Iconographical analysis shows that the Cabinet of Pictures (Windsor Castle, RoyalCollection) clearly exemplifies the cooperation between only two painters: Jacob de Formentrou and Erasmus II Quellinus. Iconographic research ...

Simon Stevin has recently enjoyed a renewed interest. Long considered as mainly an engineer and a mathematician, he also earned fame for having been military advisor to Stadtholder Maurice of Nassau during almost 20 years. ...

It is generally accepted that in all cities in the Netherlands the art market fell into  crisis after 1660. Yet when considering the craft of painting in a broader sense, some modifications are in place. A reconstruction ...

Dit eerste nummer dat tegelijkertijd in gedrukte én digitale vorm verschijnt, is een speciaal themanummer over loopbaan in de zeventiende eeuw. Het themanummer verschijnt naar aanleiding van het congres 'Loopbaan en carrière ...

The historical context for this paper is given by European early modern society and its social system. Within this framework, Justus van Egmont serves as a case-study. Van Egmont's ambitions are clarified by considering ...

This article analyzes Joost van den Vondel's career strategies and shows that the ambition for obtaining patronage as a poet played a crucial role in the dedications of his consecutive Vergil translations. In the period ...