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Dutch text.Zwolle, 2003; hardback, pp. 536, 74 col. ill., 1043 b/w ill, cm. 28x35. Hollandse schilders in de Gouden Eeuw is a modern and wide-ranging chronology that not only complies with recent scholarly insights but also makes fascinating reading for all those wishing to become informed about this extremely flourishing artistic period. The lucid text discusses more than four hundred painters and is accompanied by reproductions typical of each artist's work. With no fewer than 1117 reproductions, of which 74 are colour plates, the reader becomes acquainted with Dutch society in all its surprising diversity.