Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Explain and exemplify the main peculiarities and developments in art-collecting practices in the Netherlands between 1500 and 1700;
2. Demonstrate awareness of how the art market and patronage impacted artistic style and subject matter;
3. Assess the role of institutions in commissioning and displaying works of art;
4. Present, orally and in written form, analyses of relevant objects and literature;
5.Engage critically with the primary sources and secondary literature.
Indicative Module Content:
Collecting and Collectors in the Netherlands: An Introduction; Supply and Demand: The Market for Paintings; Authenticity and Value: The Limits of Attribution; Display: Paintings in the Home; Zoological Collections: Frans Post and Brazil; Princely Patronage: The House of Orange as Collectors; Artists as Collectors: Rembrandt and Rubens; Institutional Collecting and Patronage; Art for Clandestine Catholic Chapels; Antwerp Collectors Cabinets; The Fagels: Book Collecting