The Golden Age of Dutch Painting in Historical Perspective Book

1. Between reason and sensitivity: Dutch painting in the eyes of foreigners, 1660–1800 Frans Grijzenhout; 2. The felicitous age of painting: 18th-century views of Dutch art in the golden age Lyckle de Vries; 3. Dutch nationality in the shadow of the golden age: national culture and the nation's past N. C F. van Sas; 4. Back to a glorious past: 17th-century art as a model for the 19th century Eveline Koolhaas and Sandra de Vries; 5. To the land of Rembrandt: the formation of a literary image of 17th-century art in the 19th century J. J. Kloek; 6. A new image: German and French thought on Dutch art, 1775–1860 Dedalo Carasso; 7. Two princely German collections and the image of 17th-century Dutch art Debora J. Meijers; 8. 17th-century Dutch art seen through a political prism E. de Jongh; 9. 17th-century Dutch art in the eyes of historians E. H. Kossmans; 10. The iconological approach to 17th-century Dutch painting E. de Jongh; 11. The painter and his world: the socio-economic approach to 17th-century Dutch art Martin Jan Bok; 12. New approaches in art history and the changing image of 17th-century Dutch art between 1960 and 1990 Eric J. Sluijter.