DUTCH "PHOTOGRAPHY" – 17th Century Style (Fijnschilder Painters)

Dutch Golden Age genre paintings by the Fijnschilders (fine painters). Gerrit Dou, Frans van Mieris, Godfried Schalcken. Best viewed full screen and in 1080p. Голландская жанровая живопись. Золотой век. Малые голландцы. Герард Дау (Геррит Доу), Франс ван Мирис-старший, Годфрид Схалкен. Music: Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck (1562-1621, Dutch composer): 1 Pavana Lachrimae; 2 Ballo del Granduca (harpsichord). The Fijnschilders (literally "fine-painters"), also called the Leiden Fijnschilders ('Leidse Fijnschilders'), were Dutch Golden Age painters who, from about 1630 to 1710, strove to create as natural a reproduction of reality as possible in their meticulously executed, often small-scale works. The fijnschilders are best known for genre scenes showing everyday life and activities, candle-lit nocturnal subjects, and tromp-l’œil “niche” paintings. Paintings by top Fijnschilders are very highly prized by private collectors. “The Sleeping Dog” by Gerrit Dou (Van Otterloo Collection) fetched $4.7 million in 2005. The size of this very touching painting is only 16.5 cm (6.4 in) by 21.6 cm (8.5 in). The world’s record price for the same artist was achieved when the “Elderly Woman Eating Porridge” brought $5.3 million in 2011. 00:00 Gerrit Dou (1613-1675 Leiden), also known as Gerard Dow Scholar Sharpening his Quill, ca. 1632-35 (Leiden Collection) Old Woman Reading *,1631-32 (Rijksmuseum) A Sleeping Dog 1650 (Van Otterloo Collection) Woman Eating Porridge 1631-35 (Private Collection) Girl Chopping Onion 1646 (Royal Collection) A Young Woman at her Toilet, 1667 (Boijmans Museum) Astronomer by Candlelight, late 1650s, (Getty Museum) The Young Mother, 1658 (Mauritshuis) The Violin Player, 1653 (Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna) A Poulterer's Shop, c. 1670 (National Gallery, London) The Lacemaker, 1667 (Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe) The Physician, 1653 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) Women Bather, 1660-65 (Hermitage Museum) 03:53 Godfried Schalcken (1643-1706) Woman Selling Herrings, 1675-80 (Rijksmuseum) Self-portrait, 1695 (Royal Pump Rooms) Young Man and Woman Studying a Statue of Venus, by Lamplight, 1688-92 (Leiden Collection) A Man Offering Gold and Coins to a Girl, 1665-70 (National Gallery, UK) A Lady Admiring an Earring by Candlelight, c. 1690 (private Collection) Portrait of Françoise van Diemen, 1679 (Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna) A Useless Moral Lesson**, 1680-85 (Mauritshuis) 05:32 Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681) Traveler at Rest, c. 1657 (The Leiden Collection) Woman at a Harpsichord, 1658 (Staatliches Museum Schwerin) A Woman and a Procuress, 1671 (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden) Oyster eaters, 1659 (Hermitage) Brothel Scene, c. 1658-59 (Mauritshuis) The Music Lesson, 1659 (private collection) The Drummer Boy, 1670 (private collection) Self-portrait with a Cittern, 1674 (National Gallery, UK) The Interrupted Song, 1671 (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris) A Soldier Smoking a Pipe, c 1657-58 (National Gallery, Washington) The Tavern Scene, 1655 (Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden) Cavalier in the Shop (Kunsthistorisches Museum) *The old woman is reading the beginning of chapter 19 of the Gospel of Luke. The passage states that those who wish to do good must give away half of all they own to the poor. The old woman’s expensive clothing contrasts sharply with this message: she is still attached to worldly possessions. **The meaning of this scene concerns the lesson being given to the young woman, while she almost lets the little bird escape from its cage. The bird is symbolic of her virginity. The old woman standing beside her is raising her finger in warning and cautioning her against the dangers of love. ________________________ Nederlandse schilderkunst in de Gouden eeuw