The author of an earlier study on panoramic world landscapes of the sixteenth century, Walter Gibson concentrates here on what Simon Schama has termed the 'plotless places', views of ordinary scenery, [...] Read More

Incisive art criticism, many enlivening anecdotes, and excellent illustrations distinguish this book from other well-researched novels about Rembrandt (for example, by Van Loon, Schmitt, Mens, Mee, [...] Read More

This fine translation of De Gouden Eeuw in perspectif: Het beeld van de Nederlandse zevendiende-eeuwse schilderkunst in later tijd(Amsterdam, 1992) will be most welcome to the increasing number of [...] Read More

Despite the prodigious amount of scrutiny given to the documentation pertaining to Rembrandt's life and works during the last century and a half, there is still much to be done. The present volume [...] Read More