Dutch Masters

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Just got back from the Dutch Masters exhibit at the National Gallery of Victoria, on loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. There were many fewer Vermeers than I was hoping for but they tried for a comprehensive look at the period, covering interior studies (including the interior of the Portugese synagogue in Amsterdam from 1680), portraits (including a few Rembrandts), still lifes, landscapes (my favorite title: "Landscape With Enraged Ox"), silver pieces (including a Chanukah wall oil menorah from 1696 and a really cool octagonal plate with an elaborate biblical scene engraved in the circular center). The most unusual pieces to me were the windmill cups used in Dutch drinking games of the period!