Juan van der Hamen y Leon & the court of Madrid

Juan van der Hamen y Leon & the court of Madrid /

"This examination of the life and work of Juan van der Hamen y Leon (1596-1631) serves as a powerful lens for viewing the 1620s from a novel perspective, one that opens new vistas and invites further investigation. Van der Hamen is well known to lovers of Golden Age painting in Spain as one of...

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Contributor: Jordan, William B., 1940-
Corporate Authors: Palacio de Oriente (Spain), Meadows Museum
Imprint: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Van der Hamen y Leon, Juan, > 1596-1631 > Exhibitions.
Van der Hamen y Leon, Juan, > 1596-1631 > Criticism and interpretation.
Philip > IV, > King of Spain, > 1605-1665 > Art patronage > Exhibitions.
Painting, Spanish > Spain > Madrid > 17th century > Exhibitions.
Acquisition Notes:Gift of Carl Strehlke
Table of Contents:
  • Approaching the court
  • The van der Hamen family : a past in Flades, a future in Spain
  • Juan van der Hamen y Leon : the early years
  • Juan van der Hamen y Leon : the early years
  • The van der Hamen brothers at the dawn of a new age
  • The still life : a convergence of life and art
  • Master of the still life
  • The portrait
  • The aristocracy and the convents
  • Van der Hamen's portraits of intellectuals
  • The Comte de Solre
  • The Marques de Leganes
  • The Italians
  • The year of crisis : 1627
  • Rubens in Madrid
  • Flowers and landscape
  • The cordon of faith around the palace
  • The Cardinal-Infante Don Fernando
  • The late still lifes
  • Death and survivors.

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