If there’s one thing I’ve learned about genre paintings of the Dutch masters, it’s the importance of the domestic interior. In some of these paintings you see individuals, families, and colleagues carrying on their daily business with a quiet diligence. I am always impressed by the clean and orderly world these characters occupy. Nothing is ostentatious, nor it is boring. Judging from the open windows throughout Amsterdam, the modern Dutch have maintained their historic skill at creating peaceful interior design.
Here are just some of the modern and recreated examples of Dutch interiors I found in Amsterdam along with their art historical counterparts.
Rembrandt, “De Staalmeesters (The Sampling Officials)” 1662, Rijksmuseum Museum, Amsterdam
Cornelis de Man “Man Weighing Gold” 1670, Private collection
Jacobus Vrel, “The Hospital Orderly”, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Pieter de Hooch, “Een vrouw met een kind in een kelderkamer (A woman with a child in a basement room)”, 1656 – 1660, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Jacob Ochtervelt, “A Family Group”, 1670, Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
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