, The Hague from September 2016 as part of the exhibition Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer, An exhibition from the British Royal Collection. Book tickets
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