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Painting in the Dutch Golden Age (1670s)

Type Event Region Dutch Republic Time 1670–1679

In the 1670s, despite the shock of the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674), the Dutch Republic's painting market remained vibrant;…

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  1. 1672–1674Amsterdam and The Hague · North Holland/South HollandThe Franco-Dutch War broke out in 1672, known to the Dutch as the 'Disaster Year'; orders for artworks shrank for a time, but after the war ended, middle-class collecting demand recovered, and genre and interior paintings continued to sell well.
  2. 1670–1675Delft · DelftJohannes Vermeer created interior masterpieces such as The Geographer and The Astronomer during this decade, representing the highest level of Dutch genre painting with quiet light and precise perspective; after his death around 1675, the influence of the Delft School gradually waned.
  3. 1675–1679Leiden, Haarlem, and Amsterdam · Dutch RepublicJan Steen, Gabriel Metsu, Pieter de Hooch, and other painters continued to depict family scenes, musical gatherings, and everyday life, carrying on Rembrandt's chiaroscuro tradition while adapting to postwar market tastes.

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