Book Reviews

Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge. Part 1, vol. 1: The Frankish Kingdoms, Northern Netherlands, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Austria (256 pp, 358 color illus.). Part 1, vol. 2: The Meuse Region, Southern Netherlands (296 pp, 389 color illus.)

By Nigel Morgan and Stella Panayotova, eds., with the assistance of Martine Meuwese, Elizabeth New, Suzanne Reynolds, Hanna Vorholt, and Andrea Worm

Turnhout: Brepols/London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2009. ISBN (for both volumes) 978-1-905375-47-9

Review published April 2011

The first two sumptuous volumes of Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge (IMC) have arrived. The series of catalogues covers, and will cover, medieval manuscripts in the Cambridge Colleges and the [...] Read More

Die Planeten und ihre Kinder. Eine Brüsseler Tapisserienserie des 16. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung Herzog Albrechts V. in München (Studies in Western Tapestry, 3)

By Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur

Turnhout: Brepols, 2009. 166 pp., col. plates, b&w illus. ISBN 978-2-503-52354-5

Review published November 2010

Almost as soon as he succeeded his father, William IV (1493-1550), Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria (1528-79), cousin and in-law of the Habsburgs, transformed the Munich court into a center of patronage and [...] Read More

Two Publications on Romeyn de Hooghe

By various authors

Review published November 2010

Henk van Nierop, Ellen Gravowsky, Anouk Janssen (eds.), Romeyn de Hooghe: De verbeelding van de late Gouden Eeuw. With introductory essay by Henk van Nierop and contributions by Anna de Haas, Henk van [...] Read More

Ludolf Backhuysen. Emden 1630 – Amsterdam 1708

By Friedrich Scheele and Annette Kanzenbach (eds.)

[Cat. exh. Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden, Emden, November 30, 2008 – March 1, 2009.] (Veröffentlichungen des Ostfriesischen Landesmuseum Emden 27). Munich/ Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2008. 180 pp, 83 colour illus., 5 b&w illus. ISBN 978-3-422-06875-9

Review published November 2010

The singular achievement of Ludolf Backhuysen as the Dutch Golden Age’s master of the monumental tempest first received its full due with a monographic exhibition in Emden and Amsterdam, his native [...] Read More

Jacob Backer (1608/9-1651)

By Peter van den Brink, Jaap van der Veen et al.

[Cat. exh. Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, November 29, 2008 – February 22, 2009; Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, March 12 – June 5, 2009.] Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers, 2008. 270 pp, 339 illus. ISBN 978-90-400-8565-9

Review published November 2010

To secure a place in the history of art, it was not always useful to have been considered Rembrandt's pupil. Few seventeenth-century painters were as unfortunate posthumously as Jacob Backer. Due to [...] Read More

Three Publications on Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz

By Reinhold Baumstark and various authors

Review published November 2010

Kurfürst Johann Wilhelms Bilder. Vol. I: Sammler und Mäzen. Edited by Reinhold Baumstark with contributions by Reinhold Baumstark, Marcus Dekiert, Hubert Glaser, Oliver Kase and Christian Quaeitzsch. [...] Read More