Oud Holland 140 years: thematic issue with Rubens’ landscapes
With five articles on Peter Paul Rubens and landscape the present issue of Oud Holland is a special one. As first drafts, these articles were presented at the symposium Rubens: Reuniting the great landscapes at the Wallace Collection in London in 2021.
The symposium, on the occasion of the spectacular reunion of Rubens’ Het Steen (c. 1636) and The rainbow landscape (c. 1636), was organised by curator of Flemish and British paintings of the Wallace Collection, Lucy Davis. She kindly agreed to be the guest-editor of this issue.
Oud Holland published its very first special issue in 1885 – just two years after its foundation in 1883 – on Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (1585-1618) in celebration of the poet’s 300th birthday. This year, Oud Holland celebrates his own 140th birthday by publishing the digital issue on Rubens’ landscapes entirely open access.
2. Peter Paul Rubens, The rainbow landscape, c. 1636, Wallace Collection, London
Oud Holland – Journal for Art of the Low Countries 2023 – 2/3, volume 136
Special issue: New perspectives on Rubens’ landscapes
Susanna Avery-Quash & Lucy Davis
New perspectives on Rubens’ landscapes: Separation and reunion of Het Steen and The rainbow landscape
Nils Büttner
Rubens’ landscapes and the Dutch Republic
Corina Kleinert
Rubens and his landscapes: Reflections on the notion of ‘otium’
Elizabeth McGrath
Earthly fruitfulness and the gods of nature in Rubens’ imagery
Bert Watteeuw
Surveying Rubens’ late landscapes: New cartographic and archival sources on Het Steen
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