What Is One Reason That Commissions for Portraits Increased in the Seventeenth

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Multiple Choice

What is one reason that commissions for portraits increased in the seventeenth century in the Dutch Republic?

• A)The Dutch Republic was a Protestant nation.
• B)Portraits were a new subject matter for painting.
• C)There were more painters.
• D)Demand for religious subject matter decreased.
• E)Both a and d are correct.

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