The Master of the Dutch Interior: The Life and Legacy of Hendrik Maertensz Sorgh In the golden light of the seventeenth-century Netherlands, few artists captured the quiet, rhythmic pulse of everyday life as intimately as Hendrik Maertensz Sorgh. Born in Rotterdam around 1610, Sorgh emerged during a period of unparalleled artistic flourishing, a time when the Dutch Golden Age was redefining the boundaries of genre painting. His journey into the heart of the Baroque tradition began with rigorous training under two formidable masters: the Antwerp virtuoso David Teniers the Younger and the Rott…