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The Renaissance painter Jacopo Bassano (c.1515 1592) was an artist of remarkable originality. As the head of a large family of artists, he ran a highly successful workshop in the town of Bassano, near Venice. In collaboration with his sons Francesco, Leandro, Gerolamo, and Giambattista, the (...)

The catalogue accompanying the blockbuster exhibition at The National Gallery, London, which The Guardian has called 'epochal' and 'superbly curated'Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 1654 or later) is the most celebrated woman artist of the baroque period in Italy. Her career spanned more than 40 years, (...)

'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 (...)