The European fascination with the various manifestations of witches, demons and evil temptations seems endless; it generated a flourishing production of imagery that was supported by literary culture. [...] Read More
14th and 15th Centuries
Dieric Bouts: Creator of Images
In fifteenth-century Leuven, Dieric Bouts (c. 1410/1420-1475) produced high-quality panel paintings that have remained somewhat eclipsed by the oeuvres of figures such as Jan van Eyck and Rogier van [...] Read More
Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality
In 1525, the market price of a tapestry like “Honor” (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.396) – made for Érard de la Marck, Prince-Bishop of Liège – would approximate 108 years of a laborer’s wage. A [...] Read More
Jan van Eyck’s Crucifixion and Last Judgment: Solving a Conundrum
In the course of a new research project on the Crucifixion and Last Judgment in The Metropolitan Museum of Art – star works, attributed to Jan van Eyck – Maryan Ainsworth and her colleagues made the [...] Read More
Art of Enterprise. Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop
Almost a missing link between the most celebrated pioneer engravers of the fifteenth century, Master ES and Martin Schongauer, is a less familiar figure, the Upper Rhenish printmaker Israhel van [...] Read More
Remember Me. Renaissance Portraits
This book was published as the catalogue of an exhibition held at the Rijksmuseum from October 1, 2021 to January 16, 2022, but it easily stands alone as an engaging introduction to the artistic and [...] Read More