The latest issue of Simiolus has appeared. The issue brings contributions on a broad range of subjects from four different countries, one of them presenting a previously unpublished and unknown Van Eyck document, another our first-ever contribution from St Petersburg. Independent research on Netherlandish art is evidently flourishing.
Contents:
Victor M. Schmidt
Durandus on pictures and ornaments in the church
Hendrik Callewier
A new document on Jan van Eyck: his request for a confessional letter in the Vatican Archives
Alexey Larionov
Hendrick Goltzius, Rudolf II, and a new proposal regarding the iconography and patronage of the Hermitage Penwerck
Elvira Bojilova
Venturing an alliance: the optics of graphic linearity
Esther van der Hoorn
Artistic practice in two anonymous silversmiths’ drawing books
Ilja M. Veldman
Michal: Jan Victors’ women at the window
Gert Jan van der Sman
The living conditions and social networks of northern Netherlandish painters in Italy, c. 1600-1700: evaluation of the archival sources
Simiolus Netherlands quarterly for the history of art
Simiolus is an English-language journal devoted to the history of Dutch and Flemish art of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, with occasional forays into more recent periods and other schools. Simiolus is published as a quarterly by the Stichting Nederlandse Kunsthistorische Publicaties. For subscriptions visit www.simiolus.nl