In the present issue of Simiolus, Stephan Kemperdick critically reviews the traditional identification of the man portrayed by Jan van Eyck as Niccolò Albergati, and Harald Deceulaer discusses spectacular, newly discovered documents on Michiel Sweerts in Brussels, offering a unique insight into his spirituality. Ankie de Jongh Vermeulen reveals contacts between César Domela Nieuwenhuis, Hilla Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim, while Susana Puente Matos proposes a new interpretation of Pyke Koch’s oeuvre, based on recently uncovered biographical information. Finally, Boudewijn Bakker reviews Walter Melion’s English translation of Karel van Mander’s Grondt der edel vry Schilder-const, and Thijs Weststeijn reviews Aaron Hyman’s Rubens in Repeat.
New subtitle and publishing schedule
From this volume onward, Simiolus carries a new subtitle: Journal for the History of Art. This marks a return to the original subtitle – “Kunsthistorisch tijdschrift”, with which the journal was launched at Utrecht University in 1966.
The new subtitle also signals a change in Simiolus’s publishing rhythm. While formally a quarterly for many years, the journal’s publication pace was often irregular, with two double issues per year becoming the norm in practice. This pattern has now been regularized: Simiolus will appear semi-annually, in June and December, from this point forward.
Simiolus. Journal for the History of Art
Volume 46, number 1
Stephan Kemperdick
‘The Blessed Albergati’
Harald Deceulaer
‘Newly Discovered Archival Documents About Michel Sweerts in Brussels in the 1650s: His House, His Social Network and His Encounter with Ghosts’
Ankie de Jongh-Vermeulen
César Domela, Hilla Rebay and Solomon R. Guggenheim’s Temple of Spirituality’
Susana Puente Matos
‘Self-Portrait with Black Headband (1937) by Pyke Koch: A Biographical Interpretation’
Book reviews
Boudewijn Bakker review of Walter S. Melion, Karel van Mander and His Foundation of the Noble, Free Art of Painting: First English Translation with Introduction and Commentary
Thijs Weststeijn, review of Aaron M. Hyman, Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America
Simiolus. Journal 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 quarterly by the Stichting Nederlandse Kunsthistorische Publicaties. For subscriptions visit www.simiolus.nl.