The Versatile Hand of an Amsterdam Dealer To understand the Dutch Golden Age, one must look beyond the singular geniuses and acknowledge the men who actually moved the market. Lucas Luce was one such figure. Operating primarily in Amsterdam, he was as much a merchant of aesthetics as he was a creator of them. His career was defined by a refusal to be pinned down to a single subject. He did not merely paint; he navigated the complex commercial landscape of the seventeenth century, balancing the production of art with the business of selling it. His output was remarkably varied, a practical nec…