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A Choice Collection: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Paintings Form the Frits Lugt Collection
A Choice Collection SeventeenthCentury Dutch Paintings Form the Frits Lugt Collection Author:Quentin Buvelot, Hans Buijs, Ella Reitsma This richly illustrated volume offers a selection of the most beautiful Dutch seventeenth-century paintings from the Lugt Collection. The great connoisseur Frits Lugt (1884-1970) is today primarily recognized as a collector of drawings and prints by Dutch and Flemish masters. Far less is known, however, about his important collection of painting... more »s. There can be no doubt that Lugt had a taste for the unusual in the oeuvre of famous artists, and that he had a marked preference for landscape paintings. The works--mostly executed in a small format--are not only well preserved but also of exceptional quality, designed to fit perfectly in the intimacy of a home.« less