When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, they found a surprise: an image of a beached whale that had been hidden for at least 150 years.

Join Ronni Baer, Allen R. Adler, Class of ’67, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer, for a virtual visit to the planned installation of 17th-century Dutch paintings at the Princeton University Art ...

The Dutch flower paintings of the 17th Century reflected beauty, over scientific accuracy. Learn more about the Dutch, flower painting business ...

But, in the 17th Century, this was still not understood, and so, strangely enough, diseased tulips, emblazoned with distinctive patterns, became more prized than healthy ones in the Dutch Republic.

“The most important 17th-century painters from Holland were Vermeer, Rembrandt and then Frans Hals—who Dutch people don’t know was born in Antwerp and went after the fall of Antwerp with his ...

Ithaca, N.Y. -- It isn't very often that you can see twelve 17th century Dutch paintings outside New York City, but that's what you'll find just a short drive down I-81 at the Johnson Museum of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Museum of Art just purchased a flower tower of power. It’s an elaborate, 17th-century Dutch “Flower Pyramid,” made in tin-glazed earthenware.

Taken together, the gifts will be the largest donation of European paintings in the nearly 150-year-old institution's history and nearly double the museum's holding of Dutch and Flemish paintings.

When art conservators in the United Kingdom were cleaning a 17th-century Dutch seascape, they found a surprise: an image of a beached whale that had been hidden for at least 150 years. Until ...