In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, large-scale, lavishly carved wooden altarpieces achieved great popularity in the South Netherlands. Over 350 of these splendid works survive, yet until [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Four Volumes Hollstein: The Sandrarts
John Roger Paas, The Sandrarts. Hollstein's German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, vols. XXXVIII to XLI. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1994-1997. Vol. XXXVIII (Jacob von Sandrart) 251 [...] Read More
Lucas Faydherbe, 1617-1697. Mechels beeldhouwer & architect
Review and State-of-the-Art Survey The exhibitions of Flemish Baroque sculpture and decorative arts associated with the 400th anniversary of Rubens's birth in 1977 marked a welcome resurgence of [...] Read More
Three Publications on Van Dyck
Christopher Brown and Hans Vlieghe, Van Dyck 1599-1641[Exh. Cat.] London: Royal Academy Publications; Antwerp: Antwerpen Open, 1999. 358 pp, fully illustrated, ISBN 90-5846-004-5. Martin [...] Read More
Rubens zwischen Predigt und Kunst. Der Hochaltar für die Walburgenkirche in Antwerpen
This is a doctoral dissertation written under the supervision of Hans Ost and Joachim Gaus for the University of Cologne. As the title indicates, Heinen discusses Rubens's great triptych of the [...] Read More
Rubens and the Judgement of Paris: A Question of Choice (Pictura Nova, III)
Fiona Healy has studied in depth and for the first time Rubens's eight surviving depictions of the Judgement of Paris. As she argues it, these works bracket the start and end of the artist's career. [...] Read More