Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age kk AS NEW

Washington D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Demy table, [27.75cm/11inches], full ebonyt-embossed terra cotta-coloured cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 256. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The National Gallery of Art's November 2008 press release noted: "Dutch Cityscapes Exhibition Premieres to U.S. Audiences at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, February 1 through May 3, 2009 ... Washington, DC. Visitors will travel back in time to Dutch cities of the 17th century during Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age, on view February 1 through May 3, 2009, in the West Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition of 48 paintings and 23 maps, atlases, and illustrated books will offer a breathtaking survey of the Dutch cityscape, from wide-angle panoramas depicting the urban skyline with its fortifications, windmills, and church steeples, to renderings of daily life along the canals, in city streets, and in town squares. The booming economy of the Dutch Republic fostered a new genre of painting in the 17th century—the cityscape. Images of towns and cities expressed the enormous civic pride of the era. Some 40 Dutch master artists are represented in the exhibition, including Gerrit Berckheyde, Aelbert Cuyp, Carel Fabritius, Jan van Goyen, Jan van der Heyden, Pieter de Hooch, Jacob van Ruisdael, Pieter Saenredam, and Jan Steen. A standout is Van Goyen's 15-foot-long View of The Hague from the Southeast (c. 1650–1651), which he painted for the town hall. Other cities depicted in the exhibition include Amsterdam, Haarlem, Delft, Dordrecht, Hoorn, Middleburg, Utrecht, Nijmegen, and Rhenen".