Jennifer M. Kilian, The Paintings of Karel du Jardin (1626-1678). Catalogue raisonné (Oculi: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 8). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, [...] Read More
Book Reviews
Rembrandt – Wissenschaft auf der Suche
T his special volume of the Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen presents nineteen essays derived from papers delivered at a symposium held in Berlin during the Rembrandt Year of 2006. The worldwide [...] Read More
Rembrandt’s Faith. Church and Temple in the Dutch Golden Age
This is a wonderfully erudite and rich discussion of a fundamental aspect of Rembrandt’s life and art: his faith. Rembrandt was as much a product of his milieu – intellectually, religiously, [...] Read More
Three Works on Dutch Portraiture
Ben Broos and Ariane van Suchtelen (eds.), Portraits in the Mauritshuis 1430-1790. With introductory essay by Rudi Ekkart and contributions by Quentin Buvelot, Guus Sluiter, Petria Noble, Peter van [...] Read More
The Auction of King William’s Paintings, 1713: Elite International Art Trade at the End of the Dutch Golden Age (Oculi: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 11)
While we commonly acknowledge that disproportionately little attention is given to Netherlandish art of the last quarter of the seventeenth century and to the eighteenth century, rarely does a study [...] Read More
Two Books on Dutch Travel and Exploration
Rebecca Parker Brienen, Visions of Savage Paradise: Albert Eckhout, Court Painter in Colonial Dutch Brazil. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2006. 288 pp, 17 color, 72 b&w illus. ISBN [...] Read More