Rarities of These Lands: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Dutch Republic

by Claudia Swan

A vivid account of Dutch seventeenth-century art and material culture against the backdrop of the geopolitics of the early modern world

The seventeenth century witnessed a great flourishing of Dutch trade and culture. Over the course of the first half of the century, the northern Netherlands secured independence from the Spanish crown, and the nascent republic sought to establish its might in global trade, often by way of diplomatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691207968
• ISBN13: 9780691207964
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 10.2"