Heroes, harlots and holiness: Dutch history painting in the time of Rembrandt

Course programme

Friday

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner
20:30 Introduction: art and society in the seventeenth century
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 History painting: subjects and approaches
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Reading biblical scenes
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Classical tales: mythology, literature and history
18:30 Dinner
20:00 The Utrecht masters
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Lastman, Lievens and Rembrandt
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Rembrandt’s later years
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch.

Dietary Requirements
If you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies please inform our Admissions Team on ice.admissions@ice.cam.ac.uk or +44 (0)1223 746262 if you have not already advised us of your requirements.

Additional Requirements
Further information about student support.