One of the most ambitious and time consuming projects in the field of Early Netherlandish paintings is the publication of a volume of the 'Primitifs flamands Corpus,' which aims to present and [...] Read More
Book Reviews
The Age of Van Eyck 1430-1530. The Mediterranean World and Early Netherlandish Painting
The exhibition 'Jan van Eyck, Early Netherlandish Painting and the European South, 1430-1530,' held at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges from March 15 until June 2002, celebrated 'Bruges 2002 - Cultural [...] Read More
‘De Fin or et d’azur’: Les commanditaires de livres et le métier de l’enluminure à Tournai à la fin du Moyen Âge (XIVe-XVe siècles), (Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts, 10: Low Countries Series, 7)
Poor Tournai! A decade ago Albert Châtelet demonstrated that Van der Weyden's Seven Sacraments Altar, long regarded as one of the city's most important fifteenth-century works, had actually been [...] Read More
Pieter Saenredam, the Utrecht Work: Paintings and Drawings by the 17th-century Master of Perspective
This marvelous exhibition, and its handsome and informative catalogue, have succeeded in bringing alive a fascinating period in Pieter Saenredam’s life, his twenty-week sojourn in Utrecht from [...] Read More
In helder licht. Abraham en Jacob van Strij. Hollandse meesters van landschap en interieur omstreeks 1800
The seventeenth century will always be, for most of us, the "Golden Age" of Dutch art. At its close, economic stagnation and the increasing cultural hegemony of France sent the vibrantly original [...] Read More
Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1562-1638. A Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné
This book is in many regards an extraordinary contribution to Dutch art history. It is the product of nearly fifty years’ of engagement with Cornelis van Haarlem, the gifted painter whose twenty-year [...] Read More