Publication : Art and Antiquity in the Netherlands and Britain. The Vernacular Arcadia of Franciscus Junius (1591-1677).

WESTSTEIJN Thijs, Art and Antiquity in the Netherlands and Britain. The Vernacular Arcadia of Franciscus Junius (1591-1677), Leyde, Brill, 2015, 452 p. Présentation de l'éditeur : How did the classical tradition survive on the North Sea shores ? This richly illustrated book explores the interplay between art and erudition in the seventeenth century. It analyses the sources, editions, and reception of Franciscus Junius’s writings to chart how ideas about Northern European painting, from Van Dy.