Surveys and studies

Alpers, Svetlana, The art of describing: Dutch art in the seventeenth century, Chicago 1983.

Bionda, Richard and Carel Blotkamp (editors), De schilders van Tachtig: Nederlandse schilderkunst 1880-1895, exhib.cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh) and Glasgow (The Burrell Collection) 1990-1991, Zwolle 1991.

Briels, Jan, Vlaamse schilders en de dageraad van Hollands Gouden Eeuw, 1585-1630, Antwerp 1997. Includes: 'Biografieën van Vlaamse schilders in Holland', pp. 291-411.

Brown, Christopher, Images of a golden past: Dutch genre painting of the seventeenth century, New York 1984.

Gruyter, W. J. de, De Haagse School, Rotterdam 1968-1969. 2 vols.

Haak, Bob, The Golden Age: Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, Zwolle 2003. Original edition: Hollandse schilders in de Gouden Eeuw, Amsterdam 1984.

Hand, John Oliver, Catherine A. Metzger and Ron Spronk, Prayers and portraits: unfolding the Netherlandish diptych, exhib.cat. Washington (National Gallery of Art) and Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten) 2006-2007.

Havard, Henry, L'art et les artistes hollandais, Paris 1879-1881. 4 vols. Digital edition of volume 1 is available at www.archive.org

Hecht, Peter, De Hollandse fijnschilders van Gerard Dou tot Adriaen van der Werff, exhib.cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1989-1990, Maarssen 1989.

Heck, Christian (supervisor), L'art flamand et hollandais: le siècle des Primitifs, 1380-1520, Paris 2003.

Hoogewerff, G. J., De Noord-Nederlandsche schilderkunst, The Hague 1936-1947. 5 vols.

Kaufmann, Thomas DaCosta (supervisor), L'art flamand et hollandais: Belgique et Pays-Bas 1520-1914, Paris 2002.

Kloek, Wouter Th. [et al.], Kunst voor de beeldenstorm: Noordnederlandse kunst 1525-1580, exhib.cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum), The Hague 1986.
Vol. I. Kloek, Wouter Th., Willy Halsema-Kubes and Reinier Jan Baarsen, Inleiding. English edition: Art before the Iconoclasm. Northern Netherlandish art 1525-1580
Vol. II. Filedt Kok, Jan Piet, Willy Halsema-Kubes and Wouter Th. Kloek, Tentoonstellingscatalogus.

Knipping, John Baptist, Iconography of the Counter Reformation in the Netherlands: heaven on earth, Nieuwkoop and Leiden 1974. 2 vols. Original edition: De iconografie van de Contra-Reformatie in de Nederlanden, Hilversum 1939-1940. 2 vols.

Luijten, Ger et al. (editors), Dawn of the Golden Age: Northern Netherlandish art 1580-1620, exhib.cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum), Zwolle 1993.

Mai, Ekkehard, Sander Paarlberg and Gregor J.M. Weber (editors), Vom Adel der Malerei: Holland um 1700, exhib.cat. Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Fondation Corboud), Dordrecht (Dordrechts Museum) and Kassel (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister) 2006-2007. Essays by Peter Hecht, Ekkehard Mai, Gregor J.M. Weber, C. Willemijn Fock and Michael North. Dutch edition: De kroon op het werk: Hollandse schilderkunst 1670-1750.

Montias, John Michael, Artists and artisans in Delft: a socio-economic study of the seventeenth century, Princeton, New Jersey 1982.

Müllenmeister, Kurt J., Meer und Land im Licht des 17. Jahrhunderts, Bremen 1973-1981. 3 vols: I. Seestücke und Flusslandschaften niederländischer Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts in privaten Sammlungen. II. Tierdarstellungen in Werken niederländischer Künstler, A-M. III. Tierdarstellungen in Werken niederländscher Künstler, N-Z, und Nachtrag Bd. 2, A-M.

Nieuwdorp, Hans, Antwerpse retabels 15de-16de eeuw, exhib.cat. Antwerp (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal), Antwerp 1993. 2 vols.

Panofsky, Erwin, Early Netherlandish painting: its origin and character, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1953. 2 vols.

Ridderbos, Bernhard, Anne van Buren and Henk van Veen (editors), Early Netherlandish paintings: rediscovery, reception and research, Amsterdam 2005. Original Dutch edition: Bernhard Ridderbos and Henk van Veen (editors), 'Om iets te weten van de oude meesters': de Vlaamse Primitieven, herontdekking, waardering en onderzoek, Nijmegen and Heerlen 1995.

Rosenberg, Jakob, Seymour Slive and Engelbert Hendrik ter Kuile, Dutch art and architecture 1600-1800, 3rd edition, Harmondsworth 1977. Original edition: 1966.

Schama, Simon, The embarrassment of riches: an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age, London [etc.] 1987.

Slive, Seymour, Dutch painting 1600-1800, New Haven [etc.] 1995 (The Pelican history of art).

Sluijter, Eric Jan, De 'heydensche fabulen' in de schilderkunst van de Gouden Eeuw: schilderijen met verhalende onderwerpen uit de klassieke mythologie in de Noordelijke Nederlanden, circa 1590-1670, Leiden 2000. Revised edition of dissertation 1986.

Van Schoute, Roger and Brigitte de Patoul (editors), Les primitifs flamands et leur temps, Brussels 1994. Dutch translation: De Vlaamse primitieven, Leuven 1994.

Vlieghe, Hans, Flemish art and architecture, 1585-1700, New Haven [etc.] 1998 (The Pelican history of art).