Early Netherlandish Painting (Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue)

Princeton University Press, 1986-01-20. hardcover. Like New. 5x0x7. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Jacket slightly rubbed. Clean, unmarked pages. xv, 271 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. <br> The volume contains entries for paintings in the National gallery that were produced in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by artists from the Netherlands. The entries are arranged alphabetically by artist; a short biography and bibliography for each artist is followed by individual entries on the paintings, each in order of acquisition. The authors address traditional questions of attributes and iconography; in addition, they examine the social, economic, and religious context in which the individual work of art functioned. The volume is also probable the first museum catalogue to include the results of examination by infrared reflectography and dendrochronological analysis. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.