Fire swept through the Residenz palace in Munich in 1729. One casualty was the central panel of Albrecht Dürer’s Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin Mary Altarpiece, created between 1507 and 1509 [...] Read More
Germany and Central Europe
The Painted Triptychs of Fifteenth-Century Germany: Case Studies of Blurred Boundaries
Lynn Jacobs has long been fascinated by Netherlandish altarpieces. Her pioneering Early Netherlandish Carved Altarpieces, 1380-1550 (1998) explored the diverse forms, manufacture, and sale of often [...] Read More
Woodland Imagery in Northern Art, c.1500-1800: Poetry and Ecology
This important and charming book examines the depiction of woodlands and individual trees in the visual arts and poetry during the long Renaissance and beyond. It posits that in former times human [...] Read More
Conchophilia: Shells, Art, and Curiosity in Early Modern Europe
A very handsome book replete with full-color photographs, Conchophilia is a joy to read, as appealing and stimulating as the curiosities it considers. Comprising an introduction and six chapters, the [...] Read More
Tributes to Maryan W. Ainsworth: Collaborative Spirit: Essays on Northern European Art, 1350-1650
This marvelous Festschrift’s subtitle Collaborative Spirit captures one of the defining characteristics of Maryan Ainsworth’s celebrated career as a curator, teacher, and prolific scholar. The three [...] Read More
Philipp Hainhofer: Handeln mit Kunst und Politik
An entrepreneurial furniture salesman from the south German city of Augsburg who mediated cultural exchanges between princely, ducal, and private patrons, the merchant Philipp Hainhofer (1578-1647) [...] Read More