Bring Dutch Art into your world at home.

Welcome to the Dutch Golden Age live two-hour virtual tour. What you will see from our delightful collection are paintings of luscious floral arrangements, decadent table settings featuring delicious meals, charming day-in-the-life scenes, magnificent sea ships, and luxurious estates.

• Live two-hour virtual tour
• with an Art Historian 
• All participants are invited to attend casual post-tour discussion

Find Influential Artists highly talented and some less familiar

You will begin in 1588 as the Dutch left the rule of Phillip II of Spain chart their own course as an autonomous sovereign nation.  On the dawn of a meteoric rise in trade, science, and art came to an abrupt halt during “Disaster Year” of 1672.

You will uncover some of the unique struggles Dutch artists faced as their world transitioned to a more open and flexible art market. You will be introduced to some of the artists that were accomplished successful businessmen and women.

The Dutch artists chose to portray celebration, passion, and candid emotions through trying times.

At the end of the tour, you will receive a free bonus explaining how Dutch Art changed into Europea's next grand art movement as we see a rise in female naturalist painters and view a few paintings from the Rococo art movement.

A few of the Dutch Golden Age artists that we will see are Aelbert Cuyp, Lodolph Backhuysen, Johannes Vermeer, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Pieter de Hooch, and Hendrick Avercamp.

 About Rebecca Howland

My name is Rebecca Howland and I graduated from California State University of Bakersfield with my bachelor's in art history and graduated from California State University of Northridge with my master's in history. I am currently residing in the greater Houston area working as an educational program developer at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts. I enjoy using my background in education to encourage others to learn more about the arts and history in order to apply that knowledge in their everyday life. I am excited to share my passion, knowledge, and experiences with all of you on my tours!