Adams, Ann Jensen. Public faces and private identities in seventeenth-century Holland : portraiture and the production of community

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-374) and index

Contents

Cultural power of portrait : the market, interpersonal experience and subjectivity -- Portraits of individuals : physiognomy, demeanor, and the representation of character -- Family portraits : the private sphere and the social order -- The history portrait : comprehending self through historical narrative -- Civic guard portraits : personal friendships and the public sphere -- Portraits and the production of identity : transitional objects and potential spaces