The introduction of Dutch classicism in Sweden on the basis of two private houses ; De introductie van het Hollands classicisme in Zweden, aan de hand van twee woonhuizen van de familie De Geer

When the architects Jacob van Campen, Pieter Post and Philips Vingboons introduced classicism in the Dutch Republic in the thirties and forties of the seventeenth century, this architectural principle soon got anchored in the world of commissioners, architects and dilettantes. But it did not remain restricted to the latter group; due to merchants' and architects' frequent travels, Dutch classicism developed into an international design principle. In the course of the seventeenth century various Dutch architects worked abroad or in their own studios at assignments commissioned from abroad. Besi... Mehr ...