This book is the revised publication of a PhD thesis, defended by the author in 2021 at the University of York. Actually, it is about two very important painting commissions for the decoration of [...] Read More
17th-Century Flemish
The Medici Series (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XIV)
The Author’s Preface to Nils Büttner’s study of the Medici Series in the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, the complete catalogue of Rubens’s oeuvre, conveys within its first two paragraphs the scope [...] Read More
Une odyssée baroque. Les du Quesnoy et la sculpture à Bruxelles au XVIIe siècle.
A familiar narrative around the Brussels sculptor François du Quesnoy (1597-1643), known in Rome as il Fiammingo, goes something like this: despite being Flemish by birth, suffering various personal [...] Read More
The Holy Trinity, the Life of the Virgin, Madonnas and the Holy Family (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part IV, 1)
One of the greatest catalogue projects in the history of art history is nearing its finish line. The entirety of Rubens’s output along with related sketches, drawings, variants, and copies engaged the [...] Read More
Careers by Design: Hendrick Goltzius & Peter Paul Rubens
The life and career of Peter Paul Rubens were defined by his foreign travels, both artistic and diplomatic. In a near-constant to and fro across Europe, two seemingly essential journeys and exchanges [...] Read More
The Rubens Garden: A Masterpiece in Bloom / Rubens’ Tuin: Een meesterwerk in bloei.
This small book by Klara Alen, research curator of the historical garden of the Rubenshuis, was published in 2024 to mark the renovation and redesign of Rubens's garden, located in the heart of [...] Read More