Oskar Rojewski has made an important contribution to the study of the Tallinn (Reval)-born painter Michel Sittow (1468/1469-1525), who enjoyed an extraordinary career at the courts of Renaissance [...] Read More
Book Reviews
The World of Gerard van Honthorst
Liesbeth Helmus’s ambitious monograph on the canonical but often underestimated Dutch painter Gerard van Honthorst will surely be the new touchstone for studies of the artist. Published earlier this [...] Read More
Rubens’s Questions: Religion, Paragone, and the Ontology of Painting,
Rubens’s Questions: Religion, Paragone, and the Ontology of Painting, is arguably one of the most intellectually engaging contributions to the literature on the artist published in recent years. [...] Read More
Johannes van Bronchorst (1627–1656): Naturalism and Classicism in the Dutch Golden Age
Tommaso Borgogelli’s new study of the art of Johannes van Bronchorst is the first comprehensive analysis of this artist’s oeuvre since the appearance of Thomas Döring’s indispensible monograph of [...] Read More
Willem de Rooij – Dirk Valkenburg: A Critical Analysis of Visual Culture in the Early Modern Netherlands
This volume appeared as a pendant to Willem de Rooij’s solo exhibition Valkenburg, on view at the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, September 13, 2025 – January 25, 2026. It sets out to achieve ambitious and [...] Read More
Rembrandt 1632. Entstehung einer Marke. Creation of a Brand.
In the last 25 years or so, at least four major exhibitions have focused on Rembrandt's early career. Each of these built upon the collection of the host institution(s), and each took a different [...] Read More