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Female patrons of architecture in Amsterdam (1680-1800)
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This article focusses on Dutch women as commissioners of architecture between 1680 and 1800 and especially on women from the merchant’s classes. Its aim is to demonstrate that women – despite their status of being legally incapacitated – were able to erect some of the most stupendous canal houses in Amsterdam. This seems to be a contrast with English noble women during the Georgian period. Female propriety was translated into piety, or humility, charity and virtue, resulting in a more modest kind of architecture. Dutch merchant’s women were not subdued by these notions at all: their houses rank among the most ornamented and richest houses in Holland.
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Unmarried, married, widowed or dead
Female patrons of architecture in Amsterdam (1680-1800)
In: Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art / Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek OnlineSearch for other papers by Pieter Vlaardingerbroek in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
This article focusses on Dutch women as commissioners of architecture between 1680 and 1800 and especially on women from the merchant’s classes. Its aim is to demonstrate that women – despite their status of being legally incapacitated – were able to erect some of the most stupendous canal houses in Amsterdam. This seems to be a contrast with English noble women during the Georgian period. Female propriety was translated into piety, or humility, charity and virtue, resulting in a more modest kind of architecture. Dutch merchant’s women were not subdued by these notions at all: their houses rank among the most ornamented and richest houses in Holland.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 367 | 43 | 6 |
| Full Text Views | 232 | 143 | 5 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 539 | 229 | 9 |
