The printed image was a revolutionary invention which deeply affected the visual arts. Woodcuts and engravings tended to be purely utilitarian at first, mainly serving devotional purposes, but in the last quarter of the fifteenth century artists began to appreciate the potential of the medium, which enabled them to reproduce and distribute their compositions rapidly and relatively cheaply. Especially after 1550, when production became professionalised with the appearance of the print publishe...

A distinguished black man kneels on a riverbank before a bearded white man in robes, with the air of a prophet. What could a depiction of this scene be other than the well-known story from chapter 8 of The Acts of the Apostles? No Dutch notary of the seventeenth century hesitated in identifying the subject of a painting with this motif as the baptism by Philip of an Ethiopian official called a moor, a eunuch or a chamberlain. On the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, he becomes convinced of the div...

During the period 1550-1750 Dutch artists and Dutch culture had its influence in the British Isles. In this book many relevant themes concerning the role of artists and works of art from the Netherlands are addressed, often based on new scientific approaches of the material. Attention is paid to the patronage and collecting policy by the English king, the role William III and Dutch courtiers in his circle played in disseminating Dutch culture. The influenxe of English ambassadors in the Repub...

Ook in de negentiende eeuw stond de islamitische wereld rond de Middellandse Zee volop in de Nederlandse belangstelling. Predikanten bezochten Bijbelse locaties in Palestina; toeristen amuseerden zich bij pikante buikdansvoorstellingen, dichters lieten zich inspireren door Arabische en Perzische poëzie en kunstenaars schilderden pittoreske, oosterse straatjes. In dit boek staat de Nederlandse interesse voor het Oosten tussen 1800 en 1920 centraal. Waarom trokken Nederlanders naar deze verre ...

Al eeuwenlang wordt de mens gefascineerd door dieren die alleen in de verbeelding bestaan: fabeldieren als de draak en de feniks. Ook de eenhoorn behoort tot de geestelijke bagage van de moderne mens en onderzoek van de eenhoortraditie biedt een reeks verrassende 'sleutelgatvisies op uiteenlopende cultuurperioden en kennisgebieden. Dit boek beschrijft hoe de eenhoorn deel gaat uitmaken van het gedachtegoed van de Griekstalige Mediterrane wereld, zowel in wetenschappelijk als in religieus opzi...

Gerard de Lairesse (1641-1711) was the most successful Dutch painter of his time, admired by the patricians of Amsterdam and the court of William iii of Orange. An eighteenth-century critic called him ‘undoubtedly the greatest genius there ever was in painting’.After a century of neglect his rehabilitation began in 1970 when the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum acquired a series of his monumental grisaille paintings. In an international exhibition (Cologne, Cassel, Dordrecht 2007) he was presented a...

Ten of de Jongh’s most influential articles on seventeenth-century Dutch painting are brought together in this volume: ‘Certain objects or motifs often serve a dual function. They operate as concrete, observable things while at the same time doing something totally different, namely expressing an idea, a moral, an intention, a joke or a situation.’

Een lexicografisch algemeen overzicht van de merken op keramiek en glas in Nederland, geproduceerd tussen 1880 en 1940. Alfabetisch worden alle kunstenaars en bedrijven op dit gebied genoemd. Zij worden in een klein artikel beschreven en hebben een literatuurverwijzing naar een algemene bibliografie. Bovendien is er een register op naam,

Carel de Moor (1655–1738). His Life and Work, a monograph and œuvre catalogue, is the first scholarly study of one of the most important Dutch portrait painters of his time. The book includes a comprehensive biography, which explores Carel de Moor’s life and multi-faceted career within the context of the economic, political, and social history of the Dutch Republic.

As a result of the authors’ thorough investigation of De Moor’s client networks, several hitherto unknown sitters have...