Ci nous dit, originally known as Une composition de la Sainte Ecriture, was written around 1320 by an anonymous author perhaps in the region around Soissons, and survives today in 18 exemplars. The [...] Read More

Over the last decade a new consensus has been emerging about Hieronymus Bosch, usually regarded as an eccentric and a unique, if influential genius. First the 2001 Rotterdam exhibition and its [...] Read More

Panofsky's Early Netherlandish Painting concludes with his assessment of the difficulties of "decoding Jerome Bosch," stating, "We have bored a few holes through the door of the locked room; but [...] Read More

Among the paintings attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans and his circle, a number of small-sized panels have a special place. Decker's study concentrates on the ways in which these works served [...] Read More

Hans Memling is one of the most famous artists of the late fifteenth-century. His reputation among scholars, however, has been mixed. Max Friedländer criticized the painter for lacking passion of [...] Read More

David Areford's marvelous book offers his readers the opportunity to reconsider early woodcuts and metalcuts in new ways. He not only effectively shows how these ephemeral and inexpensive images were [...] Read More