Jan van der Heyden (1637-1712)
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. Hardcover. Oblong, teal cloth hardcover with white lettering on spine. Color pictorial dust jacket with reddish-brown spine. 250 pp. 94 total labeled BW and color figures + 54 labeled color or monochrome illustrations with annotations + a handful of BW and color supplementary illustrations. VG/VG. Item #163286
ISBN: 9780300119701
A beautiful catalogue printed in conjunction with exhibitions of the titular name at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, Sept 16, 2006-Jan 10, 2007 and at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Feb 1-April 30, 2007. Contents as follows: Jan van der Heyden: 1. A life in full: artistry, invention, and patronage -- 2. The art of Jan van der Heyden -- 3. Perspective, visual aids, and the camera obscura -- 4. Jan van der Heyden's inventions / Peter C. Sutton -- The town bookkeeper and fellow Mennonites: notes on some of the original owners of van der Heyden's paintings / Jonathan Bikker -- Refined technique or special tricks: painting methods of Jan van der Heyden / Arie Wallert -- Catalogue of paintings -- Catalogue of drawings -- A historical anthology of author's biographies and comments about Jan van der Heyden.
OCLC: 68799833
Price: $29.97