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Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews

Das Geheimnis des Jan van Eyck, Die frühen niederländischen Zeichnungen und Gemälde in Dresden

By Thomas Ketelsen and Uta Neidhardt, with the collaboration of Konstanze Krüger and Christien Melzer

With contributions by Till-Holger Borchert, Bodo Brinkmann, Georg Dietz, Thera Folmer-von Oven, Oliver Hahn, Annette Hojer, Christine Kitzlinger, Konstanze Krüger, Christien Melzer, Silke Merchel, Erwin Pokorny, Ina Reiche, Christoph Schölzel, Patrick Seurinck and Olaf Simon. [Cat. exh. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, August 13 – October 31, 2005.] Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2005. 264 pp, ISBN 3-422-06566-0

Review published November 2007

Inspired by the 150-year anniversary of Gottfried Semper’s museum building on the Zwinger in Dresden, which was originally intended to house both drawings and paintings, this exhibition and catalogue [...] Read More

Pieter Lastman: In Rembrandts Schatten?

By Martina Sitt (ed.)

[Cat. exh. Kunsthalle, Hamburg, April 13 – July 30, 2006.] Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2006. 152 pp, 69 color, 56 b&w illus. ISBN 978-3-7774-2985-4

Review published April 2007

One side-effect of 2006, the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt’s birth, is the attention paid to Pieter Lastman. Perhaps Lastman is destined forever to be known as Rembrandt’s teacher, but it is time he [...] Read More

Six Publications on Adam Elsheimer

By various authors
Review published April 2007

Rüdiger Klessmann, Im Detail die Welt entdecken: Adam Elsheimer 1578-1610. With contributions by Emilie E.S. Gordenker and Christian Tico Seifert, edited by Michael Maek-Gérard. [Cat. exh. Städelsches [...] Read More

ExtravagAnt! A Forgotten Chapter of Antwerp Painting, 1500-1530. Catalogue

By Peter van den Brink et al.

Edited by Kristin Lohse Belkin and Nico van Hout. [Cat. exh. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, October 15 – December 31, 2005; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, January 22 – April 9, 2006.] Wommelgem: Blondé 2005. 235 pp, 93 entries. ISBN (English) 9-085860-067. Also available in Dutch

Review published April 2007

The second part of this review will appear in November 2007. The HNA Review of Books should probably review more exhibitions and their catalogues, the more so when an important, if neglected, major [...] Read More

Frans van Mieris 1635-1681

By Quentin Buvelot

With essays by Otto Naumann and Eddy de Jongh, and contributions by Pieter van der Ploeg, Bieke van der Mark, and Carol Pottasch. [Cat. exh. Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, October 1, 2005 - January 22, 2006 (as Frans van Mieris 1635-1681: Fijngeschildered verhalen); National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, February 26 - May 21, 2006 (as Painterly Refinement: The Art of Frans van Mieris).] Zwolle: Waanders, 2005. 256 pp, 142 color, 72 b&w illus. ISBN 90-400-9176-5 (hardback); 90-400-8161-1 (paperback)

Review published November 2006

To optimally experience the precious creations of the Dutchfijnschilders - those tiny painted worlds, rich and dense with an obsessive attention to detail - one should view them in an environment that [...] Read More