Michel Sittow
Estonian Painter at the Courts of Renaissance Europe
Published on 6. February 2018
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-300-23286-8 (ISBN)
Description
This handsome book explores the life and work of a little-known, immensely talented early Renaissance painter from Estonia
This handsome volume is the first in English devoted to Michel Sittow (c. 1469-1525), an artist from Estonia who trained in the tradition of early Netherlandish painting. Sittow worked for many high-profile patrons, including Isabella of Castile in Spain, and specialized in beautiful small devotional works and portraits; the portraits, in particular, are artistically sophisticated paintings that have been characterized as among the finest of their time. Featuring approximately twenty works attributed to Sittow, as well as paintings by his contemporaries, including Hans Memling and Juan de Flandes, this book provides an important opportunity to learn about Sittow's oeuvre and to appreciate it within the cultural context of his homeland as well as the broader milieu of early northern Renaissance art.
Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Exhibition Schedule:
National Gallery of Art
(01/28/18 - 05/13/18)
Art Museum of Estonia, Tallin
(06/28/18 - 09/16/18)
This handsome volume is the first in English devoted to Michel Sittow (c. 1469-1525), an artist from Estonia who trained in the tradition of early Netherlandish painting. Sittow worked for many high-profile patrons, including Isabella of Castile in Spain, and specialized in beautiful small devotional works and portraits; the portraits, in particular, are artistically sophisticated paintings that have been characterized as among the finest of their time. Featuring approximately twenty works attributed to Sittow, as well as paintings by his contemporaries, including Hans Memling and Juan de Flandes, this book provides an important opportunity to learn about Sittow's oeuvre and to appreciate it within the cultural context of his homeland as well as the broader milieu of early northern Renaissance art.
Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Exhibition Schedule:
National Gallery of Art
(01/28/18 - 05/13/18)
Art Museum of Estonia, Tallin
(06/28/18 - 09/16/18)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
90 color + b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 292 mm
Width: 241 mm
Weight
1225 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-23286-8 (9780300232868)
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Persons
John Oliver Hand is curator of northern Renaissance paintings at the National Gallery of Art. Greta Koppel is curator of Dutch and Flemish paintings at the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn. Till-Holger Borchert is director, Musea Brugge, Belgium. Anu Maend is head of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Art History, Tallinn University. Ariane van Suchtelen is curator, Mauritshuis, Netherlands. Matthias Weniger is curator of pre-1550 paintings and sculptures at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich.