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From the lens Masterpieces of the golden age.

Please tell us all about your favorite masterpieces from the Dutch golden age. Do you agree with my top ten selection? Which paintings are missing? This is your chance to tell us!

  • SRitchieable May 11, 2012 @ 1:53 am | delete
    I love Golden Age Dutch Art - and works like these have been an inspiration to painters ever after. England's greatest landscape painter - J.M Turner - acknowledged Golden Age Dutch works as his 'mentors'. The earlier pioneering French painter A. Watteau freely admitted that he "truly learnt to paint only after studying the works of the Dutch."

    I love your lens, I've featured it on mine: http://www.squidoo.com/windmill-day-is-fun - not just about windmills, also about windmills (and Cuyp) in Golden Age Dutch art. Thanks for sharing!
  • Tolovaj Jun 30, 2011 @ 11:02 pm | delete
    Great lens, valuable historical lesson from art. Some very powerful paintings. i wish i could see them in original.
  • sushilkin Jun 6, 2011 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    Lovely Lens. Your lens is masterpiece. Thanks for sharing.
  • CruiseReady Feb 16, 2011 @ 9:26 am | delete
    One of my favorite memories from our only visit to Europe is of the day that we visited that museum (I can't even begin to spell the name!) in Amsterdam, and actually saw the original Nightwatch - wow!
  • traveller27 Feb 12, 2011 @ 12:58 pm | delete
    Fun way to learn about art!
  • WebIsFun Jan 20, 2011 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    Love the pictures!
  • Tipi Jan 17, 2011 @ 12:21 pm | delete
    This is very nice. I lensrolled it to Coloring Books Pages Masterpiece Art.
    You have done a very nice job creating a masterpiece lens! ~ I love it!
  • darciefrench Dec 2, 2010 @ 10:41 am | delete
    So hard to pick a favorite- I could get lost in any one of them.
  • JoyfulPamela Nov 30, 2010 @ 10:34 am | delete
    There are so many interesting pieces of art. I'm not sure who my favorite artist or work is. =D
  • Wbisbill Nov 23, 2010 @ 9:00 am | delete
    All beautiful. Milkmaid my favorite! Thumbs up!
  • fizanali Nov 15, 2010 @ 12:12 am | delete
    Beautiful paintings
  • ZazzleEnchante Nov 11, 2010 @ 12:19 am | delete
    Great lens! Great gallery of masterpieces & loved reading about them. Blessed by a SquidAngel
  • MTF-briguy Nov 3, 2010 @ 9:48 am | delete
    Just wanted to thank you for introducing me to these great Dutch masterpieces!
  • paperfacets Nov 2, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Coincidence is, I am reading an old Time-Life on Vermeer because I just saw the movie of the girl with the pearl earring. Learning about the Golden Age. The Hals are almost impressionism and the Vermeer's are very casual and not stiff like the other artists. The movie depicts a device he looked through. Read about the genre painters. I have not figured that out, yet.
  • Jodi_k Nov 2, 2010 @ 8:17 am | delete
    My family and I once bought an unfortunate puzzle of The Night Watch - virtually impossible to complete since it's nearly all dark pieces! I do love the way the light spotlights the two central figures though.
  • Janiece Oct 26, 2010 @ 7:08 am | delete
    Great lens! I enjoyed looking at the paintings and finding out more about them!
  • Debs Oct 23, 2010 @ 7:08 am | delete
    wonderful! this lens has made me want to go back and visit amsterdam and haarlem! i'm also a big fan of rembrandt's etchings...
  • Classic Oct 21, 2010 @ 10:47 pm | delete
    Hello Tahnks for visiting my lenses! I am a fan of Vermeer's so thank you for creating this lens! :o)
  • EditionH Oct 18, 2010 @ 8:01 am | delete
    Nice lens, I had the pleasure to see some of these paintings in original. Vermeer is a breath taking painter!

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