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Small treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, and their contemporaries


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Abstract

This is the exhibition catalogue accompanying the show Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, and Their Contemporaries, held at the North Carolina Museum of Art and the Birmingham Museum of Art in 2014/15. It comprises more than 60 exquisite small-format paintings, showcasing the quality and skill Dutch and Flemish artists of the Golden Age brought to these rare masterpieces. Small Treasures includes works by Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Johannes Vermeer, Judith Leyster, Adriaen Brouwer, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Anthony van Dyck, among others.

Contents

Director's foreword / Lawrence J. Wheeler -- Small treasures: "The closer you are, the more you see" / Dennis P. Weller -- "Small, subtle, and curious things" / Dennis P. Weller -- With a keen eye and a steady hand: producing small treasures / Noelle Ocon -- Catalogue of the exhibition / Dennis P. Weller (with contributions by Pamela Fowler) -- Bibliography.

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Publisher

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    Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Museum of Art, c2014


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    1600 - 1699


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    • 0882599038
    • 9780882599038

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    Catalogue of an exhibition held at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C., 12 October 2014-4 January 2015, and at the Birmingham Museum of Art, 1 February-26 April 2015.


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