Art and allegiance in the Dutch Golden Age : the ambitions of a wealthy widow in a painted chamber by Ferdinand Bol /
Eikema Hommes, Margriet van,1969-
Bakker, Piet,1957-
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,
c2012.
Ferdinand Bol, one of Rembrandt's best-known pupils, made a unique ensemble of five wall-sized canvasses in the 1660s. This interdisciplinary study offers a unique perspective on this exceptional commission, identifying for the first time the origin and history of the paintings, until now shrouded in mystery, the paintings themselves scattered around the Netherlands. The recent restoration of the paintings provided the opportunity to conduct a 'forensic' technical investigation, which the author integrates with archival, historical, stylistic and cultural historical research. This integrated approach allows her to identify the painting's origin and the client: a wealthy, strict Calvinist widow from Utrecht who commissioned them over time, choosing themes which reflected her stance in the political and religious conflicts played out in her community.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index.
A mysterious commission -- Traces at the paint surface / with the collaboration of Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, SRAL -- Ferdinand Bol and the commission for the Nieuwegracht -- The iconography of the five chamber paintings -- "Out of love for her house": the ambitions of Jacoba Lampsins and the chamber paintings by Ferdinand Bol -- Bol's chamber paintings in later times / written in collaboration with the painting conservators from SRAL -- Ferdinand Bol's painting technique / with the collaboration of Willem de Ridder, Ineke Joosten, Katrien Keune, and SRAL -- Canvases and ground layers of Ferdinand Bol's Utrecht series / with the collaboration of Ineke Joosten -- Paintings owned by Carel Martens, Jacoba Lampsins, and their son Carel Martens / with the collaboration of Piet Bakker.
Ferdinand Bol, one of Rembrandt's best-known pupils, made a unique ensemble of five wall-sized canvasses in the 1660s. This interdisciplinary study offers a unique perspective on this exceptional commission, identifying for the first time the origin and history of the paintings, until now shrouded in mystery, the paintings themselves scattered around the Netherlands. The recent restoration of the paintings provided the opportunity to conduct a 'forensic' technical investigation, which the author integrates with archival, historical, stylistic and cultural historical research. This integrated approach allows her to identify the painting's origin and the client: a wealthy, strict Calvinist widow from Utrecht who commissioned them over time, choosing themes which reflected her stance in the political and religious conflicts played out in her community.
Bol, Ferdinand, 1616?-1680?
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