ACKNOWLEDGMENT It was my good fortune to be introduced to the study of Dutch painting by a great scholar and teacher, Professor Julius S. Held. For his contributions to this book specifically and to my work in general, I am deeply grateful. DUTCH PAINTING IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, SECOND EDITION. Copyright © 1979, 1993 by Madlyn Millner Kahr. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information, please write: Special Markets Department, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. FIRST EDITION Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Kahr, Madlyn Millner. Dutch painting in the seventeenth century. (Icon editions) Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-06-430219-9 (pbk.) 1. Painting, Dutch. 2. Painting -- Modern -- 17th-18th centuries -- Netherlands. I. Title. ND646.K26 1979 759.9492 79-377 10987654 -iv- |