17th-Century Dutch Republic

Vermeer and the Delft School

By Walter Liedtke et al

[Cat. exh. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 8, 200 – May 27, 2001; The National Gallery, London, June 20 – September 16, 2001]. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. 640 pp, 526 illus., incl. 225 col. plates, ISBN 0-87099-974-5

Review published November 2001

The exhibition catalogue Vermeer and the Delft School, written by an international team of scholars led by Walter Liedtke, makes a noteworthy contribution to the scholarly literature on the art of [...] Read More

Rembrandt’s Treasures

By Bob van den Boogert (ed.), with contributions by Ben Broos, Roelof van Gelder and Jaap van der Veen

[Cat. exh.] Amsterdam: The Rembrandt House Museum; Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 1999. 159 pp, many color and b&w illus. ISBN 90-400-9381-4

Review published November 2001

I thoroughly enjoyed this exhibition, and found its accompanying catalogue a beautifully produced guide to the material. In concept and realization, the show was a true success; those who missed it [...] Read More

Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt: Art and Ambition in Leiden, 1629-1631

By Alan Chong (ed.), with essays by Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Mariët Westermann, Christopher White and Alan Chong

[Cat. exh. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, September 21, 2000 – January 7, 2001]. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Zwolle: Wanders Publishers, 2000. 144 pp, col. plates and b&w illus. ISBN 90-400-9468-3

Review published November 2001

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

Rembrandt (Art & Ideas)

By Mariët Westermann

London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2000. 351 pp, 206 illus., mostly in color, ISBN 0-7148-3857-8

Review published November 2001

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

Der Krieg als Person, Herzog Christian im Bildnis von Paulus Moreelse

By Jochen Luckhardt, Marten Jan Bok, Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Eric Domela Nieuwenhuis, Nils Büttner (a.o.)

[Cat. exh. Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, March 16 – May 14, 2000]. Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum, 2000. 160 pp, 8 col. plates, 48 b&w illus. ISBN 3-922279-47-3

Review published November 2001

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, 1566-1651. Studien zur Utrechter Malerei um 1620

By Gero Seelig

Berlin: Gebrüder Mann Verlag, 1997. 415 pp, 84 b&w illus. ISBN 3-7861-1933-3

Review published November 2001

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

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