New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004. 188 pp, 96 illus (color and b&w). ISBN 0-300-09506-6
Fiona Donovan has written a trail-breaking survey of Rubens's relationship with England, centred on the nine paintings he provided to decorate the ceiling of the Banqueting Hall of Whitehall Palace in [...] Read More
Edited by Arnout Balis (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, XV). London/Turnhout: Harvey Miller/Brepols, 2005, 2 vols, 524 pp, 12 col. illus, 220 b&w illus. ISBN 0-905203-72-0
Although the text, as the author tells us, was completed at the end of the last century, Gregory Martin's two volumes on Rubens's paintings for the Whitehall Ceiling is the most exhaustive and [...] Read More
Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 2005. 290 pp, 56 color, 176 b&w illus. ISBN 0-89468-348-9
The Systematic Catalogue series documenting the rich collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington continues to grow since its inception in the 1980s. Exactly twenty years have passed since [...] Read More
London: Pallas Athene, 2005. 96 pp, 28 color illus. ISBN 1-84368-007-6
The London publishing house Pallas Athene has come up with the very welcome and worthwhile project of assembling English translations of early biographies of artists in an easily accessible [...] Read More
With contributions by Amanda Bradley and Minna Moore Ede. [Cat. exh. National Gallery, London, 26 October 2005 – 15 January 2006]. London: National Gallery Company [distributor: Yale University Press, New Haven], 2005. 208 pp. ISBN 1 85709 371 2 (hardcover); 1 85709 326 7
In July 2002, the art world gasped when Sotheby's knocked down to Lord Thomson of Fleet an old master painting for the unheard-of sum of almost $76 million (£49.5 million) – a financial league in [...] Read More
Budapest: Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, 2005. 393 pp, 102 color, 350 b&w illus, 87 comparative text figs. ISBN 963-7063-08-0
This catalogue, dedicated to the memory of Frans Baudouin, is a great achievement. Teréz Gerszi, the doyenne of Dutch and Flemish drawings at the Szépmüvészeti Múzeum and now curator emerita , is to [...] Read More