Cordula van Wyhe has provided an informative and persuasive critical introduction to the facsimile edition of a relatively unknown but important emblem book: Portraicts des SS Vertus de la Vierge [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Flämische Malerei des Barock in der Alten Pinakothek
Nowadays, writing a museum catalogue has become one of the most challenging art-historical endeavors. It should keep its value for several decades, and offer an in-depth yet succinct treatment of the [...] Read More
Jan Gossaert: Die niederländische Kunst zu Beginn der Neuzeit
The paintings and drawings Jan Gossaert made for Philip IV of Burgundy and other patrons related to the sixteenth-century Burgundian court reveal the crucial role the artist played in weaving [...] Read More
Joos van Cleve: The Complete Paintings
In the early sixteenth century Antwerp was a key center for some of the most significant developments in Netherlandish art, particularly the assimilation of Italian Renaissance style, and the [...] Read More
The Print Collection of Ferdinand Columbus 1488-1539, a Renaissance Collector in Seville
Most histories of print collectors and their collections spring from an investigation of the print collection itself. Take for example, Peter Parshall's article on Ferdinand of Tyrol's collection at [...] Read More
Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance and Baroque Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts
One of my students likened our entrance into the galleries of the exhibition, Painted Prints, while on a class trip to Baltimore, to that of Dorothy's stepping into Oz - the moment at which Dorothy [...] Read More