The Dutch Golden Age “An Embarrassment of Riches”

The Dutch The Dutch Golden AgeGolden Age““An Embarrassment of An Embarrassment of

Riches”Riches”

CommerceCommerce

Fishmarket and

Bourse

Dam Square

Rembrant, Syndics of the

Cloth Guild

Interest in Interest in ScienceScience

Vermeer, The Geographer

Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr.

Nicholaes Tulp

Vermeer, Woman with a

Balance

Rembrandt, A Philosopher in Meditation

Middle-Class Middle-Class Values and Values and DomesticityDomesticity

Vermeer, The Music Lesson

Vermeer, Woman with a Pitcher

Vermeer, Mistress with Her Maid

De Hooch, Mother with Child in Her Lap

De Hooch, A Dutch Courtyard

Hals, The Jolly Toper

Leyster, Self-Portrait

NatureNature

Ruisdael, The Bleaching Grounds

Ruisdael, Jewish

Cemetery

Ruisdael, View of Delft

Vermeer, Delft Street Scene

From Calvinism From Calvinism to Capitalismto Capitalism

Hoogstraten, Interior of the Church

of St. Odulphus

Steenwyck, The Vanities of Human Life

Rembrandt, Return of the

Prodigal Son