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The Embarrassment of Riches
Cover of the first edition
AuthorSimon Schama
Cover artistJan Steen
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDutch Golden Age
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1987
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages698
ISBN0-394-51075-5

The Embarrassment of Riches: an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age is a book by historian Simon Schama published in 1987.

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