Daniel Nijs, the Flemish merchant and entrepreneur, the subject of this excellent in-depth study by Christina Anderson, is best known for his part in the sale of the Gonzaga collection to Charles I. [...] Read More
17th-Century Flemish
Denijs van Alsloot (vers 1568 ?- 1625/26). Peintre paysagiste au service de la cour des archiducs Albert et Isabelle (Pictura Nova, XV)
In the last decades painters working in Brussels under the two Habsburg archdukes Albert and Isabella have received monographic treatments only sporadically compared to their Antwerp colleagues [...] Read More
Picturing Ludwig Burchard, 1886-1960. A Rubens Scholar in Art-Historiographical Perspective
The arrival of Ludwig Burchard’s archive and library in Antwerp in 1963 can be considered to mark the birth of the Rubenianum as an independent research center on Peter Paul Rubens. For the scholarly [...] Read More
The Triumph of the Eucharist: Tapestries Designed by Rubens
In the literature that has been devoted to Rubens's The Triumph of the Eucharist tapestry series, Charles Scribner III has long been one of the most important contributors. His 1975 Art Bulletin [...] Read More
Rubens in Private: The Master Portrays his Family
This beautifully produced and much anticipated book is the companion to the first-ever exhibition focusing on the more private side of Rubens’s genius – a selection of self-portraits and portraits of [...] Read More
Rubens Unveiled, Paintings from Lost Antwerp Churches
The Cathedral of Our Lady and the St. Paul's, St. James’s, St. Andrew’s and St. Charles Borromeo churches are Antwerp's five remaining monumental churches. These great monuments give an idea of the [...] Read More