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Michel Sittow was born in Reval c. 1469, today the Estonian capital city of Tallinn. Possibly trained in the workshop of Hans Memling in Bruges, he subsequently moved to work in the Iberian Peninsula, where he first held the position of court painter. This monograph undertakes research on this (...)

Maniera salda una deuda con Toledo. Aunque han sido numerosas las exposiciones dedicadas al Greco, su escuela e incluso a los artistas que precedieron su llegada, nunca antes la ciudad había acogido una muestra que realizara un recorrido por la pintura toledana del siglo XVI. En consecuencia, la (...)

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 (...)