One approach to the complexities of Rembrandt and his art is to divide the artist’s periods, works, themes, and associations, so that the small doses of the artist or oeuvre allow in-depth examination [...] Read More

One of the harder tasks a scholar of Dutch art can face is to write a relatively short, concise book about Rembrandt’s life and art. And over the last twenty years ago it has got ever more difficult [...] Read More

Noble families in Europe of old provided the diplomats, politicians and military leaders in society. Chivalry was a highly esteemed virtue ever since the Middle Ages. Making a military career was more [...] Read More

Abraham Bloemaert stands apart from artists of the Dutch Baroque for his remarkable career of over six decades. During that career, Bloemaert evolved from being one of the foremost Dutch mannerists, [...] Read More

This welcome volume gathers together, in English translation, six studies that appeared in Dutch between 1990 and 1993. Studying the history of painting entails a willingness to yield to Pictura, the [...] Read More

The fourteen thoughtful and thought-provoking essays in this volume tackle diverse artistic, civic, and religious issues, all loosely concerned with the role of the individual in Dutch society during [...] Read More