Rarities of These Lands
A vivid account of Dutch seventeenth-century art and material culture against the backdrop of the geopolitics of the early modern world
The seventeenth century witnessed a great flourishing of Dutch trade and culture. Over the course of the first half of the century, the northern Netherlands secured independence from the Spanish crown, and the nascent republic sought to establish its might in globa...
A vivid account of Dutch seventeenth-century art and material culture against the backdrop of the geopolitics of the early modern world
The seventeenth century witnessed a great flourishing of Dutch trade and culture. Over the course of the first half of the century, the northern Netherlands secured independence from the Spanish crown, and the nascent republic sought to establish its might in globa...
