Books that focus attention on unheralded masters of talent and historical significance are rarities these days. For that reason alone, Rudi Ekkart’s Deaf, Dumb & Brilliant deserves special notice. [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Rembrandt in perspectief. De veranderende visie op de meester en zijn werk
This lively book examines the history of critical responses to Rembrandt from the artist's own time to the present day. All ten contributors are Dutch, and the text was designed primarily for students [...] Read More
The Wake of Iconoclasm: Painting the Church in the Dutch Republic
In her important new book, Angela Vanhaelen argues that seventeenth-century Dutch church interior paintings address a particular moment in history – one of transition – in which the Dutch attempted to [...] Read More
Art and Science in the Early Modern Netherlands (Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek / Netherlands Yearbook for the History of Art 61, 2011)
Volume 61 of the NKJ is devoted to “Art and Science in the Early Modern Netherlands,” focusing upon topics from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In the Introduction, the editors stress that [...] Read More
Erasmus Quellinus (1607-1678): In de voetsporen van Rubens
We are accustomed to large museums of international reputation attracting visitors with exhibitions of artists with “big” names. It is therefore all the more refreshing to see a different approach [...] Read More
Jordaens 1593-1678. La Gloire d’Anvers
All those fortunate enough to have visited the wonderful Jordaens exhibition at the Petit Palais, Paris, will agree that its impressive design formed an important statement in the ongoing reappraisal [...] Read More