In His Milieu: Essays on Netherlandish Art in Memory of John Michael Montias

495 Pages·2007·7.77 MB·English

by  Amy Golahny, Mia M. Mochizuki, Lisa Vergara

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In His Milieu
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In His Milieu
Essays on Netherlandish Art
in Memory of John Michael Montias
Edited by
A. Golahny, M.M. Mochizuki and L. Vergara
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This publication was made possible by the generous support of the Depart-
ment of the History of Art, Yale University; the Frick Art Reference Library;
the Frick Collection; Jack Kilgore & Co., Inc.; The Montias family; The
Netherland-America Foundation; Otto Naumann, Ltd.; Stichting Charema
Fonds voor Geschiedenis en Kunst; the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale
University; and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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Contents
Acknowledgments 9
In Memoriam John Michael Montias (1928–2005) 10
Four Remembrances 13
EGBERT HAVERKAMP-BEGEMANN 13
OTTO NAUMANN 15
HERBERT E. SCARF 19
ALEXANDER M. SCHENKER 20
Art-Historical Publications by John Michael Montias 23
ANN JENSEN ADAMS
Two Forms of Knowledge: Invention and Production in Thomas
de Keyser’s Portrait of a Young Silversmith, Sijmon Valckenaer 29
ALBERT BLANKERT
The Case of Han van Meegeren’s Fake Vermeer Supper at Emmaus
Reconsidered 47
MARION BOERS-GOOSENS
Prices of Northern Netherlandish Paintings in the Seventeenth Century 59
MARTEN JAN BOK and SEBASTIEN DUDOK VAN HEEL
The Mysterious Landscape Painter Govert Janszn called Mijnheer
(1577-c.1619) 73
ALAN CHONG
Jacob Ochtervelt’s Rotterdam Patron 101
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PAUL CRENSHAW
Did Rembrandt Travel to England? 123
NEIL DE MARCHI and HANS J. VAN MIEGROET
The Antwerp-Mechelen Production and Export Complex 133
STEPHANIE S. DICKEY
Thoughts on the Market for Rembrandt’s Portrait Etchings 149
WAYNE FRANITS
If the Shoe Fits: Courtship, Sex, and Society in an Unusual Painting
by Gonzales Coques 165
AMY GOLAHNY
A Sophonisba by Pieter Lastman? 173
ANNE GOLDGAR
Poelenburch’s Garden: Art, Flowers, Networks, and Knowledge
in Seventeenth-Century Holland 183
ETHAN MATT KAVALER
Tournai’s Renaissance Jubé: Art as Instrument of Empowerment 193
YORIKO KOBAYASHI-SATO
Vermeer and His Thematic Use of Perspective 209
SUSAN DONAHUE KURETSKY
The Face in the Landscape: A Puzzling Print by Matthäus
Merian the Elder 219
WALTER LIEDTKE with archival research by PIET BAKKER
Murant and His Milieu: A Biography of Emanuel Murant, the
“Rustic Forerunner” of Jan van der Heyden 233
ANNE-MARIE LOGAN
Rubens as a Teacher: “He may teach his art to his students and
others to his liking” 247
JOHN LOUGHMAN
Abraham van Dijck (1635?–1680), a Dordrecht Painter in the
Shadow of Rembrandt 265
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ANNE W. LOWENTHAL
Joachim/Peter Wtewael, Father/Son, Master/Pupil 279
MIA M. MOCHIZUKI
At Home with the Ten Commandments: Domestic Text Paintings
in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam 287
MICHAEL NORTH
The Transfer and Reception of Dutch Art in the Baltic Area during
the Eighteenth Century: The Case of the Hamburg Dealer
Gerhard Morrell 301
NADINE M. ORENSTEIN
Sleeping Caps, City Views, and State Funerals: Privileges
for Prints in the Dutch Republic, 1593–1650 313
NATASJA PEETERS and MAXIMILIAAN P. J. MARTENS
Piety and Splendor: The Art Collection of Antwerp
Burgomaster Adriaan Hertsen 347
MICHIEL C. PLOMP
Pictorial Archives: “Jordaans” in Delft 375
HERMAN ROODENBURG
Visiting Vermeer: Performing Civility 385
LOUISA WOOD RUBY
The Montias Database: Inventories of Amsterdam Art Collections 395
GARY SCHWARTZ
Some Questions Concerning Inventory Research 403
LARRY SILVER
Marketing the Dutch Past: The Lucas van Leyden Revival
around 1600 411
ERIC JAN SLUIJTER
“Les regards dards”: Werner van den Valckert’s Venus and Cupid 423
NICOLETTE C. SLUIJTER-SEIJFFERT
The School of Cornelis van Poelenburch 441
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MICKAËL SZANTO
From Art to Politics: The Paintings of Jean de Warignies,
Lord of Blainville (c. 1581–1628) 455
CHRISTOPHER S. WOOD
Van Eyck Out of Focus 467
MICHAEL ZELL
Landscape’s Pleasures: The Gifted Drawing in the
Seventeenth Century 483
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Acknowledgments
Producing a book of this kind relies completely upon a supportive commu-
nity and in this respect we have been most fortunate.
All the contributors have our heartfelt gratitude for believing in this project
from its inception. Without their quick responses to our invitation and their
contagious enthusiasm at every step in the process, this volume in honor of
Michael Montias could not have been realized.
Many assisted by generously donating their time, expertise and advice beyond
anything we might ever have expected. Deserving of special mention are: Liz
Allen, Kristin Belkin, Albert Blankert, Marten Jan Bok, Matthew de Clercq,
Ned Cooke, Stephanie Dickey, Wayne Franits, Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann,
Magdalena Hernas, Renée Joosten, Jack Kilgore, Joan Kuyper, Randy Lemaire,
Walter Liedtke, Anne-Marie Logan, Susan Matheson, Anniek Meinders, Maria
Menocal, John-Luke Montias, Marie Montias, Sam Tsao Montias, Otto Nau-
mann, Francien Olthof, Nadine Orenstein, Inge Reist, Jock Reynolds, Louisa
Wood Ruby, Herb Scarf, Alex Schenker, Marike Schipper, Gary Schwartz,
Eric Jan Sluijter, Nicolette Sluijter-Seijffert, Frans Spruijt, Martin Voigt, Chris-
tine Waslander, Mariët Westermann, Thijs Weststeijn, and Chris Wood.
We would also like to express our deep appreciation for the encouragement
and generous financial assistance extended by our lead sponsor, Otto Nau-
mann, Ltd., and to our donors on both sides of the Atlantic: the Department
of the History of Art, Yale University; the Frick Art Reference Library; the
Frick Collection; Jack Kilgore & Co., Inc.; The Montias family; The Nether-
land-America Foundation; Stichting Charema Fonds voor Geschiedenis en
Kunst; the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University; and the Yale Uni-
versity Art Gallery.
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