A
Abraham Receiving the Angels [Bol], 154
Actor’s instinct in art, 75
Adoration of the Shepherds [Rembrandt], 103, 159
Aertz, Pieter, 19;
studied at Amsterdam, 43
Albert, Archduke, 45
Altman, Mr. B., owner of The Sleeping Girl [Vermeer], 136
Alva, Duke of, 22, 23, 46
Amsterdam, school of painting, 38, 43;
artists born there:
Aertz, 107;
Eeckhout, 158;
De Keyser, 165;
Koninck, 172;
Adriaen van de Velde, 184;
school of:
Scovel, 16;
Rembrandt, 73;
Maes, 115;
Metsu, 117;
Fabritius, 157;
Eeckhout, 158;
De Gelder, 160;
De Keyser, 165;
Koninck, 170;
Hobbema, 190;
residence of:
Rembrandt, 76;
Aertz, 107;
Van Ostade, 109;
Lairesse, 125;
De Keyser, 165;
Seghers, 170;
Koninck, 170;
Van der Neer, 176;
Potter, 179;
Van de Velde, Willem, Elder and Younger, 186;
Van de Velde, Adriaen, 184;
Berchem, 184;
Hobbema, 190;
Ruisdael, Jacob, 194
Angel and the Shepherds [Flinck], 152
Antwerp, glory of, 7;
“Image-Breaking” at, 22;
school of painting, 22;
birthplace of Hals, 50
Antwerp Museum, Day of Judgment [Van Orley], 15
Art:
the need of the people, 4;
French at time of Revolution, 5;
imitation death of national art, 6;
decline of Dutch in eighteenth century, 6;
affected by imperialism, influenced by Church, 11;
by Renaissance, 12;
condition at abdication of Charles V, 14;
realism of Dutch, 27;
moral and scientific character of, 28;
commencement of great period of, 29;
still-life, 31;
portraiture, 49;
beauty of inanimate things, 59;
democratic ideal of Dutch, 72;
Rembrandt’s compared to Greek, 72;
actor’s instinct shown by painters, 75;
abstract in, 94;
decorative, 94;
Barbizon, 171
Art-History Museum, Vienna. See Vienna
Artist in his Studio [Vermeer], 140
Asking a Blessing [Maes], 114
Asselyn, Jan, 44;
Enraged Swan, The, 44
Avenue of Middelharnis [Hobbema], 191

B
Bakhuysen, Ludolf, 44
Balckeneijnde, Adriana, wife of Paul Potter, 179
Bank of a Canal [Van Goyen], 188
Banquet of the Civic Guard [Van der Helst], 164
Banquet of the Officers of the Archers of St. Andrew [Hals], 66
Banquet of the Officers of the Archers of St. George [Hals], 64
Banquet of the Officers of the Archers of St. George [Hals], 65
Barbizon artists, 171
Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty, 87
Beach, The [Jacob van Ruisdael], 198
Bear Hunt, The [Potter], 180
Bega, Cornelis, 110
“Beggars, The,” 21
“Beggars of the Sea,” 23
Berchem, Nicolaes, 30, 39, 43, 174, 178, 184, 195
Berlaymont, 21
Berlin:
pictures in gallery:
St. Jerome in a Cave, Rembrandt, 76;
Portrait of Himself, Rembrandt, 78;
Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels, Rembrandt, 89;
Old Woman Peeling Apples, Maes, 115;
Portrait of Old Woman, Metsu, 118;
Family Geelvink, Metsu, 120;
The Mother, De Hooch, 121;
The Concert, Terborch, 130;
Diana with her Nymphs, Vermeer, 135;
Lady with a Pearl Necklace, Vermeer, 138;
The Christening Party, Steen, 146;
Portrait of a Young Woman, Flinck, 153;
A Man Praying, Fabritius, 158;
Raising of Jairus’s Daughter, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Mercury and Argus, Eeckhout, 159;
Old Lady and her Daughters, Old Man and his Sons, De Keyser, 166;
Landscape and Cattle, Koninck, 173;
Boar Hunt, Potter, 180;
View of Arnheim, View of Nimwegen, Van Goyen, 188;
View of Haarlem from the Dunes, Jacob van Ruisdael, 197
Biblical pictures, 74, 103-105, 150;
by Steen, 148;
Flinck, 151;
Fabritius, 156;
Bol, 163;
Eeckhout, 158;
De Gelder, 160;
Van de Velde, 183
Big Wood, The [Jacob van Ruisdael], 199
Blacksmith, The [Metsu], 117
Boar Hunt, The [Potter], 180
Bode, W., quoted, 54, 114, 117, 134, 176-195
Bol, Ferdinand, 30;
school, 43;
appreciation, 153;
Jacob Presented to Pharaoh, Rest of the Holy Family, Abraham Receiving the Angels, Salome Dancing before Herod, 154;
Portrait of a Girl, Portraits in the Pinakothek, 155
Boston Museum, pictures in:
An Interior, De Hooch, 122
Both, Johannes, 30
Boucher, 5
Bray, Jan de, 19
Bray, Salomon de, 39, 167
Brederode, feast at, 21
Bredius, Dr., 136;
estimate of Steen, 142
Brueghel, Pieter the Elder, 107
Brunswick Gallery, pictures in:
The Coquette, Vermeer, 140;
Portrait, Eeckhout, 160;
Oak Wood, Jacob van Ruisdael, 199
Brussels, scene of abdication of Charles V, 7;
ancient grandeur of, 7;
treaty of 1577 signed at, 23
Budapest, Fine Arts Museum, pictures in:
Portrait of a Man, Maes, 116;
Portrait of a Lady, Vermeer, 141;
Esther and Mordecai, De Gelder, 161;
Portrait of a Woman, De Keyser, 166;
Portrait of a Young Lady, Moreelse, 168;
Landscape, Cuyp, 183
Burial, The [Rembrandt], 103

C
Cassel Gallery, picture in: Twelfth Night, Steen, 146
Castle Bentheim [Jacob van Ruisdael], 195
Cattle and Bathers [Potter], 186
Cavalier in a Shop [Van Mieris], 124
Charles V, abdication, 3-8;
birth and education, 7;
rule in the Netherlands, 7
Chiaroscuro, Rembrandt’s, 79
Christ with the Doctors [Eeckhout], 159
Christening Party, The [Steen], 146
Church, influence of, on art, 11;
attempt to fasten Catholic on Holland, 20;
schism in Protestant, 37
Codde, Pieter, 126
Concert, The [Terborch], 136
Cook, The [Vermeer], 137
Coquette, The [Vermeer], 139
Count of Orange, William, 8
Cradle, The [Maes], 115
Craftsmanship, Dutch love of, 32
Cuyp, Aelbert, 30, 178;
appreciation, 182
Czernin Gallery, Vienna, pictures in:
The Artist in his Studio, Vermeer, 140;
The Company of Captain Cloeck, De Keyser, 166

D
David Handing the Letter to Uriah [Flinck], 151
Day of Judgment [Van Orley], 15
Decapitation of St. John the Baptist [Fabritius], 157
Delft, School of, 38, 41;
born in: Vermeer, 132;
studied at: Vermeer, 132;
residence in: Vermeer, 132;
Steen, 144;
Fabritius, 156
Descent from the Cross [Rembrandt], 103
Diana and her Nymphs [Vermeer], 135
Diana at her Toilet [Vermeer], 134
Disciples at Emmaus [Steen], 148
Doctor Visiting a Young Woman [Steen], 147
Doctor’s Visit, The [Steen], 147
Dordrecht, School of, 38, 43;
De Gelder, 160;
Cuyp, 182;
residence of Cuyp, Hoogstraten, 43;
of De Gelder, Potter, 179
Dort, assembly of Estates, 23
Dou, Gerard, 30;
school, 40;
life, 111;
appreciation, 111;
The Young Mother, 103;
Old Woman Saying Grace, 103;
The Dropsical Woman, 112;
Lady at her Toilet, 112;
Old Woman who has Lost her Thread, 112;
Young Man and Girl in a Cellar, 113;
Night School, 113
Dresden Gallery:
Old Woman who has Lost her Thread, Dou, 112;
Young Man and Girl in a Cellar, Still-life, Portrait of Himself, Dou, 113;
Man and Woman Selling Poultry, Lovers at Breakfast, Metsu, 118;
A Lady at her Clavichord, Netscher, 125;
Officer Writing a Letter, Lady Washing her Hands, Terborch, 130;
The Proposal, Vermeer, 134;
The Marriage at Cana, The Expulsion of Hagar, Steen, 148;
David Handing the Letter to Uriah, Flinck, 151;
Jacob Presented to Pharaoh, Bol, 153;
Rest of the Holy Family, Bol, 154;
Presentation of Christ in the Temple, An Important Document, Portrait of a Halberdier, DeGelder, 160;
Dutch Landscape, Koninck, 173;
Castle Bentheim, Jacob van Ruisdael, 195;
Village in the Wood, Jacob van Ruisdael, 196;
Jewish Cemetery, Jacob van Ruisdael, 200
Dropsical Woman, The [Dou], 112
Dunes, Valley of the Rhine near Arnheim [Koninck], 173
Dürer, Albrecht, 15
Dusart, Cornelis, 110
Dutch, pioneers of modern era, 3;
independence of, declared, 24;
defeated Spain by sea, 26;
love of genre, 30, 31;
advance in commerce, science, agriculture, and the crafts, 36;
political and religious dissensions, 37;
art one of portraiture, 49;
character of genre, 107-109;
change of conditions of society, 124;
society pictures, 126;
landscape, 170;
with cattle, 177;
occasional tediousness of landscapes, 192
Dutch Courtyard [De Hooch], 122
Dutch Housewife [Maes], 115
Duyster, Willem Cornelisz, 121, 126

E
Eeckhout, Gerbrandt van den, 30;
school, 43, 151;
life, 174;
appreciation, 175;
The Woman Taken in Adultery, 158;
Christ with the Doctors, Raising of Jairus’s Daughter, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Mercury and Argus, 159;
The Wine Contract, 160
Egg Dance, The [Aertz], 107
Egmont, Count, 22, 46
Egmont, Maria van, 144
Elevation of the Cross [Rembrandt], 103, 104
Elias, Nicolaes, 165
Elizabeth of England assists Dutch, 25
Elkins, Mrs. William L., owner of Wooded Road, Hobbema, 191
Elsheimer, German painter who influenced Rembrandt, 74
Enraged Swan, The [Jan Asselyn], 44
Esther and Mordecai [De Gelder], 161
Etchings of Rembrandt, 74:
Old Woman’s Head;
Bust of Old Woman;
Rembrandt, a Bust;
Rembrandt with an Open Mouth;
Rembrandt with an Air of Grimace;
Rembrandt with Haggard Eyes;
Rembrandt Laughing
Everdingen, Allart van, 30;
school, 39;
paints in Sweden, 39;
in Amsterdam, 43
Everdingen, Cæsar van, 175
Expulsion of Hagar [Steen], 148

F
Fabritius, Carel, 30;
school, 41;
in Amsterdam, 43;
teacher of Vermeer, 132;
Biblical subjects, 150;
appreciation, 156;
tragic death, 157;
Portrait of Abraham de Notte, 157;
The Decapitation of St. John the Baptist, 157
Family Geelvink [Metsu], 120
Family Group [De Hooch], 122
Feast of St. Nicholas [Steen], 145
Fête of the Civic Guard, Münster, 1648 [Flinck], 153
Fiddler, The [Van Ostade], 110
Fishers for Souls, The [Van de Venne], 44
Flanders, School of, 100, 107
Flemish nobles aid Holland, 21
Flinck, Govert, 30;
school, 43;
Biblical pictures, 150;
appreciation, 151;
Isaac Blessing Jacob, David Handing the Letter to Uriah, 151;
Angel and the Shepherds, Gray-Bearded Man, 152;
Portrait of a Little Girl, of a Young Woman, of M. Johannes Wittenbogaert, Fête of the Civic Guard, Münster, 153
Fragonard, 5
Frederick Henry, Stadtholder, 37, 45
Frick, Henry C., owner of The Music Lesson, Vermeer, 140
Fromentin, quoted, 6, 49;
on Rembrandt, 78-85;
Terborch, 129

G
Gallant Soldier, The [Terborch], 129
Gelder, Aert de, 151;
appreciation of, 160;
Presentation of Christ in the Temple, An Important Document, Portrait of a Halberdier, 160;
Judah and Thamar, Esther and Mordecai, Three Portraits, 161
Genre painting, 107;
inspiration from Hals, 100;
high-water mark of, 120;
decline of, 124;
society picture, 126;
of Terborch, 129;
not realistic, 130;
Valckenborch, Aertz, 107;
Van Ostade, 108;
Dou, 111;
Maes, 114;
Metsu, 117;
De Hooch, 120;
Willem and Frans (Elder and Younger) van Mieris, 122;
Lairesse, Netscher, Schalcken, 125;
Dirck Hals, Duyster, Palamedesz, Codde, Slingeland, 126;
Terborch, 127;
Vermeer, 132;
Steen, 141
Gerard, Balthasar, assassin of William of Orange, 25
Ghent, birthplace of Charles V, 7
Girl before her Mirror [Van Mieris], 124
Girl with Water-Jug [Vermeer], 134
Gorkum, 176
Goyen, Jan Joseph van, 19, 39, 40, 42, 173, 174, 183;
life, 187;
appreciation, 188;
compared to Ruisdael, 189;
View of Dordrecht, of Arnheim, of Nimwegen, Landscape, 188;
The River, Banks of a Canal, 189
Grand Pensionary, 47
Grange, Justus de la, employer of Pieter de Hooch, 121
Gray-Bearded Man [Flinck], 152
Greek art compared to Rembrandt’s, 72
Guild of St. Luke, the Painters’ Guild, at Delft, 121, 132;
Haarlem, 51, 174, 194;
Leyden, 111, 117, 144

H
Haarlem, school, 39, 50;
Scovel, 16;
Hals, 50;
Terborch, 127;
De Bray, 167;
Ruisdael, Salomon and Jacob, 174;
Molyn, 174;
Wynants, 174;
Everdingen, 174;
Van de Velde, 174;
Berchem, 174;
birthplace of Seghers, 170;
Wouwerman, 180;
Ruisdael, 194;
residence of Hals, 51;
Van Ostade, 110;
De Hooch, 121;
De Bray, 157;
Seghers, 170;
Van de Velde, 174;
Wouwerman, 180
Haarlem Municipal Museum, 32, 39, 52;
corporation pictures, Hals, 64:
Banquet of the Officers of the Archers of St. George, 64;
Banquet of the Officers of the Archers of St. George, 65;
Banquet of the Officers of the Archers of St. Andrew, 66;
Reunion of the Officers of the Archers of St. Andrew, 67;
Officers of the Archers of St. George, 68;
Regents of the Hospital for the Poor, 52;
Regents of the Hospital of St. Elizabeth, 69
Hague:
Dutch independence declared, 24;
school, 38, 42;