Dutch Baroque

This Dutch city, whose artistic tradition stretched back to the 15th century, suffered grievously when it was captured by the Spanish in 1573 and partly destroyed by a major fire in 1576, but quickly recovered so that between about 1575 and 1625 its population doubled from 20,000 to 40,000 and it became one of the first important painting centers of the new Dutch Republic. Give the name of this city.

Haarlem

This leading Haarlem portraitist of the Dutch Golden Age, known mainly for his group portraits and long active career yet troubled by financial difficulties while supporting at least ten children, was once mistakenly thought to be an alcoholic and wife beater, though this is now known to concern a cousin who shared his name. Give this artist’s full name.

Frans Hals

This type of citizen militia, whose members trained to defend their homeland, but in times of peace and prosperity, became important as social clubs hosting sumptuous banquets that could last for days, as depicted in Frans Hals’ 1616 group portrait Banquet of the Officers of the St. George Civic Guard Company of Haarlem. Give the name used for this kind of militia organization.

civic guard

This Dutch painter, baptized in Amsterdam but active mainly in the provincial town of Kampen, was nicknamed “the mute of Kampen” because he was deaf and mute, and was admired for his tinted drawings as well as his paintings, later imitated by his nephew Barent. Give this artist’s full name.

Hendrick Avercamp

This 1624 portrait by Frans Hals shows an unknown man with a roguish smile and swaggering pose in a richly decorated costume filled with symbols of the pleasures and pains of love, yet its popular Victorian title wrongly suggests he is laughing. Give the commonly used title of this painting.

The Laughing Cavalier

This Flemish painter, is considered both in Dutch and Flemish art history due to his activity in Haarlem and Antwerp, is said to have studied with Frans Hals, apparently leading a dissolute life, often in debt and dying a pauper. Give this artist’s full name.

Adriaen Brouwer

In this majestic self-portrait painted around 1665, an artist is shown with the tools of his trade, expressing the dignity of his profession. While his early self-portraits had Baroque flamboyance, his later work focused more on inner life than outer show. Name this artist.

Rembrandt

Give the name of the 17th century Dutch city whose population tripled between 1610 and 1640 and whose vast new town hall, now known as the Royal Palace, symbolized the prosperity of the Dutch Golden Age.

Amsterdam

In most countries in 17th century Europe, Church, royalty, and aristocracy remained the principal patrons of art, but in the Dutch Republic most artworks were instead created for this group, who favored portraits, landscapes, and scenes of everyday life. Give the name of this group.

the middle-class

This man seemed to have spent his whole life in the Dutch town of Delft, with only three dozen paintings by him being known. Give the full name of this artist, who left his widow and 11 children with heavy debts after his death in 1675.

Jan Vermeer

This painting seems like a realistic glimpse into a painter’s studio at first glance, however the elaborate costume that the artist in the foreground and symbols of the background convey that the picture is an allegory or glorification of its title. Give the title of this 1667 painting by Jan Vermeer.

The Art of Painting

This painting is considered the masterpiece of van de Velde and is often described as one of the most majestic marine pictures ever painted. Give the name of this painting of a man-of-war ship firing as a salute as it sets sail, rather than an attack on another vessel.

The Cannon Shot

Rachel Ruysch was an artist that specialized almost exclusively in paintings of these objects, bringing her a wealthy career from international clientele that were willing to pay well for her work. Give the name of these objects, which is claimed as the only area in which 18th century Dutch art surpassed that of the previous century.

Flowers

Jacob van der Ulft painted a rendition of this city in 1659 that depicts its bustling main square. Give the name of this town, whose people called its town hall the “eighth wonder of the world.” 

Amsterdam

Give the name of this main bustling square that was the subject of a 1659 painting by Jacob van der Ulft in the city of Amsterdam.

Dam Square

This type of painting already had a distinct tradition in the region when Hals painted his first civic guards picture. Give the name of this type of painting, which was exemplified by Haarlem’s Maerten van Heemskerck in 1530.

group portraiture

This man was one of the leading art figures when Hals was growing up, and is said to have been his teacher. Give the name of this man, who is best remembered for an art treatise he published in 1604.

Karel van Mander

Give the name of this important source of art-historical information, published in Haarlem in 1604 by Karel van Mander.

Book of Painters

This man arrived in Rome in 1605 and lived there for about a decade. Give the name of this painter, who, after returning to Utrecht in 1614, became one of the foremost Dutch exponents of Caravaggio’s style (along with Gerrit van Honthorst).

Hendrick Terbrugghen

 The elegant artificiality of this scene is typical of its artist Joachim Wtewael, who continued elements of the Mannerist style well into the 17th century. Give the name of this painting, which was from the main center of Catholicism, Utrecht.

Adoration of the Shepherds

This Dutch artist was the first to specialize in winter landscapes, combining sensitive observation of nature with lively scenes of small figures, as in his Winter Scene with Skaters near a Castle. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Hendrick Avercamp

This painter became a member of the painters’ guild in Haarlem in 1610, the first documented date in his career, in an organization said to have been founded in the 1490s. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Frans Hals

This Dutch painter spent several years in Italy early in his career and became one of the leading followers of Caravaggio, though his style later grew much lighter, as seen in his work Christ Before the High Priest. Give the last name of this artist.

Gerrit van Honthorst

In 1620 work started on building the Westerkerk, a major Protestant church in Amsterdam where Rembrandt is later buried. Give the first and last name of the architect and sculptor that it is designed by, the father of a famous painter.

Hendrick de Keyser

This Amsterdam portraitist was the city’s leading painter of likeness before Rembrandt eclipsed him in the early 1630s, as seen in his 1627 work Constantijn Huygens and His Clerk. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Thomas de Keyser

This artist, who died at about 32, helped popularize rowdy peasant tavern scenes like his 1635 Tavern Scene, whose coarse subject matter contrasts with its sparkling, delicate brushwork admired by Rubens and Rembrandt. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Adriaen Brouwer

This painting depicts a life-size, intensely dramatic biblical scene in which the brutal attack of the Israelite hero is shown with horrific directness, yet the light streaming into the dark tent is rendered with great sensitivity. Give the name of this 1636 work by Rembrandt.

The Blinding of Samson

This striking image of an angry bird defending its nest against enemies was most likely meant to be patriotic symbolism for the Dutch Republic. Name this 1645 painting by Jan Asselyn, who was mainly known as a landscapist.

The Threatened Swan

This painter, who lived in Delft, was especially skilled at evoking the peaceful, orderly well-being of Dutch society at the height of its success, as seen in his 1658 work The Courtyard of a House in Delft. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Pieter de Hooch

This artist was one of the greatest still-life painters, with an exquisite feeling for color and texture, and he depicts exotic luxury objects imported into the Dutch Republic through its worldwide trade in his 1662 work Still Life with a Chinese Bowl. Give the last name of this artist.

Willem Kalf

In his 80s, this artist painted his last great works as group portraits of the regents and regentesses of the old men’s almshouse in Haarlem in 1664, and died impoverished two years later. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Frans Hals

This artist is best known for boisterous scenes of everyday life that lightly moralize human foibles such as drunkenness, as in his 1674 work Merrymaking at an Inn. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Jan Steen

This painter depicted naval battles from the Anglo-Dutch Wars, including his 1686 masterpiece The Golden Leeuw at the Battle of Texel. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Willem van de Velde the Younger

The Death of Ananias, a suave biblical scene that nicknamed its creator as “the Dutch Poussin,” exemplifies the Dutch influence on late 17th century French art and was painted by an artist who later went blind and became a successful art lecturer and writer. Give the last name of this artist.

Gérard de Lairesse

This painting exemplifies the Dutch influence that suffused French art in the late 17th century. Give the name of this suave, handsome biblical scene that was painted by “the Dutch Poussin,” Gérard de Lairesse, in 1687.

The Death of Ananias

This artist was the only recorded pupil of Jacob van Ruisdael, and was strongly influenced by his master but usually sunnier in mood. His most famous work, a balance of grandeur and intimacy, is generally regarded as the last great masterpiece of 17th century Dutch landscape painting. Give the last name of this painter of The Avenue.

Meindert Hobbema

This artist is the most famous Dutch marine painter, and comes from a nautical family with deep understanding of ships and the sea. In 1672-1673 he settled in England with his father, powerfully influencing British marine painting and earning the great admiration of Turner. Give the full name of this artist.

Willem van de Velde the Younger

This artist specialized almost exclusively in meticulously painted flower still lifes (and occasionally fruit), achieving great success in her lifetime with wealthy international patrons who paid well for her polished technique, as praised by contemporary poets. Continuing to work into her 80s with a small output of about 100 known works, her reputation endures as one of the greatest flower painters. Give the first and last name of this artist.

Rachel Ruysch