Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678)

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In this book, a collective of specialists with different backgrounds sheds light on the facets of Van Hoogstraten’s work that demonstrates in a unique manner how art, literature, and science were interrelated in the Dutch Golden Age Samuel van Hoogstraten was not only one of Rembrandt’s most succesful pupils and a versatile painter. His experiments in optical illusion also attracted the interest of the natural scientists of his time. Furthermore, he wrote some of the first Dutch novels, plays, and a treatise on painting. After travelling to Rome, Vienna, and London he introduced European courtiers’ manners in the Low Countries. In this book, a collective of specialists with different backgrounds sheds light on the facets of Van Hoogstraten’s work that demonstrates in a unique manner how art, literature, and science were interrelated in the Dutch Golden Age. The contributors devote special attention to his theory of art and his literary writings, the role of paintings in his social network, his contacts in Italy and Britain, and finally the art of his master, Rembrandt. Bringing to the fore hitherto unknown works and highlighting new connections between word and image, the book is an important contribution to our understanding of Van Hoogstraten’s universal art and its implications for Early Modern cultural history.

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Preface, Approaches to a Multifaceted Master Prolog Samuel van Hoogstraten and the Golden Age of Dutch Art, Literature, and Science: The Present Book and Future Research 1. Van Hoogstraten’s Theory of Theory of Art Jan Blanc 2. Paradoxical Passages: The Work of Framing in the Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten Celeste Brusati 3. The Young Hoogstraten, Corrected by Rembrandt Ben Broos 4. “Zwierich van sprong”: Samuel van Hoogstraten’s Night Watch Paul Taylor 5. Samuel van Hoogstraten’s Personal Letter-Rack Paintings: Tributes with a Message Michiel Roscam Abbing 6. A Pledge of Marital Domestic Bliss: Samuel van Hoogstraten’s Perspective Box in the National Gallery, London Herman Colenbrander 7. Van Hoogstraten’s Success in Britain Fatma Yalcin 8. Samuel van Hoogstraten: The First Dutch Novelist? Thijs Weststeijn 9. Great Respect and Complete Bafflement: Arnold Houbraken’s Mixed Opinion of Samuel van Hoogstraten Hendrik J. Horn Appendix Arnold Houbraken’s References to Samuel van Hoogstraten and his ‘Introduction to the Academy of Painting’ Edited and translated by Hendrik J. Horn, Bibliographical abbreviations, Bibliography, List of illustrations, About the authors, Index.