The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588¿1629), Catalogue Raisonné

Edition originale. Blurb Table of contents Quotes Subjects The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588¿1629) Catalogue raisonné Leonard J. Slatkes and Wayne Franits Syracuse University OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries 10 2007. xx, 471 pp., 204 bl/wh ills. + 17 full color ills. Publishing status: Available Hardbound ¿ In stock 978 90 272 4961 6 The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588¿1629), is the first major study of this important early seventeenth-century master since Benedict Nicolson¿s classic monograph of 1958. It comprises two chapters that explore ter Brugghen¿s development as an artist and the reception of his work among contemporaries, followed by a truly monumental catalogue raisonné of ter Brugghen¿s 89 authentic paintings, 54 pictures associated with the artist and/or his workshop, 141 rejected works, 42 lost works, and lastly, 10 drawings that have been linked to ter Brugghen directly or related to his paintings. Already celebrated during his lifetime, and avidly collected by elite cognescenti in the Dutch Republic and abroad, ter Brugghen executed a dazzling variety of paintings, ranging from Bible subjects and saints, to fascinating mythological images, as well as scenes of daily life, including musicians. Although his knowledge of paintings by Caravaggio that he had seen during his early sojourn in Rome always remained acute, these experiences were continually tempered by his awareness of older Northern European artistic traditions and conventions, with the result that ter Brugghen created pictures whose subject matter and style are fascinating, and at times, unique. Until his untimely death in August of 2003, Leonard J. Slatkes was Distinguished Professor of Art History at Queens College of the City University of New York, NY. He was an internationally renowned expert on the art of the Dutch Caravaggisti, to whom he had devoted many essays, books, and exhibition catalogues. Slatkes had begun conducting research on ter Brugghen¿s paintings in the 1960's, with the expectation of eventually publishing a new monograph on the artist. Wayne Franits, a former student of Slatkes¿s, is currently Professor of Fine Arts at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. He has authored numerous publications on seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of contents Preface ix¿xi Lists of Plates xiii¿xvii Comparative Illustrations xviii¿xix 1. Hendrick ter Brugghen: A Survey of His Life, Artistic Development, and Reputation 1¿32 2. The Reception of Hendrick ter Brugghen's Art Among Seventeenth-Century Audiences 33¿59 Catalogue Raisonné Preface [and Abbreviation Guide] 63¿64 Guide 65¿70 Concordance 71¿74 Authentic Paintings Old Testament and Apocrypha 75¿88 New Testament and Saints 88¿136 Ancient History, Mythology, and Allegory 136¿154 Genre Paintings 154¿174 Genre Paintings Musicians 174¿213 Paintings Attributed to ter Brugghen and His Workshop 214¿220 Paintings Attributed to ter Brugghen's Workshop 221¿227 Paintings Attributed to the Probably Joint Workshop of ter Brugghen and van Baburen 228¿236 Paintings Formally Attributed to, or Associated with, ter Brugghen, Now Rejected 237¿264 Lost Paintings 265¿278 Drawings Attributed to ter Brugghen or Related to His Paintings 279¿280 Plates and Figures Color Plates 283¿300 Black-and-White Plates 301¿412 Comparative Illustrations 413¿442 Bibliography 445¿454 Indexes Names and Paintings 457¿464 Present Owners 465¿466 Previous Owners 467¿468 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hendrick ter Brugghen was the most important Caravaggesque painter in the Netherlands. His work, at once dramatic and poetic, made a great impression on Rubens and influenced Dutch artists as various as Frans Hals and Johannes Vermeer. In recent decades there has been no greater scholar of Dutch and Flemish Caravaggesque painting than the late Leonard Slatkes. We owe a great debt to Wayne