The latest issue of Oud Holland concerns the studio of Jacob de Wet (1610-1675), a little master who ran a large, high production workshop.

Through archival documents and painstaking analysis of the use of motifs in a large number of paintings, Angela Jager shows how models were invented in De Wet’s studio. All this in order to realize maximum profit from a minimum outlay of effort.

Table of Contents Oud Holland 2018, no. 2

Angela Jager
The workshop of Jacob de Wet (1610-1675) and his mass production of history painting

Oud Holland

The oldest surviving art-historical journal in the world is a Dutch periodical. Oud Holland began life in 1883 with articles on art from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance period as well as the seventeenth century. With its numerous groundbreaking contributions – from important archival finds to major art-historical discoveries – Oud Holland has established an impressive reputation for itself. For subscriptions see the RKD-website.