Bruegel and beyond : Netherlandish drawings in the Royal Library of Belgium, 1500-1800 / Daan van Heesch, Sarah Van Ooteghem & Joris Van Grieken (eds.) ; translation, Lisa Holden, Michael Lomax.
Publisher:
Hannibal,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
392 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-387) and index.
Summary:
The Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels houses the largest collection of drawings in the country. Among its highlights are works by leading artists of the Low Countries, including Pieter Bruegel I, Joris Hoefnagel, Hendrick Goltzius, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacques Jordaens. As the library's collection has been little studied up to now, it is largely unknown to scholars and the general public. To acquaint a wider audience with these important works of art, this richly illustrated publication brings together for the first time over one hundred master drawings from the Royal Library's vaults. Not only new art-historical insights are presented, but also numerous rediscovered drawings and revised attributions to artists such as Maarten van Heemskerck and Karel van Mander. This carefully researched book, written by thirty specialists in the field, aims to make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the history of Netherlandish drawing from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.