Lives. Artists from the pen of Karel van Mander

With a certain exaggeration, the exhibition of Dutch painting of the 15th and 16th centuries at the Olomouc Museum of Art will be co-authored by one of the artists of the time – Karel van Mander (1548-1606). He was one of the most renowned Dutch painters of his time and still is today. His works are part of the exhibitions of older Dutch art in the world’s major museums and galleries. He is, however, absolutely exceptional as the author of Het Schilder-boeck (The Book of Painters), first published in 1604, in which he provided key information about the lives and works of his predecessors and contemporaries.