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Physical grace knowing how to sit stand or walk was one of accomplishments proper to the early modern elite. Such elegance was thought of as natural and inbred though the elite realized that it was first and foremost a matter of embodiment of literally incorporating grace from early childhood on. This richly illustrated volume examines the upbringing of welltodo children in the Dutch Golden Age. Situating their education within the codes of civility imported from Italy and France it focuses in particular on the welldocumented family of the poet and courtier Constantijn Huygens. Important topics include the exercises in dancing fencing and horse riding as well as the representation of the elites natural grace in Dutch paintings and prints. «
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