A Quiet Observer of Dutch Life: The World of Anthonie Jansz van der Croos Anthonie Jansz van der Croos, a name perhaps less immediately recognizable than his more celebrated contemporaries like Rembrandt or Hals, nevertheless occupies a significant and charming niche within the pantheon of 17th-century Dutch landscape painters. Born in 1606, little is definitively known about his early life or formal training. He emerged from Haarlem,…