Samuel Van Hoogstraten

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Artifice and Illusion: The Art and Writing of Samuel Van Hoogstraten

Samuel Van Hoogstraten; Celeste Brusati

Synopsis:
Samuel van Hoogstraten is familiar to scholars of Dutch art as a talented pupil and early critic of Rembrandt, and as the author of a major Dutch painting treatise. In this book, Celeste Brusati looks at the art, writing, and career of this multifaceted artist. A rich appreciation of one of the most often cited but least understood figures in seventeenth-century Dutch art, this book will interest scholars and students of art history, social history, and visual culture.

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Other editions: 2002