Matthijs Wulfraet: A Painter of Intimate Moments in the Dutch Golden Age Born on New Year's Eve, between midnight and one in the morning of 1648 in Arnhem, Netherlands, Matthijs Wulfraet’s arrival into the world seemed destined for a touch of the extraordinary. His father, a German language teacher and doctor, initially envisioned a scholarly path for his son, sending him to Latin school. However, young Matthijs found himself irresist…