The book addresses the scientific debates on Rembrandt, Metsu, Vermeer, and Hoogstraten that are currently taking place in art history and cultural studies. The

This is the first book to focus on Rembrandt's portrayal of women. It reveals the women in Rembrandt's life, as well as his unique approach to depicting the fem

Presents a catalog that surveys the Dutch paintings found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Are images and spectacles fundamental mediators of power relationships in the West? This book draws upon the language of cultural studies to investigate a conte

As one of the first books to treat portraits of early modern women as a discrete subject, this volume considers the possibilities and limits of agency and ident