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Art Bites 179: Northern Baroque Painting: Hals, Steen, Vermeer
Baroque art in the Protestant North — without the patronage of popes and kings — reflected the practical values of the merchants who paid for it. Steen, Vermeer, and Hals painted slices of regular life and group portraits of city bigwigs.
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