一段非凡的荷兰绘画史，重点介绍了漫长的17世纪期间艺术家们的训练和技巧。通过生动活泼的叙述方式和主题化的章节，本书提供了一次出色的关于漫长的17世纪的荷兰和佛兰德斯绘画入门介绍。

本书的精美插图来自艺术家们的约120幅画作，包括Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Hendrick Goltzius, Gerrit von Honthorst和Jacob De Gheyn。这本书对研究这些作品目前所使用的方法论进行了概述，并简要介绍了荷兰造纸和水印的历史，同时附上了一份词汇表。Lobis解释了如何将这些绘画作为实验和技巧的记录（进入艺术家心灵的真正窗口）来研究。

An extraordinary history of Netherlandish drawing, focused on the training and skill of artists during the long 17th century With a lively narrative thread and thematic chapters, this book offers an exceptional introduction to Dutch and Flemish drawing during the long 17th century. Victoria Sancho Lobis discusses the many roles of drawing in artistic training, its function in the production of works in other media, and its emergence as a medium in its own right. Beautifully illustrated with some 120 drawings by artists including Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Hendrick Goltzius, Gerrit von Honthorst, and Jacob De Gheyn, this book surveys current methodologies of studying these works and features a brief history of Dutch papermaking and watermarks as well as a glossary. Paying careful attention to materials and techniques, and informed by recent conservation treatments, Lobis explains how to look at these drawings as records of experimentation and skill, true windows into the artist's mind.