Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) THE STORY OF DUTCH PAINTING [Illustration: MAN WITH A FUR CAP REMBRANDT THE MUSEUM OF THE HERMITAGE, ST. PETERSBURG] THE STORY OF DUTCH PAINTING BY CHARLES H. CAFFIN AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STUDY PICTURES,” ETC. [Illustration: colophon] NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1911 Copyright, 1909, by THE CENTURY CO. _Published November, 1909_ THE DE VINNE PRESS TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE ART OF THE NEW REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS STORY OF THE ART OF THE OLD DUTCH REPUBLIC IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR NEW YORK, NOVEMBER, 1909 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE END OF THE OLD 3 II THE OLD ORDER CHANGES 19 III BEGINNING OF THE NEW 35 IV FRANS HALS 49 V REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIJN 71 VI THE INFLUENCE OF HALS AND REMBRANDT 96 VII DUTCH GENRE 107 VIII GERARD TERBORCH, JAN VERMEER, AND JAN STEEN 127 IX BIBLICAL SUBJECTS AND PORTRAITURE 150 X LANDSCAPE 169 XI VAN GOYEN AND HOBBEMA 187 XII JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 193 INDEX 201 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MAN WITH A FUR CAP _Rembrandt_ _Frontispiece_ From a photograph by Braun, Clément & Cie. FACING PAGE COUPLE DRINKING _Jan Steen_ 21 From a photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST _Gerard Terborch_ 28 From a photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl. LANDSCAPE WITH FENCE _Jacob van Ruisdael_ 37 LANDSCAPE WITH OAK _Jan van Goyen_ 44 From a photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl.