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historians of netherlandish art NEWSLETTER AND REVIEW OF BOOKS Dedicated to the Study of Netherlandish, German and Franco-Flemish Art and Architecture, 1350-1750 Vol. 30, No. 2 November 2013 Michiel Coxcie, Saint Cecilia. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid In the exhibition Michiel Coxcie. De Vlaamse Rafael. Museum M, Leuven, October 31, 2013 – February 23, 2014. HNA Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 2, November 2006 1 historians of netherlandish art 23 S. Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904 Telephone: (732) 937-8394 E-Mail: [email protected] www.hnanews.org Historians of Netherlandish Art Offi cers President – Amy Golahny (2013-2017) Lycoming College Williamsport PA 17701 Vice-President – Paul Crenshaw (2013-2017) Providence College Department of Art History 1 Cummingham Square Providence RI 02918-0001 Treasurer – Dawn Odell Lewis and Clark College 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road Portland OR 97219-7899 European Treasurer and Liaison - Fiona Healy Seminarstrasse 7 D-55127 Mainz Germany Contents Board Members President's Message .............................................................. 1 Lloyd DeWitt (2012-2016) Stephanie Dickey (2013-2017) HNA News ............................................................................1 Martha Hollander (2012-2016) Personalia ............................................................................... 2 Henry Luttikhuizen (2009 and 2010-2014) Exhibitions ............................................................................ 3 Shelley Perlove (2008-2009 and 2010-2014) Museum News ...................................................................... 7 Joaneath Spicer (2010-2014) Yao-Fen You (2013-2016) Scholarly Activities Future Conferences ............................................................... 9 Past Conferences ................................................................ 13 Newsletter & Membership Secretary Opportunities....................................................................... 21 Kristin Lohse Belkin 23 South Adelaide Avenue Highland Park, New Jersey 08904 Layout by Marty Perzan - Network Typesetting, Inc. HNA Review of Books 14th and 15th Centuries .......................................................23 HNA Newsletter 16th Century .........................................................................30 ISSN 1067-4284 17th-Century Flemish .......................................................... 40 17th-Century Dutch ..............................................................47 German ................................................................................. 52 New Titles ........................................................................... 55 Dissertations ....................................................................... 58 2 HNA Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 2, November 2006 historians of netherlandish art NEWSLETTER Dear colleagues, University of Trier for agreeing to join editor Alison Kettering As I write this, I’m in Los Angeles, where I was fortunate and associate editor Mark Trowbridge. We extend our gratitude to attend the study day on September 26 of the exhibition “Face to Jeff for his past service, and we warmly welcome Dagmar to Face: Flanders, Florence, and Renaissance Painting” at The (see also below). Huntington Library, co-curated by Paula Nuttall (Victoria and Our reception at the College Art Association, Chicago 2014, Albert Museum) and Catherine Hess (Huntington Library), is scheduled for Friday, February 14, 2014, at 5:30 pm, and our until January 13, 2014. The HNA, along with the Italian Art session, chaired by Marisa Bass of Washington University in St. Society, contributed fi nancially to make the study day possible. Louis titled “Moving Images: The Art of Personal Exchange in Continuing the theme of the Amsterdam 2010 HNA conference, the Netherlands,” is Saturday, February 15, 9:30 am (for more “Crossing Borders,” this exhibition is about the transalpine ex- information, see below under HNA at CAA). changes between the Netherlands and Tuscany in the fi fteenth Our quadrennial conference to be held in Boston June century. The exhibition, the fi rst in North America on this 5-7, 2014, is taking shape under the leadership of Paul Cren- topic, concentrates on two main aspects of this exchange: fi rst, shaw, who both serves as Vice President of HNA and chairs patronage, as it was seemingly customary for Italians in Bruges the Program Committee of the conference. We look forward to commission their portraits while there – and occasionally to a wonderful conference, thanks to Paul and the committee, other works – from the local painters; second, the Italian paint- which includes Susan Anderson, Margaret Carroll, Stephanie ers’ reception of the northern art they viewed in Florence, as Dickey, Wijnie de Groot, David Levine, Henry Luttikhuizen, they were fascinated by it. The discussion emphasized how the Jeffrey Muller, Natasha Seaman, Ron Spronk, Michael Zell, and Italians adapted northern motifs and imitated paint applica- myself. This conference will feature a good mix of formal paper tion, and how northern artists, notably Gerard David, modeled sessions and workshops. Please check the HNA website for fi gures more solidly when their works were destined for Italy. updates on registration and other program details. Our keynote The JHNA continues to grow in stature as a leading schol- speaker will be Prof. Dr. Maarten Prak of the University of arly publication for our fi eld. The latest issue honors Egbert Utrecht. Haverkamp Begemann, featuring many of his students as And in closing, a reminder to those of you who may not contributors, and an interview with him by Eijk van Otterloo. yet have paid annual dues to please do so, as our dues support You will fi nd photos of the presentation in this issue and on the all our endeavors. HNA website www.hnanews.org/hna/scholarly/index.html#. We look forward to seeing you in Boston. Jeffrey Chipps Smith of the University of Texas at Austin, a founding editor of the JHNA, is resigning as Associate Editor. Amy Golahny We are grateful to Jeff for his role in establishing the journal. We email: [email protected] thank Dagmar Eichberger of the University of Heidelberg and Hanse Merchants: Sebastian Münster’s Use of Trade Networks HNA News to Acquire City Views. HNA at CAA, Chicago, February 12–15, 2014 Jennifer Cochran Anderson (Pennsylvania State Uni- versity), Wooden Devotional Figures, Illicit Importations and The HNA-sponsored session at CAA, Chicago, February Personal Connections between Ireland and the Catholic Neth- 12-15, 2014, is chaired by Marisa Bass (Washington University, erlands. St. Louis), titled “Moving Images: The Art of Personal Ex- Vanessa Schmid (New York University), Portrait Exchange change in the Netherlands.” and Collecting among Dutch Admirals: Constructing Group Speakers Membership and Allegiance. Eva Helfenstein (Walters Art Museum), Precious Vessels The session is scheduled for Saturday, February 15, 9:30 as Objects of Gift Exchange at the Court of Burgundy. am-12:00 pm, Lake Erie Room, 8th Floor, Hilton Hotel, 720 Jessica Weiss (University of Texas at Austin), Panel Paint- South Michigan Avenue. ings as Status Symbols: The Afterlife of the Retablo de Isabel The HNA reception will take place Friday, February 14 and Spanish-Habsburg Dynastic Identity. (Valentine’s Day), at 5:30-7:00 pm, in the Boulevard Foyer, 2nd Jasper van Putten (Harvard University), Book Fairs and Floor of the Hilton Hotel. HNA Newsletter, Vol. 30, No. 2, November 2013 1 Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art HNA Fellowship 2014-2015 (JHNA) We urge members to apply for the 2014-15 Fellowship. Scholars of any nationality who have been HNA members in New 16th-Century Associate Editor good standing for at least two years are eligible to apply. The Dagmar Eichberger, University of Heidelberg and Univer- topic of the research project must be within the fi eld of North- sity of Trier, has been appointed by the Board of HNA the new ern European art ca. 1350-1750. Up to $1,000 may be requested sixteenth-century Associate Editor of JHNA, as of January 1, for purposes such as travel to collections or research facilities, 2014. She will be replacing Jeffrey Chipps Smith who is resign- purchase of photographs or reproduction rights, or subven- ing from the Editorial Board. tion of a publication. Winners will be notifi ed in February 2014, with funds to be distributed by April. The application should Dagmar received her PhD from the University of Heidel- consist of: (1) a short description of project (1-2 pp); (2) budget; berg and her Habilitation at the Universität des Saarlandes and (3) list of further funds applied/received for the same project; University of Heidelberg. Prior to Heidelberg and Trier, she has and (4) current c.v. A selection from a recent publication may be held teaching positions at the Australian National University, included but is not required. Pre-dissertation applicants must Canberra, and the University of Melbourne. She is the author of include a letter of recommendation from their advisor. numerous books and articles in German and English. Dagmar was the head of the exhibition committee and editor of the Applications should be sent, preferably via e-mail, by De- catalogue Women of Distinction: Margaret of York and Margaret of cember 14, 2013, to Paul Crenshaw, Vice-President, Historians Austria 1477-1530, Mechelen, 2005. She is a long-time member of Netherlandish Art. E-mail: [email protected]; of HNA, on whose Board she served from 2008-2012, and a Postal