Schilderen in opdracht
Subtitle: Noord-Nederlandse contracten voor altaarstukken, 1485-1570
By: Liesbeth M. Helmus
Publisher: Centraal Museum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Utrecht
Language: dut
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9789059830219
Subjects: Commissioning; Art; Dutch Painting; Renaissance Altarpieces; Dutch Altarpieces; History
Description: Summary: Although the relationship between patrons and painters has attracted the interest of many art historians over recent decades, "Painting on commission" is the first study of surviving contracts in the Northern regions. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, altarpieces were among the most prestigious commissions. Because of the large sums of money these assignments involved, it was of great importance that proper agreements were made, and that these were consolidated in written documents. The written contract is thus the most important source underlying the genesis of the painted altarpiece. The study addresses whether altarpieces can justifiably be seen as a distinct functional category, and how many altarpieces are likely to have been created. It examines what an artist's contract consisted of, and in which ways it was comparable with other contracts. The contracts for the painted altarpieces in the northern Netherlands are examined in depth.
Notes: Also published as the author's thesis--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-453) and index.

English summary.