Two golden ages.(Dutch art from the seventeenth century in exhibition)(Brief Article)

The so-called golden age of Dutch art took place in the seventeenth century. The names of its artists are well known even to those who are not particularly interested in the subject: Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Jan Vermeer, and Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. Less well known is the golden age of Danish art, in the first half of the nineteenth century, during which the artists were significantly influenced by their Dutch predecessors two centuries earlier. The landscapes and domestic interiors at which the Dutch excelled also appealed to the Danes.

Danish artists in the first half of the nineteenth century had access to large collections of Dutch art in Copenhagen as well as prints of paintings by the Dutch masters. In addition, Danish painters traveled to Italy and would have been able to see Dutch paintings as they passed through Germany. Some Danes even made their way via the Netherlands itself.