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As of Decmber 1, 2020 the Leiden Collection Online Catalogue As of Decmber 1, 2020 The Leiden Collection Online Catalogue Bibliography VAN DER AA 1865 Van der Aa, Abraham Jacob. Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden. 21 vols. Harlem, 1852–78. ACADÉMIE ROYALE DE BELGIQUE 1866 Académie Royale de Belgique. Exposition de tableaux de maîtres anciens. Exh. cat. Brussels, Académie Royale de Belgique. Brussels, 1886. THE ACADEMY OF ARTS 1925 The Academy of Arts. Gemälde alter Meister aus Berliner Besitz. Ausstellung in der Akademie der Künste. Exh. cat. Berlin, The Academy of Arts. Berlin, 1925 ACKLEY 2003 Ackley, Clifford S. Rembrandt’s Journey: Painter, Draftsman, Etcher. Exh. cat. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago. Boston, 2003. AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE 1925 Akademie der Künste. Gemälde alter Meister aus Berliner Besitz. Ausstellung in der Akademie der Künste. Exh. cat. Berlin, Akademie der Künste. Berlin, 1925. ALEXANDER-KNOTTER, HILLEGERS, AND VAN VOOLEN 2006 Alexander-Knotter, Mirjam, Jasper Hillegers, and Edward van Voolen. The “Jewish” Rembrandt: The Myth Unraveled. Exh. cat. Amsterdam, Joods Historisch Museum. Zwolle, 2006. Originally published as De “joodse” Rembrandt: De mythe ontrafeld. Zwolle, 2006. ALFRED BROD GALLERY 1957 Alfred Brod Gallery. Winter Exhibition. Sales cat. London, Alfred Brod Gallery. London, 1957. ALFRED BROD GALLERY 1963 Alfred Brod Gallery. Annual Autumn Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 17th Century. Exh. cat. London, Alfred Brod Gallery. London, 1963. ALFRED BROD GALLERY 1965 Alfred Brod Gallery. Fünfzig Gemälde alter Meister: Ausstellung im Künstlerverein Malkasten Page 1 of 198 Compiled by A. McCarthy & C. Van Cauwenberge As of Decmber 1, 2020 Düsseldorf. Exh. cat. London, Alfred Brod Gallery. Düsseldorf, 1965. ALPERS 1971 Alpers, Svetlana. Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard. Part 9, The Decoration of the Torre de la Parada. London and New York, 1971. ALPERS 1983 Alpers, Svetlana. The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century. London, 1983. VON ALTEN 1871 Von Alten, Friedrich. Verzeichniss der Gemälde in der Grossherzoglichen Sammlung zu Oldenburg mit einem Anhange der auf den Gemälden befindlichen Monogramme, Bezeichnungen u. Inschriften. Oldenburg, 1871. VON ALTEN 1890 Von Alten, Friedrich. Verzeichniss der Gemälde, Gypse und Bronzen in der Grossherzoglichen Sammlung zu Oldenburg. Oldenburg, 1890. ÄLTEREN PINAKOTHEK 1884 Älteren Pinakothek. Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung der Kgl. Älteren Pinakothek in München. Mit einer historischen einleitung von Dr. Franz von Reber. Munich, 1884. Reprinted in 1888, 1891, 1898, 1901, 1904, 1908, 1911, 1913. ÄLTEREN PINAKOTHEK 1920 Älteren Pinakothek. Katalog der Älteren Pinakothek zu München: Amtliche Ausgabe. Munich, 1920. Reprinted in 1922, 1925, and 1928. AMORE AND MASHBERG 2011 Amore, Anthony M., and Tom Mashberg. Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notoroius Art Heists. New York, 2011. AMPZING 1628 Ampzing, Samuel. Beschrijvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland. Haarlem, 1628. ANGEL 1642 Page 2 of 198 Compiled by A. McCarthy & C. Van Cauwenberge As of Decmber 1, 2020 Angel, Philips. Lof der schilderkunst. Leiden, 1642. ANSPACH 1881 Anspach, Jacobus. DeVeluwsche familie Tulleken en hare aanverwanten: Een genealogische-historische proeve. The Hague, 1881. AONO 2008 Aono, Junko. “Ennobling Daily Life: A Question of Refinement in Early Eighteenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting.” Similous 33 (2008): 237–57. AONO 2011 Aono, Junko. “Imitation and Innovation: Dutch Genre Painting 1680–1750 and Its Reception of the Golden Age.” PhD diss. University of Amsterdam, 2011. AONO 2015 Aono, Junko. Confronting the Golden Age: Imitation and Innovation in Dutch Genre Painting 1680– 1750. Amsterdam, 2015. APOSTOOL 1809 Apostool, Cornelis. Catalogus der schilderijen, oudheden enz. op het Koninklijk Museum te Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 1809. APPUN 1981 Appun, Horst. Heilsspiegel: Die Bilder des mittelalterlichen Erbauungsbuches Speculum humanae salvationis. Dortmund, 1981. ARPINO AND LECALDANO 1969 Arpino, Giovanni, and Paolo Lecaldano. L’opera pittorica completa di Rembrandt. Milan, 1969. ART DIGEST 1929 “A Rembrandt That Dr. Van Dyke Approves.” Art Digest 4 (November 1929): 9. ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 1925 Art Institute of Chicago. A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection: The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1925. Page 3 of 198 Compiled by A. McCarthy & C. Van Cauwenberge As of Decmber 1, 2020 ARTEMIS GROUP 1980 Artemis Group. Ten Paintings by Gerard Dou, 1613–1675. Exh. cat. David Caritt Limited. London, 1980. ARTI ET AMICITAE 1938 Arti et Amicitae. Tentoonstelling van de 16de en 17de eeuwsche hollandsche en vlaamsche schilderijen: waaronder van Rembrandt, Van Dijk, Jan Steen. Exh. cat. Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitae. Dieren, 1938. ATKINS 2012 Atkins, Christopher D.M. The Signature Style of Frans Hals: Painting, Subjectivity, and the Market in Early Modernity. Amsterdam, 2012. ATWATER 1988 Atwater, Vivian Lee. Catalogue and Analysis of Eighteenth-Century French Prints After Netherlandish Baroque Paintings. 2 vols. London, 1988. AUGUSTEUM 1902 Augusteum. Kurzes verzeichnis der gemälde, gips-abgüsse und bronze-nachbildungen der Grossherzoglichen Sammlung im Augusteum zu Oldenburg. Oldenburg, 1902. AVERY AND RADCLIFFE 1978 Avery, Charles, and Anthony Radcliffe. Giambologna 1529–1608: Sculptor to the Medici. Exh. cat. Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum; London, Victoria & Albert Museum; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. London, 1978. BAARSEN 2006 Baarsen, Reinier et al. Nederlandse kunst in het Rijksmuseum 1700–1800. Amsterdam, 2006. BABINA, BOELENS, AND JACKSON ET AL. 2011 Babina, Natalija, Birgit Boelens, and Beverley Jackson et al. Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens: Vlaamse schilders uit de Hermitage. Exh. cat. Amsterdam, The Hermitage Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 2011. BACHSTITZ GALERIE 1920 Page 4 of 198 Compiled by A. McCarthy & C. Van Cauwenberge As of Decmber 1, 2020 Bachstitz Galerie. The Bachstitz Gallery. The Hague, 1920. BADER 2008 Bader, Alfred. Chemistry and Art: Further Adventures of a Chemist Collector. London, 2008. BADER 1976 Bader, Alfred. The Bible through Dutch Eyes: From Genesis through the Apogrypha. Exh. cat. Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Center. Milwaukee, 1976. BAER 1992 Baer, P. J. M. De Leidse verwanten van Rembrandt van Rijn en hun Leidse afstammelingen tot heden. Leiden, 1992. BAER 1990 Baer, Ronni. “The Paintings of Gerrit Dou (1613–1675).” 3 vols. PhD diss. New York University, 1990. BAER 1995 Baer, Ronni. “Image of Devotion: Dou’s Hermit Praying.” Minneapolis Institute of Arts Bulletin 67 (1995) 22–33. BAER 2000 Baer, Ronni. Gerrit Dou, 1613–1675: Master Painter in the Age of Rembrandt. Edited by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. Exh. cat. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; London, Dulwich Picture Gallery; The Hague, Mauritshuis. Zwolle, 2000. BAER 2004 Baer, Ronni. “A Dou for Boston.” In Collected Opinions: Essays on Netherlandish Art in Honour of Alfred Bader. Edited by Volker Manuth and Axel Rüger, 19–25. London, 2004. BAER 2011 Baer, Ronni. “Of Cats and Dogs: Domestic Pets in Rembrandt and Dou.” Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis (2011): 62–69. BAER 2015 Page 5 of 198 Compiled by A. McCarthy & C. Van Cauwenberge As of Decmber 1, 2020 Baer, Ronni, ed. Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer. Exh. cat. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum. New York, 2015. BAHL 2001 Bahl, Peter. Der Hof des grossen Kurfürsten: Studien zur höheren Amtsträgerschaft Brandenburg- Preussens. Cologne/Weimar/Vienna, 2001. BAKKER 2008 Bakker, Piet. “Gezicht op Leeuwarden: Schilders in Friesland en de markt voor schilderijen in de Gouden Eeuw.” PhD diss., Amsterdam University, 2008. BAKKER 2008 Bakker, Piet. De Friese schilderkunst in de Gouden Eeuw. Zwolle, 2008. BAKKER 2008 Bakker, Piet. “Een schilder en zijn netwerk: Lambert Jacobsz en een nieuw beeld van de zeventiende- eeuwse schilderkunst in Friesland.” De Vrije Fries 88 (2008): 31–64. BAKKER 2011 Bakker, Piet. “Crisis? Welke crisis? Kanttekeningen bij de economische neergang van de schilderkunst in Leiden na 1660.” De Zeventiende Eeuw 27 (2011): 232–70. BAKKER 2011 Bakker, Piet. De Vrije Fries: verdwenen maar niet vergeten: themanummer rond de opheffing van de Academie van Franeker in 1811. Leeuwarden, 2011. BAKKER AND LENDERS 2016 Bakker, Piet and Anne Lenders. “De wonderbaarlijke wederopstanding van een Amsterdamse historieschilder, Rombout van Troyen (1605–na 1657) en zijn tweede leven in Friesland.” De Vrije Fries 96 (2016)” 11–38. VON BALDASS 1938/43 Von Baldass, Ludwig. “Studien über Jacob Pynas.” Belvedere 13 (1938/43): 154–58. BALEN 1677 Page 6 of 198 Compiled by A. McCarthy & C. Van Cauwenberge As of Decmber 1, 2020 Balen, Matthijs. Beschryvinge der stad Dordrecht. 2 vols. Dordrecht, 1677. BALET 1921 Balet, Leo. “Die Sammlung Bachstitz.” Der Cicerone 13 (May 1921): 331–38. BANDERA, LIEDTKE, AND WHEELOCK 2012 Bandera, Sandrina, Walter Liedtke, and Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., eds. Vermeer: Il secolo d’oro dell’arte olandese. Exh. cat. Rome, Scuderie del Quirinale. Milan, 2012. BARATAY AND HARDOUIN-FUIGER 2002 Baratay, Eric, and Elisabeth Hardouin-Fuiger. Zoo: A History of Zoological Gardens in the West. London, 2002. BARNES 2002 Barnes, Donna R., and Peter G. Rose. Matters of Taste: Food and Drink in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Life. Exh. cat. Albany, Albany Institute of History and Art. Albany, 2002. BARNES 2004 Barnes, Susan, et al. Van Dyck: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings. New Haven, 2004. BARTILLA 2016 Bartilla, Stefan. “Eine prunkvolle Manhung: Schalckens
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