One side-effect of 2006, the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt’s birth, is the attention paid to Pieter Lastman. Perhaps Lastman is destined forever to be known as Rembrandt’s teacher, but it is time he [...] Read More
17th-Century Dutch Republic
Anwesende Abwesenheit. Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungsgeschichte von Bildern mit menschenleeren Räumen, Rückenfiguren und Lauschern im holländischen 17. Jahrhundert (Kunstwissenschaftliche Studien, 116)
Over the last five years the depiction of interior scenes has provoked renewed interest among historians of Dutch seventeenth-century art. Willemijn C. Fock, Eric Jan Sluijter and Mariët Westermann [...] Read More
Holländische Gemälde im Städel 1550-1800. Vol. 1: Künstler geboren bis 1615
Although the private foundation of public museums is a common phenomenon in North America, it forms the exception in Europe, and the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt is the only prominent [...] Read More
Selected Writings on Dutch Painting. Rembrandt, Van Beke, Vermeer and Others
Having regrettably put off writing this review for far too long, I sat down to read through this book with no idea of how many subtle pleasures awaited me. The project of assembling a selection of [...] Read More
Frans van Mieris 1635-1681
To optimally experience the precious creations of the Dutchfijnschilders - those tiny painted worlds, rich and dense with an obsessive attention to detail - one should view them in an environment that [...] Read More
Rembrandt and Dutch History Painting Exhibition Catalogue and Proceedings
Akira Kofuku et al., Rembrandt and the Rembrandt School: The Bible, Mythology and Ancient History. [Cat. exh. The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, September 13 - December 14, 2003.] Text in [...] Read More