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A beautiful, lively tour through the portraits of one of the most celebrated painters of 17th century Europe In this sumptuously illustrated volume, eminent art historian Sir Christopher White places the portraiture of renowned Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) in context among the work (...)

Este libro pretende subrayar y analizar una cuestión que, aunque fundamental, casi siempre ha quedado implícita o conscientemente ocultada en la producción académica, ya sea en la publicación de libros o artículos, en la disposición de las colecciones permanentes de los museos nacionales o (...)

'Painting contains a divine force which not only makes the absent present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive.' Taking up Alberti's connection between divine power, mimesis and friendship, this study explores the artistry of the Utrecht portrait specialist (...)