This exhibition and its catalogue survey portraiture and portrait patronage in Amsterdam from the city's rise as the leading mercantile center of the Netherlands through its sedate quiescence in the [...] Read More
Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews
Rubens. Drawing on Italy
The outstanding exhibition, Rubens, Drawing on Italy, shown in Edinburgh and Nottingham, shed considerable light on the highly complex subject of Rubens's reworking and 'improvement' of drawings by [...] Read More
Sinn und Sinnlichkeit. Das Flämische Stilleben: 1550-1680
My first impression of the exhibition, which I saw in Essen, was that it was unusually large and impressive for a thematically-focused show (126 works). It comprised eleven sections correspond ing to [...] Read More
Kein Tag wie jeder andere. Fest und Vergnügen in der niederländischen Kunst, ca. 1520-1630
One of the wonderful things about exhibition catalogues in Europe is their combination of seriousness and scope. America is so obsessed with blockbuster exhibitions and mega-catalogues to accompany [...] Read More
Aelbert Cuyp
The pleasure of losing oneself in the golden world of Aelbert Cuyp is enhanced by total immersion. For this reason viewers of the Cuyp exhibition in Washington, London, and Amsterdam owe the [...] Read More
Hans Vredeman de Vries und die Renaissance im Norden
In today's world Hans Vredeman de Vries (Leeuwarden 1526 - Hamburg 1609) would probably be much in demand as an 'in-designer', but in his own day he enjoyed a more diverse reputation: as painter, [...] Read More