The Dutch Golden Age. The Kremer Collection

The Pinacothèque de Paris (France) hosts the exhibition The Dutch Golden Age. The Kremer collection, which refers to the extraordinary artistic movement developed during the 17th century, supported by a new category of collectors: the merchants and the bourgeois. During that period in Holland, collecting was no longer the prerogative of aristocrats, as elsewhere in Europe.

Ilone and George Kremer were art collectors who created a unique collection of Dutch masters, from Rembrandt to Frans Hals, through Pieter de Hooch, Gerrit Dou, Gerrit van Honthorst. They also attached great importance to artists lesser known today, but equally essential at the time.

The Pinacothèque de Paris shows a set of fifty seven works which favour the technique of the chiaroscuro, developed and widely spread during the Dutch Golden Age. The exhibition focuses on genre scenes and social relations between the various trades in 17th century Holland, and also shows, how the bourgeoisie overtook the aristocracy in the world of art lovers and collectors. The exhibition also shows still-life paintings and landscapes which are among the most remarkable and the most representative paintings of this time.

Date: until March 25.
Place: Pinacothèque de Paris. 28, place de la Madeleine. 75008 Paris, France.
Opening hours: from Monday to Sunday from 10.30am to 6.30pm.