Haak, Bob

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HAAK, Bob

HAAK, Bob. Dutch, b. 1926. Genres: Art/Art history. Career: D.A. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, Holland, assistant to the art dealer, 1950-54; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, assistant in the department of paintings, 1954-63; Amsterdam Historical Museum, chief curator, 1963-75, director, 1975-86. Publications: The Art Treasures of the Rijksmuseum, 1966; Rembrandt: His Life, His Work, His Time, trans. by E. Willems-Treeman, 1968; Rembrandt Drawings, 1976; (co-author) A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, 3 vols., 1982-89; The Golden Age: Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, 1984. Address: Nieuwe Keizersgracht 384, 1018 VC Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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