The question of Rembrandt's theological position has occupied Rembrandt specialists for centuries. Michael Zell's important study offers a solution to this problem by situating Rembrandt's religious [...] Read More
17th-Century Dutch Republic
The Low Countries and the New World(s): Travel, Discovery, Early Relations (Publications of the American Association for Netherlandic Studies, Vol. 13)
The American Association for Netherlandic Studies (AANS, pronounced like the Bostonion version of 'aunts' by those who love it) is to HNA what a lavish rijstafel is to a warm bowl of hutspot. Attend [...] Read More
Art & Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt
The tension between semblance and reality lies at the heart of Mariët Westermann's concerns with this intriguing catalogue for the recent exhibition she guest-curated at the Denver and Newark Art [...] Read More
Pieter Saenredam, the Utrecht Work: Paintings and Drawings by the 17th-century Master of Perspective
This marvelous exhibition, and its handsome and informative catalogue, have succeeded in bringing alive a fascinating period in Pieter Saenredam’s life, his twenty-week sojourn in Utrecht from [...] Read More
In helder licht. Abraham en Jacob van Strij. Hollandse meesters van landschap en interieur omstreeks 1800
The seventeenth century will always be, for most of us, the "Golden Age" of Dutch art. At its close, economic stagnation and the increasing cultural hegemony of France sent the vibrantly original [...] Read More
Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1562-1638. A Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné
This book is in many regards an extraordinary contribution to Dutch art history. It is the product of nearly fifty years’ of engagement with Cornelis van Haarlem, the gifted painter whose twenty-year [...] Read More