John Oliver Hand, Catherine A. Metzger, and Ron Spronk, Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych [Cat. exh. National Gallery of Art, Washington, November 12, 2006 – February 4, 2007; [...] Read More
Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews
Frans van Mieris 1635-1681
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
Rembrandt and Dutch History Painting Exhibition Catalogue and Proceedings
Akira Kofuku et al., Rembrandt and the Rembrandt School: The Bible, Mythology and Ancient History. [Cat. exh. The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, September 13 - December 14, 2003.] Text in [...] Read More
Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship
Ever since the correspondence between Jan Brueghel the Elder and his benefactor in Milan, Cardinal Federico Borromeo, was brought into circulation the reference by the Velvet Brueghel to Peter Paul [...] Read More
Women of Distinction: Margaret of York, Margaret of Austria
Last fall, as part of a year-long celebration, "Mechelen 2005: City in Female Hands," the city of Mechelen mounted a major exhibition, "Dames met Klasse: Margareta van York en Margareta van [...] Read More
Four Focussed Studies on Rembrandt Drawings
Thea Vignau-Wilberg, Rembrandt auf Papier. Werk und Wirkung. Rembrandt and his Followers. Drawings from Munich . With an essay by Peter Schatborn. [Cat. exh. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, December 5, 2001 [...] Read More