The central thesis of this book is a relatively simple one: that the primary destination of most paintings produced in the Dutch Republic was the home, and that in this environment, men and women [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Jan Brueghels Antwerpen: Die flämischen Gemälde in Schwerin
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
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
Leben mit Kunst, Wirken durch Kunst. Sammelwesen und Hofkunst unter Margarete von Österreich, Regentin der Niederlande
Dagmar Eichberger's seminal study on Margaret of Austria, regent of the Low Countries (1507-1530), as a collector, has set a new standard in the study of Netherlandish court art of the Early Modern [...] Read More
Medieval Mastery: Book Illumination from Charlemagne to Charles the Bold, 800-1475
The history of the illuminated codex, as the exhibition catalogueMedieval Mastery reminds us, more or less coincides with the Middle Ages. The centrality of reading and writing to medieval life and [...] Read More
Recent Developments in the Technical Examination of Early Netherlandish Painting: Methodology, Limitations, & Perspectives
This volume functions as the proceedings of the 1996 Harvard University symposium held in conjunction with the opening of the expanded Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, the [...] Read More