Despite several important monographic exhibitions, notably Alan Shestack's five-hundredth anniversary exhibition of the artist's death (Philadelphia, 1967) and Holm Bevers's one-man show (Munich, [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Painting Family: The De Brays, Master Painters of 17th-Century Holland
This slim volume, which explores the work of four Haarlem artists, the history painter, architect and theoretician, Salomon de Bray, and his three sons, Jan, Joseph and Dirk, is a unique and quite [...] Read More
Two Publications on Jacob van Ruisdael and Philips Wouwerman
Quentin Buvelot, Jacob van Ruisdael Paints Bentheim. Cat. exh. Mauritshuis, The Hague, February 26 – May 31, 2009. Zwolle: Waanders, 2009. 104 pp, 60 color, 36 b&w illus. ISBN 978-90-400-8598-7. [...] Read More
Three Publications on Jan Lievens, Willem Drost, and Jan van Noordt
Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered. With essays by Stephanie S. Dickey, E. Melanie Gifford, Gregory Rubinstein, Jaap van der Veen, and Lloyd de Witt, and additional [...] Read More
Two Publications on Dutch Cityscapes
Ariane van Suchtelen and Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. (eds.), Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age. Exh. cat. Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, October 11, 2008 – January 11, 2009; National [...] Read More
Body and Embodiment in Netherlandish Art. Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek/ Netherlands Yearbook for the History of Art, 58 (2007-2008)
The first novel about the former Dutch colony Surinam was written by an Englishwoman: dramatist and spy Aphra Behn. Her book Oroonoko (1688) stands out for its heroic protagonist of ‘perfect ebony’ [...] Read More