Treasure hunting in databases: forgotten early medieval sculptures from Lochem

It's not so bad to work from home. Online databases contain hidden treasures of medieval art: such as these two stone carvings from Lochem.

Elizabeth den Hartog • April 17, 2020

A damaged God-the-Father figure from Zutphen

A religious sculpture was buried under a church floor. But who had put it there? And why was it mutilated?

Elizabeth den Hartog • November 01, 2019

De welvoorziene keuken: archeologisch ontleed

In het Rijksmuseum Amsterdam hangt 'De welvoorziene keuken' van Joachim Beuckelaer uit 1556. We onderwerpen dit schilderij aan een archeologische ontleding. Gaat het om een luxe keuken?

Roos van Oosten • July 24, 2019

Following French Fashion: The Dutch Book of Hours in Print

On 16 August 1491, the most prolific printer of the Low Countries at the time, Gerard Leeu (d. 1492) published his only edition of a Book of Hours in Dutch. The book itself, however, looks French. Why was Leeu swayed by French fashion?

Anna Dlabacová • May 17, 2019

Who’s That Guy? Identity Crisis in a Fifteenth-century Woodcut

In fifteenth-century illustrated printed books printers regularly re-used their illustrations. When working with this material, a feeling of déjà-vu is not uncommon. But sometimes you recognize just one person, and you ask yourself: Who’s that guy?

Anna Dlabacová • January 19, 2018

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Treasure hunting in databases: forgotten early medieval sculptures from Lochem

A damaged God-the-Father figure from Zutphen

De welvoorziene keuken: archeologisch ontleed

Following French Fashion: The Dutch Book of Hours in Print

Who’s That Guy? Identity Crisis in a Fifteenth-century Woodcut