Johannes Vermeer

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Peter van der Ploeg

For many, Vermeer's paintings are the highlight of a visit to the Mauritshuis. The museum owns three: a rare early work with a scene of Diana and her nymphs, the masterful View of Delft and the incomparable Girl with a pearl earring, which is arguably one of the most treasured paintings in the world. This book examines the many special facets of these paintings and their place in Vermeer's impressive oeuvre. It also reveals what otherwise often remains unnoticed. Attention is thus focussed on the girl's moist parted lips, the sunlight on Delft's Nieuwe Kerk and the loveliest reflection in the water in all of the history of art.

In the Mauritshuis

Vermeer

David De Witt

* 2019 marks 350 years since Rembrandt's death. This book accompanies the exhibition at The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam, exploring Rembrandt's network of friends and familyRembrandt seems to have been an artist who took little notice of other people. Yet he had a family, friends and acquaintances who helped him, bought his art, lent him money, challenged him artistically and inspired him. He would never have become such a great artist without his social network. This book explores that network: Rembrandt's early friends, family members ('blood friends'), artist friends, the connoisseurs who supported him and his friends in times of need. As a friend, Rembrandt went his own way. He made little effort to get on with the elite, and preferred to surround himself with people who understood art. He had strong ties with them, as he did with the members of his family. He portrayed them in remarkably informal paintings and prints, works that bring Rembrandt's private world to life.

Family, Friends and Acquaintances

Rembrandt's Social Network

Mauritshuis (Hague, Netherlands)

Ariane van Suchtelen

Rembrandt

The Mauritshuis has ten paintings by Rembrandt.The most famous is undoubtedly The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp, but just as popular are Simeon's Song of Praise, Portrait of an Old Man and Self-Portrait, one of the last which the Master painted. In t

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