Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews

Black is Beautiful. Rubens to Dumas

By Elmer Kolfin and Esther Schreuder (eds.)

Cat. exh. De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam, July 26 – October 26, 2008. Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2008, 388 pp (8 essays), 188 illus., mostly color. ISBN 978-90-400-8497-3 (English, hb); 978-90-400-8465-2 (pb); 978-90-400-8496-6 (Dutch, hb); 978-90-400-8464-5 (pb)

Review published April 2010

In the summer of 2008, a fascinating exhibition about the representation of black people by Dutch and Flemish artists, from late medieval to modern times, was held at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. The [...] Read More

The Master of Flémalle and Rogier van der Weyden

By Stephan Kemperdick and Jochen Sander (eds.)

With essays by Bastian Eclercy, Stephan Kemperdick, Peter Klein, Antje-Fee Köllermann, and Jochen Sander. Cat. exh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, November 21, 2008 – February 22, 2009; Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, March 20 – June 21, 2009. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2009. 404 pp, 203 illus. ISBN 978-3-7757-2259-9 (English); 978-3-7757-2258-2 (German)

Review published November 2009

Who doesn't love a great mystery? More important, who doesn't love trying to solve one? This is precisely what Stephan Kemperdick and Jochen Sander have set out to do in the exhibition "Der Meister [...] Read More

Two Catalogues on Karel du Jardin

By Jennifer M. Kilian

Review published November 2009

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

Three Works on Dutch Portraiture

By various authors

Review published November 2009

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

Hans Rottenhammer: begehrt – vergessen – neu entdeckt

By Heiner Borggrefe, Lubomír Konečný, Vera Lüpkes and Vít Vlnas (eds.)

[Cat. exh. Weserrenaissance-Museum Schloß Brake, Lemgo, August 17 – November 16, 2008; Národní Galerie, Prague, December 11, 2008 – February 22, 2009.] Munich: Hirmer, 2008. 212 pp, 26 color plates, 227 col. and 94 b&w illus. ISBN 978-3-7774-4315-7

Review published April 2009

The organisers of this superb exhibition are to be congratulated. This first monographic show devoted to the German painter and draughtsman Hans Rottenhammer (1564-1625) took place in Lemgo (where [...] Read More

Four Publications on Lucas Cranach

By various authors

Review published April 2009

Gerhard Ermischer and Andreas Tacke (eds.), Cranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht – Schatzkammer – Residenz. [Cat. exh. Museen der Stadt Aschaffenburg, February 24 – June 3, 2007.] [...] Read More

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Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews