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Among the many treasures preserved in Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima prefecture, there is a seventeenth-century ema (fig. .1)1 -a kind of Japanese votive picture for hanging in shrines or temples. It depicts an imposing... more
Communication présentée dans le cadre du colloque international "La diplomatie de la France en Italie de la fin du XVe siècle au Second Empire" organisé à Nice par l’Équipe de Recherche sur les Mutations de l’Europe et de ses Sociétés... more
Until the end of 1653, Vermeer was mapping the south region of the Americas, starting in Brazil and creating fort views and nautical maps. After 1654, when he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke, and took along a pupil as he... more
A copperplate depicting 'The Flight into Egypt' in Segovia Cathedral, signed with the monogram "A.W. IN. F.", offers an opportunity to revisit the identity of this anonymous painter—one of the most intricate cases in Antwerp's 17th... more
This essay argues that emerging scholar and artist Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-78) disseminated her 1633 engraved self-portrait as a bid to enter the Republic of Letters and add her voice to the Europe-wide debate on women's... more
Bibliografie Elisabeth Bracke en Joannes van den Maagdenberg Vormgeving Ruud Ruttens en Yanne Devos Vertaling Dirk Vandemeulebroecke (uit het Frans en het Engels), Hilde Pauwels (uit het Duits), Leen Van Den Broucke (uit het Italiaans)... more
Title: Clara Peeters Author: Alejandro Vergara-Sharp Series: Illuminating Women Artists Co-publishers: Lund Humphries and Getty Publications This book serves to establish Clara Peeters, one of the most talented and creative among the... more
Over time, Aletta Hanemans's skirt in the Portrait of Aletta Hanemans (1625) by Frans Hals (c.1580-1666) has lost its colour and tonal contrasts. The degradation of pigments-smalt, red lakes and lead white-has resulted in a loss of... more
Included on the following pages are all of Rembrandt’s supposed self-portraits, which, in reality, depict members of the House of Vasa of Poland—who married princesses from the House of Austria, the Habsburgs. This means that only two... more
In-depth research into the oeuvre of Jan Steen (c.1626–1679) has been a focus at the Mauritshuis since 2012, as part of the ‘Partners in Science’ collaboration with Shell. The aim of this project is to better understand the chronology of... more
Poster presented at Trading Paintings and Painters’ Materials 1550-1800 CATS Conference Copenhagen, 21-22 June 2018
With over 400 paintings, Dutch seventeenth century painter Jan Steen’s oeuvre is broad. Around 50 paintings (both on panel and canvas supports) were analysed with IRR. This has led to new insights on Steen’s methods for preparing the... more
The journey of the royal possessions during the Commonwealth period is a fascinating chapter in English history. The dispersion of these treasures and their subsequent reclamation under Charles II reflect the tumultuous nature of the era.... more
В работе рассматривается авторская индивидуальность английского художника Артура Рэкхема (Arthur Rackham, 1867-1939) в искусстве книжной иллюстрации, его стиль, особенности творчества в контексте эпохи модерн и опыт, который может быть... more
The text brings new findings regarding the collecting activity of Olomouc Archbishop Cardinal Bedřich Egon of Fürstenberg (1813–1892), whose acquisition activity in works of art has so far been in the shadow of his construction activities... more
Aplikacje srebrne na obrazach ołtarzowych w kościele pw. św. Jana Chrzciciela i św. Jana Ewangelisty w Toruniu . . . . . . . . . Barokowe ka e z kamienicy przy ulicy Rycerskiej 10 w Gdańsku .
The French art theory of the Enlightenment associates the blur with light brush strokes. Through the analysis of French art texts from the 18th century, the present paper aims to delve into how this notion can be paradoxically linked to... more
Like others considered elsewhere in the forthcoming final edition of the book this painting too of the wedding feast at Cana in my view depicts -- to the contrary of what art historians say -- Jesus and Mary as the bridal couple. The... more
. De Hofstede, 'tot vermaeck en voordeel aengeleyt' : beelden van de Nederlandse buitenplaats vanaf de zeventiende eeuw. Afscheid van Arcadie? : wegen naar een nieuwe historische antropologie van buitenplaats en landgoed. Slochteren:... more
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available online at LC record available at Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: "Brill". See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 1878-9048 isbn... more
Title: Gesina ter Borch Author: Adam Eaker Series: Illuminating Women Artists Publisher: Lund Humphries / Getty Publications Gesina ter Borch (1631-1690) was a Dutch watercolourist and draughtswoman whose work survives primarily in the... more
A paper on Adriaen Coenen's "Walvisboek" (ca. 1585, held today at Antwerp's Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library) that I delivered at the 28th Annual Barnes Foundation Graduate Symposium on the History of Art on March 1, 2024.
Research report for Bijl-Van Urk B.V.: This refined seventeenth-century portrait of a woman in a distinctive black dress and fine white linen collar was sold as a work of the Alkmaar painter Caesar van Everdingen (1616/17-1678) in 1996.... more
Para Jorge Peñuela de "Liberatorio" Colombia: Del divertido “banano” de Cattelan al mercado-show de “Estéticas para multi-millonarios”, un estudio del artista Ender Rodriguezacerca de la deriva del arte internacional y de las potencias... more
Early modern European speculation about the wondrous nature of Chinese porcelain gave rise to several outlandish claims about the material, including the use of seashells as an ingredient in its manu- facture, and the need to bury... more
Despite the significant amount of attention the Vermeer camera obscura hypothesis has received in both academic and popular media, the body of experimental research upon which these elaborations continue to be based is very limited.... more
Images of Brazil and the Tupinambá in Anti-Catholic Netherlandish Art during the Early Modern Period
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For the depiction of the estate see: Wenceslaus Hollar's drawing of 1655, published by William Dugdale, Jenkins 2004, 8; Moores 2004 (n. 50), 6. 53 Family documents can be found under archive number DR98. Compton Verney no longer holds... more
Op het schilderij 'Portret van de eend Sijctghen', door Aelbert Cuyp geschilderd in 1647 en bewaard in het Dordrechts Museum, is ook tekst (14 versregels) aangebracht. Een nauwkeurig onderzoek van deze verzen bracht nieuwe informatie naar... more
Monuments occupy a controversial place in nations founded on principles of freedom and self-governance. It is no accident that when we think of monuments, we think of statues modeled on legacies of conquest, domination, and violence. The... more
Resumen En esta nota se refieren las pinturas del artista holandés Frans Francken II, o el Joven, sobre los temas de la Fortuna y de la Ocasión o Oportunidad, y se ofrece un resumen del estado actual de la discusión sobre la... more
The overarching theme is a new and fresh look at the very first beginnings of New Zealand's shared Māori-Pakeha history. The book is ground-breaking in several ways: • It is the first book that brings together all six known Māori oral... more
Pouvoirs et limites, les paradoxes du sensible dans l'appréhension chrétienne du divin entre les XVe et XVIIe siècles.
w pracowni, czyli walka dwóch natur Część II-Sztuka starożytna Karol Myśliwiec, Portret faraona-między naturą a propagandą Antoni Ziemba, Paiderastía i homoerotyka na greckich naczyniach ze zbiorów polskich. Wprowadzenie do artykułu... more
Compilation of the pictorial works depicted on Willem van Haecht's “Workshop of Apelles”. The 'Kunstkammer' was created around 1630 and shows objects owned by Cornelis van der Geest and copies that Willem van Haecht made or acquired on... more
Abstract Jacob Backer signed and dated (1640) a history piece that until now was entitled David and Bathsheba and is located in Tokyo. The image however, lacks the traditional iconographical motifs from which we can recognize this old... more
Images front cover: Oil paintings on canvas by anonymous painter (19 th century) of the Jesuits (from top left to bottom right) Gregorius de Valentia, Cornelius a Lapide, Christophorus Clavius, Athanasius Kircher, Franciscus Suarez and... more
The field of contemporary art history has shown a strong interest in exploring the cross-cultural interactions between continents, particularly those involving Europe and Asia. Within this broad scope, there has been a significant focus... more