In the present issue of Simiolus, Bernhard Ridderbos discloses the provenance of the famous Flémalle panels in Frankfurt, Suzanne Laemers recounts the spectacular acquisition of Hugo van der Goes’s Monforte Altarpiece by the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin in the early twentieth century, and Frits Scholten analyses sculptor Gerard van Opstal’s work and career in Paris, publishing his full estate inventory in an appendix. Jan van Adrichem discusses the bold collecting of Barnett Newman’s work by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and Steven Jacobs dives into Raoul de Keyser’s major exhibition in Groningen in 1970. Finally, Catherine Powell-Warren reviews The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic by Stijn Bussels and Bram Van Oostveldt.
Contents
Bernhard Ridderbos
‘The Flémalle Panels: Reconstruction, Provenance and Second Life’
Suzanne Laemers
‘In the Privacy of Friedländer’s Notebooks: The Acquisition of the Monforte Altarpiece’
Frits Scholten
‘Gerard van Opstal’s Grand Manner: A Greek Moment in Paris’
Jan van Adrichem
‘Primus inter pares: Edy de Wilde and Collecting Barnett Newman for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam’
Steven Jacobs
‘Art and Objecthood in Groningen: Raoul De Keyser, Americanism and the Exhibition Rondom de werkelijkheid, 1970’
Book review
Catherine Powell-Warren, review of Stijn Bussels and Bram Van Oostveldt, The Sublime in the Visual Culture of the Seventeenh-Century Dutch Republic
Simiolus. Journal for the History of Art, volume 46, number 2
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 quarterly by the Stichting Nederlandse Kunsthistorische Publicaties. For subscriptions visit www.simiolus.nl.