How do we come to identify and define “Netherlandish art objects?” What are the characteristics that bind them to the Netherlandish world? When tracing the materiality of these objects, one might come to find that what is seemingly familiar, and “Netherlandish” might not be so after all. Although their forms might be familiar, a closer look at the history of the objects and their global trajectories could reveal otherwise. My research seeks to highlight the global materiality and history of Netherlandish art objects in the seventeenth century by peeling their layers to trace the origins of their raw materials, the techniques of their making as well as the identities of their makers. How did Netherlandish and non-European makers make sense of the foreign in various aspects - from their forms, materials, and techniques? Through an investigation of the materials and the construction of these objects, this project seeks to understand the process of making and remaking, as well as the production and exchange of knowledge that took place through them. Playing on the concepts of the “foreign” and the “familiar”, I aim to unravel the complexities embedded in the histories of these objects and their interconnections to the invisible makers from the world beyond Europe.