Monday 29 September 2025

The Dutch Golden Age in Six Paintings


by Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff

The 17th century in the Netherlands, referred to as the Dutch Golden Age, was the time of Rembrandt and Vermeer, of extra ordinary riches and incredible progress. There may be no other country in which in the brief span of a hundred years in which so many paintings were executed. Nearly every art museum in the world houses at least one Dutch painting from the Golden Age.

This talk will use six paintings to introduce how the arts flourished in this tiny republic during this period. With the help of these six paintings we will talk about the Dutch, their cities, landscape, society, beliefs and artistic genres.

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Mariska Beekenkamp-Wladimiroff

Mariska has a BA and MA in Art History, majoring in The Dutch Baroque Arts from the 17th century at the Courtauld. She runs her own company - Art Historical London offering art historical lectures, museum visits, courses, tours, travel and events from Amsterdam, London and New York.  

Mariska also teaches at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, for Roundtable, the Timken Museum and the New York Adventure Club in the States, for Academy Travel and the Art Academy in Sydney, and for a number of institutions in the Netherlands.