17th-Century Flemish

Rubens. Allegories and Subjects from Literature (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XII)

By Nils Büttner

Translated from the German by Michael Foster, Lance Anderson and Orla Ambrose. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, an Imprint of Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, 2018. 2 vols. ISBN 978-1-912554-11-9.

Review published April 2019

Two years ago, I had the opportunity to read for review purposes Part XI of Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard dedicated to paintings based on mythological narratives (Achilles to the Graces). That [...] Read More

Rubens. The Henri IV Series (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XIV, 2)

By Alexis Merle du Bourg

Translated from the French by Jane MacAvock and Abigail Newman. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, an Imprint of Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, 2017. 483 pp, fully illus. in color and b&w. ISBN 978-1-909400-96-2.

Review published February 2019

Artistic failures can make for successful art history. In his magisterial new contribution to the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Alexis Merle du Bourg charts the inception, development, and [...] Read More

Rubens and the Human Body (The Body in Art)

By Cordula van Wyhe, ed.

Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2018, 366 pp, 3 b&w illus., 166 colour illus. ISBN 978-2-503-57775-3.

Review published August 2018

The book under review is the third in a series of Brepols monographs addressing the human body in early modern visual arts. Given the stated aim of this series – to explore new approaches and [...] Read More

Rubens. Painter of Sketches. [Exh. cat. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, April 9 – August 5, 2018; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, September 8, 2018 – January 13, 2019.]

By Friso Lammertse and Alejandro Vergara

Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado / Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2018. 247 pp, fully illustrated in color. ISBN 978-84-8480-471-0.

Review published July 2018

Peter Paul Rubens dominates Baroque art to a degree rivaled only by his Italian counterpart in sculpture, Bernini. This exhibition catalogue of oil sketches, presented and authored by Friso Lammertse [...] Read More

Dutch and Flemish Paintings: Dulwich Picture Gallery

By Michiel Jonker and Ellinoor Bergvelt

London: Dulwich Picture Gallery in association with D. Giles Limited, 2016. 352 pp, numerous illus. ISBN 978-1-907804-74-8.

Review published May 2018

The collection catalog is an unforgiving literary genre. Its purpose is to serve as a work of reference for scholars seeking information about individual works for their own purposes. At a minimum, it [...] Read More

Power and Grace. Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens

By Ilona van Tuinen

[Cat. exh. The Morgan Museum & Library, New York, January 19 – April 29, 2018.] New York: The Morgan Museum & Library; London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2018. 108 pp, 67 color illus. ISBN 978-1-911300-37-3.

Review published May 2018

Exhibited in the inner sanctum, the Clare Eddy Thaw Gallery at The Morgan Library & Museum, Ilona van Tuinen assembled a beautiful, small collection of eighteen works by Rubens, Van Dyck and [...] Read More

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17th-Century Flemish