Soldiers at Leisure: The Guardroom Scene in Dutch Genre Painting of the Golden Age

by Jochai Rosen

Among the rich varieties of genre painting, long recognized as one of the most characteristic and original contributions of the seventeenth-century Dutch school of painting, is a highly entertaining but often overlooked series depicting rowdy, off-duty mercenaries. This hugely successful genre portrayed soldiers as they played cards, drank, rested, and frolicked with dubious women. Here Jochai Rosen defines the characteristics and development of this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9089642048
• ISBN13: 9789089642042
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.9"