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Art History

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 • 17-04-2020

Art History · Political History

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 • 01-11-2019

Art History · Archaeology

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 • 24-07-2019

Manuscript Studies · Book History

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 • 17-05-2019

Art History · Book History

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 • 19-01-2018

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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