Curator Talk: Dutch Romantic and Hague School Paintings

In the 19th-century Netherlands, painters took inspiration from the lively artistic world of the age of Rembrandt two centuries earlier. As the country sought a national culture after 50 years of upheaval (beginning with the French invasion of 1795 and ending with peace with Belgium in 1839), artists sought to emphasize the perceived virtues of Dutch people and culture through peaceful landscapes, bustling city views, and scenes of merchant ships.

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The speaker explains the paintings very well and the camera focuses on the interesting brushwork.