But two hundred years before the rise of literary realism, Dutch painters had already made an art of the everyday--pictures that served as a compelling model for the novelists who followed. By the mid ...

Sprung into stardom at the tail end of the 17th century when Dutch art was at its peak, Ruysch (1664-1750) made her name painting highly specialised still-lifes, leaving behind a remarkable oeuvre ...

This ewer, which seems almost to melt like a wax candle, appears as a exemplar of curiosity in at least 20 Dutch Golden Age still lifes. The auricular style was an ingredient in 18th-century Rococo ...

Adolph Goldschmidt, of the University of Berlin, and visiting lecturer at Harvard on Fine Arts and the History of German Culture, and Exhibition of seventeenth century Dutch Art is now being shown ...

Cow bones were discovered in the floor of a 16th century building in the red light ... which is the red light district of the Dutch city. Bone-crafted floors have previously only been seen in ...