1. Vermeer and the masters of genre painting / Adriaan E. Waiboer
2. Erudition and artistry: The enduring appeal of Dutch genre painting / Arthur K. Wheelock
3. Emulative imitation among high-life genre painters / Eric Jan Sluijter
4. Acquisition or inheritance?: Material goods in paintings by Vermeer and his contemporaries / Marjorie E. Wieseman
5. Collective style and personal manner: Materials and techniques of high-life genre painting / E. Melanie Gifford and Lisha Deming Glinsman
6. Painters of and for the elite: Relationships, prices and familiarity with each other's work / Piet Bakker
7. The 'Tour of Holland': Visitors from abroad in the United Provinces / Blaise Ducos
1. Corresponding love / Adriaan E. Waiboer
2. Pen to paper / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.
3. Musical duos / Eric Jan Sluijter
4. Inviting duets / Marjorie E. Wieseman
5. Strings attached / Adriaan E. Waiboer
6. Private vanity / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.
7. Reflections / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.
8. Innocence and experience / Adriaan E. Waiboer
9. The food of love / Quentin Buvelot
10. Under the influence / Quentin Buvelot
11. Heartache / Eddy Schavemaker
12. Tickled sleep / Eddy Schavemaker
13. Birds of a feather / Adriaan E. Waiboer
14. On balance / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.
15. Interlacings / Blaise Ducos
16. Inspired by youth / Adriaan E. Waiboer
17. Maids and morals / Blaise Ducos
18. Reaching for the stars / Blaise Ducos
19. Back to the viewer / Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.
20. Drawn to Ter Borch / Eddy Schavemaker
21. Doorkijkjes / Eddy Schavemaker
22. Social climbers / Adriaan E. Waiboer.