Research Guides: Research in the Art LIbrary: 17th Century Art in the Netherlands: ARTH335

Dutch Resources

Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century by Arthur K. Wheelock
The National Gallery of Art proudly presents its remarkable collection of Dutch seventeenth-century paintings, with entries written by curator Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. The Gallery's Dutch collection, which numbers more than 130 paintings, includes works by many of the finest masters of the golden Age, including Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Frans Hals, and Alebert Cuyp. In it are outstanding examples of portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, marine paintings, still life’s, and biblical and mythological scenes that have made this school of painting one of the most beloved and admired in the history of European art.
The Netherlandish Painters of the Seventeenth Century by Walther Bernt; P. S. Falla
Originally published as 'Die niederländischen Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts.' München (Munich), Bruckmann, 1969. This three volume set includes plates, portraits, and other illustrations.
A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century by C. Hofstede De Groot
Translation of Beschreibendes und Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke des hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts.
Imitation and innovation: Dutch genre painting 1680-1750 and its reception of the Golden Age by J. Aono

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
is an invaluable reference, research, and teaching tool. Authored by the Met’s experts—predominantly made up of curators but also of conservators, scientists, and educators—the Timeline comprises 300 timelines, 930 essays, close to 7,000 objects, and a robust index, and is regularly updated and enriched to provide new scholarship and insights on the collection.
Essential Vermeer
Online Resources for the Study of Dutch Art History
Rembrandt Database
The Rembrandt Database is a sustainable repository of existing information and documentation that is made available in a technologically advanced way. This service does not aim to replace the study of original objects or consultation among colleagues, but rather to speed up and facilitate research.
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie/Netherlands Institute for Art History
one of the most important art-historical information centres in the world, administering a unique collection of documentary, library and archive material on Western art from the late Middle Ages to the present. Documentation about Dutch art forms the nucleus of the collections. arts of the collections can also be accessed via online databases.

The following guides to information resources address a variety of basic questions about the research process: