In the history of artistic exchange between northern and southern Europe, Jan Gossart occupies a singular place. The first Netherlandish artist known to have drawn the antiquities of Rome, Gossart has [...] Read More
Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews
Two Publications on Romeyn de Hooghe
Henk van Nierop, Ellen Gravowsky, Anouk Janssen (eds.), Romeyn de Hooghe: De verbeelding van de late Gouden Eeuw. With introductory essay by Henk van Nierop and contributions by Anna de Haas, Henk van [...] Read More
Three Publications on Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz
Kurfürst Johann Wilhelms Bilder. Vol. I: Sammler und Mäzen. Edited by Reinhold Baumstark with contributions by Reinhold Baumstark, Marcus Dekiert, Hubert Glaser, Oliver Kase and Christian Quaeitzsch. [...] Read More
Two Publications on Jacob van Ruisdael and Philips Wouwerman
Quentin Buvelot, Jacob van Ruisdael Paints Bentheim. [Cat. exh. Mauritshuis, The Hague, February 26 – May 31, 2009.] Zwolle: Waanders, 2009. 104 pp, 60 color, 36 b&w illus. ISBN 978-90-400-8598-7. [...] Read More
Three Publications on Jan Lievens, Willem Drost, and Jan van Noordt
Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered. With essays by Stephanie S. Dickey, E. Melanie Gifford, Gregory Rubinstein, Jaap van der Veen, and Lloyd de Witt, and additional [...] Read More
Two Publications on Dutch Cityscapes
Ariane van Suchtelen and Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. (eds.), Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age. [Exh. cat. Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, October 11, 2008 – January 11, 2009; National [...] Read More
Black is Beautiful. Rubens to Dumas
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
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
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
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
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
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
Three Publications on Rembrandt
Gary Schwartz, The Rembrandt Book. New York: Abrams, 2006. 384 pp, 464 color, 185 b&w illus. ISBN 13-978-0-8109-4317-9. Mirjam Alexander-Knotter, Jasper Hillegers, and Edward van Voolen, with [...] Read More
Jean Del Cour Featured in Two Catalogues
Michel Lefftz, Jean Del Cour 1631-1707. Un émule du Bernin à Liège. [Cat. exh. Église Saint-Barthélemy, Liège, October 19, 2007 – February 3, 2008.] Brussels: Édition Racine, 2007. 192 pp, 249 illus. [...] Read More
Das Geheimnis des Jan van Eyck, Die frühen niederländischen Zeichnungen und Gemälde in Dresden
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