17th Century Dutch Painting - Art in the Garden of God
Mon 03 Mar
|Widcombe Social Club
Dutch art in the 17th Century dealt with the lives of real people: at times ordered, at others bawdy or self-important, and occasionally tragic. The new Protestant mentality allowed astonishing advances in society as shown by Rembrandt, Vermeer and more.
Time & Location
03 Mar 2025, 11:30 – 12:30
Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA, UK
About the Event
Lecturer Douglas Skeggs
Location Hybrid (in-person and online)
Dutch art in the 17th Century dealt with the lives of real people: at times ordered, at others bawdy or self-important, and occasionally tragic. The new Protestant mentality allowed astonishing advances in science, as
Rembrandt shows in his portrait of Dr Tulp; its merchant wealth reflected in serene seascapes by Van de Veld and Van Goyen, its civic pride in the portraits of Frans Hals, and its insistence on moral order and well-scrubbed households in the poetry of Vermeer.
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Hybrid Format