The art collection of Schwerin's Staatliches Museum was largely assembled by the Dukes of Mecklenburg, and in particular by Duke Christian Ludwig II (1683-1756). The merit of the dukes consists in [...] Read More
17th-Century Flemish
Scherpenheuvel. Het Jeruzalem van de Lage Landen
The pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel is arguably the most significant building commissioned by the archdukes Albrecht and Isabella during their reign as sovereigns of the Spanish [...] Read More
The Reception of P. P. Rubens’s Palazzi di Genova during the 17th Century in Europe: Questions and Problems
The development of the architectural treatise in Renaissance Europe has become a popular area of research, drawing on scholarship in the history of publication, printing, reading, and a host of allied [...] Read More
Tessin. Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. Royal Architect and Visionary (Nationalmuseum Skriftserie, N.S. 16)
The Millennium in Sweden also saw the start of several publications and of an exhibition on the Royal architect, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654-1728). To celebrate its tercentenary, the Bank of [...] Read More
Prosper Arents: De Bibliotheek van Pieter Pauwel Rubens: een reconstructie
In 1675 Joachim von Sandrart wrote of Peter Paul Rubens, whom he had met personally, that his erudition was marked by 'extraordinary genius, wit and understanding.' Art historians have always seen [...] Read More
Rubens. Drawing on Italy
The outstanding exhibition, Rubens, Drawing on Italy, shown in Edinburgh and Nottingham, shed considerable light on the highly complex subject of Rubens's reworking and 'improvement' of drawings by [...] Read More