This collection of essays was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title, held at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, January 23 - April 26, 1998. On the occasion of the cleaning [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Rembrandt’s Eyes
Incisive art criticism, many enlivening anecdotes, and excellent illustrations distinguish this book from other well-researched novels about Rembrandt (for example, by Van Loon, Schmitt, Mens, Mee, [...] Read More
The Golden Age in Historical Perspective
This fine translation of De Gouden Eeuw in perspectif: Het beeld van de Nederlandse zevendiende-eeuwse schilderkunst in later tijd(Amsterdam, 1992) will be most welcome to the increasing number of [...] Read More
‘Rembrandt toont sijn konst’: Bijdragen over Rembrandt-documenten uit de periode 1648-1756
Despite the prodigious amount of scrutiny given to the documentation pertaining to Rembrandt's life and works during the last century and a half, there is still much to be done. The present volume [...] Read More
Two Surveys of Early Netherlandish Painting
From van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Edited by Maryan W. Ainsworth and Keith Christiansen, with contributions by Maryan W. Ainsworth, Julien [...] Read More
Early Netherlandish Carved Altarpieces, 1380-1550: Medieval Tastes and Mass Marketing
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