Dutch Simplicity, Sobriety & Sensuality

17th century Dutch painters recorded the glory of the creation in plant and flower form and they imbued their works with a quality of reality that reflected a quintessentially Dutch conception of the world. Studios sprang up in the north in The Hague, Middelburg, Utrecht, and Delft and in the south at Antwerp where the flourishing market for painting of flowers was sustained, not only by wealthy art collectors, but also by floriculturists and scientists too. www.thecultureconcept.com/circle/