Schlagwort: Dutch Golden Age
Topics related to 17th-century Dutch art and culture.
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Looking Closer: The Convex Mirror in van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait
In van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, a coin-sized convex mirror turns optics into ethics—reflecting the room, the painter, and the moral weight of being seen.
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Painter’s Anecdote: Rembrandt’s Bankruptcy — and a Self‑Portrait’s Quiet Defiance
Rembrandt’s debts emptied his studio—but his 1659 self-portrait stares back unbroken. How bankruptcy sharpened a master’s gaze.