17th-Century Dutch Republic

Leiden circa 1630. Rembrandt Emerges

By Jacquelyn N. Coutré, ed., with contributions by Jacquelyn N. Coutré, Stephanie S. Dickey, Piet Bakker, and Janet M. Brooke

Exh. Cat. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON, August 24 – December 1, 2019; The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, March 7 – September 27, 2020; The McKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan, December 5, 2020 – February 21, 2021; The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, March 13 – May 30, 2021. Kingston, ON: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 2019. 359 pp, 205 illus., mostly in color. ISBN 978-1-55339-419-8. In English and French.

Review published September 2020

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre joined the celebrations of the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death (or immortality, if you will) with a traveling exhibition combining collection works and loans [...] Read More

Black in Rembrandt’s Time

By Elmer Kolfin and Epco Runia, eds., with contributions by Stefanie Archangel, Mark Ponte, Marieke de Winkel, and David de Witt

Exh. Cat., The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam, March 5 – May 31, 2020, extended to September 10, 2020. Zwolle: WBOOKS, 2020. 135 pp, fully illustrated in color. ISBN 978-94-625-8372-6 (English), 978-94-625-8371-9 (Dutch).

Review published August 2020

In recent decades, art museums in Europe and North America have increasingly staged exhibitions contextualizing the multi-dimensional nature of our shared cultural heritage. The decision to mount [...] Read More

Painted Alchemists: Early Modern Artistry and Experiment in the Work of Thomas Wijck

By Elisabeth Berry Drago

Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019. 320 pp, 32 color and numerous b&w illus. ISBN: 978-94-6298-649-7.

Review published July 2020

The interiors inhabited by the alchemists in the work of the Dutch artist Thomas Wijck (1616–1677) are fascinating and complex. Scattered with the tools and props of the alchemist’s trade, Wijck’s [...] Read More

Inspiration and Emulation: Selected Studies on Rubens and Rembrandt

By Toshiharu Nakamura

Edited by Kayo Hirakawa. Bern: Peter Lang, 2019. 320 pp, 161 b&w illus., 9 col. pls. ISBN 978-3-0343-3373-3 (Print). E-ISBN 978-3-0343-3374-0 (PDF). E-ISBN 978-3-0343-3375-7 (EPUB).

Review published July 2020

Although the literature on Rubens and Rembrandt is prolific, most publications arise from scholarship conducted in North America or Europe. It is thus a pleasure to welcome this book of essays by [...] Read More

Art, Honor and Success in the Dutch Republic: The Life and Career of Jacob van Loo

By Judith Noorman

Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. 312 pp, 110 color illus. ISBN: 978-94-6298-798-2.

Review published July 2020

Judith Noorman’s ambitious new book provides an in-depth look at the life and career of Jacob van Loo (1614–1670), the mid seventeenth-century Dutch painter who is perhaps best remembered today for [...] Read More

Pieter de Hooch in Delft. From the Shadow of Vermeer

By Anita Jansen

Exh. cat. Museum Prinsenhof, Delft, October 11, 2019 – February 16, 2020. Zwolle: WBOOKS, 2020. 224 pp, fully illustrated in color. ISBN 978-94-6258327-6.

Review published January 2020

Somewhat surprisingly, the present exhibition is the first ever devoted to Pieter de Hooch in The Netherlands. There have been exhibitions that featured his work in numbers among other Delft Masters, [...] Read More

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