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400: 370: 343: 433: 416: 292:(original title: 'Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der schilderkonst: anders de zichtbaere werelt', Rotterdam, 1678) which is in length and theoretical scope one of the most ambitious treatises on the art of painting published in the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century. It covers issues such as pictorial persuasion and illusionism, the painter's moral standards and the relation of painting to philosophy, referring to various ancient and modern authors. While reacting to international, mainly Southern European ideas on painting which Van Hoogstraten may have encountered during his travels, the treatise also reflects contemporary talk and thought on art from Dutch studios. He wrote it as a sequel to 385: 355: 188: 175: 44: 546: 602: 199:
A sufficient number of Van Hoogstraten's works have been preserved to show that he strove to imitate different styles at different times. In a portrait dated 1645, currently in the Lichtenstein collection in Vienna, he imitates Rembrandt. He continued in this vein until as late as 1653 when he
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A view of the Vienna Hofburg, dated 1652, displays his skill as a painter of architecture. In contrast, a piece at the Hague representing a "Lady Reading a Letter as she crosses a Courtyard" (Mauritshuis) or a "Lady Consulting a Doctor," (in the
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Van Hoogstraten's fame derives from his versatile career as a painter, poet and zealous social climber. Besides painting and directing a mint, he devoted some of his time to literary labours. His
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is a box with convincing 3D views of the interior of a Dutch house when viewed through peepholes on either end of the box. One of his perspective boxes is on show at the
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Portrait of Mattheus van den Broucke (1620–85), Governor of the Indies, with the gold chain and medal presented to him by the Dutch East India Company in 1670
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produced a figure of a bearded man looking out of a window. This, one of the more characteristic examples of his style, is exhibited in the
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Thijs Weststeijn, 'The Visible World: Samuel Van Hoogstraten's Art Theory and the Legitimation of Painting in the Dutch Golden Age'
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Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der schilderkonst: anders de zichtbaere werelt) (1678)
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and stayed in Dordrecht until about 1640. On the death of his father, he moved to
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in London. It shows the interior of a typical Dutch house of his time.
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De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
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De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
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Hoogstraten also employed his skill with perspective to construct "
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Introduction to the Academy of Painting, or the Visible World
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Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten trained first with his father
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as well, and some of his plates are still preserved. His
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He later made several travels which took him (1651) to
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A Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a Dutch House
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Samuel van Hoogstraten

Dordrecht
Dordrecht
Baroque
Dordrecht
Dutch Golden Age painter
Dirk van Hoogstraten
Amsterdam
Rembrandt
Vienna

Trompe-l'œil

Dyrham Park
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
trompe-l'œil
Rijksmuseum
de Hooch
peepshows
perspective boxes
National Gallery
etchings
self-portrait
Jan van Hoogstraten
Aert de Gelder
Cornelis van der Meulen
Godfried Schalcken
magnum opus
Karel van Mander

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