This volume brings together the papers presented at the thirteenth colloquium, held at Bruges in September of 1999, dedicated to the investigation of underdrawings and technology in paintings. Edited [...] Read More
14th and 15th Centuries
The Donor’s Image: Gerard Loyet and the Votive Portraits of Charles the Bold
An appealing volume for the generalist and specialist alike, The Donor’s Image provides an analysis of the history, context, and iconography of one of the world’s most precious and fascinating [...] Read More
Painting and Patronage in Cologne 1300-1500
This book – the first such study in English–– traces the development of later medieval painting in Cologne over two centuries, beginning with the emergence of the agitated ‘Zackenstil’ in the wall [...] Read More
Illiterati et uxorati. Manuscripts and their Makers: Commercial Book Producers in Medieval Paris 1200-1500
The Latin that hovers above the more sober "Manuscripts and their Makers," on the title page of Richard and Mary Rouse’s magisterial two-volume work, is Francis Bacon’s dismissive description of the [...] Read More
Hieronymus Bosch in Rotterdam, Two Catalogues
J. Koldeweij, B. Vermet, P. Vandenbroeck, Hieronymus Bosch. The Complete Paintings and Drawings [Cat. exh. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, September 1 – November 11, 2001]. Rotterdam: Museum [...] Read More
The Holy Kinship. A Medieval Masterpiece
In the Spring of 2001, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum put on show its recently restored Holy Kinship, traditionally attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans. Almost twenty years ago, in 1983, the painting had [...] Read More