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Dutch Portraits at the National Gallery

By Chris | June 25th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

London’s National Gallery has a major new exhibition opening this week called Dutch Portraits:The Age of Rembrandt and Frank Hals featuring portraits painted during Holland’s ‘Golden Age’ in the 17th century after the Dutch got their independence from Spain.
After independence the Dutch become successful and wealthy and having portraits painted was an expression of this [...]