This thesis is a new and distinctive contribution to the knowledge on Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Cornelis Willemsz. Through a recently digitalized source, the Liber Memoriarum, new light is thrown...Show moreThis thesis is a new and distinctive contribution to the knowledge on Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Cornelis Willemsz. Through a recently digitalized source, the Liber Memoriarum, new light is thrown on the two painters and the convent they are buried in. A thorough analysis of the Liber Memoriarum reveals how the painters were connected to the convent. This is accompanied by a critically commented overview of the archival recordings related to the two painters. Furthermore, in the Liber Memoriarum is recorded that Cornelis Willemsz. is buried in the Haarlem convent. This has great implications for our understanding of this artist and his attributed oeuvre. Based on the new information the attributed oeuvre of Cornelis Willemsz. is revised. Additionally, an archival entry is used to date the year Cornelis Willemsz. moved into the convent of the Haarlem Johannites.Show less
The staircase of the Biblioteca Laurenziana is generally attributed to Michelangelo, leaving only a minor role in the execution for Ammanati. This Thesis contends that is better and fair to...Show moreThe staircase of the Biblioteca Laurenziana is generally attributed to Michelangelo, leaving only a minor role in the execution for Ammanati. This Thesis contends that is better and fair to attribute the staircase as a whole to Ammanati, who had to base himself on rather rudimentary ideas of Michelangelo as expressed in two short letters to Vasari and Ammanati, which ideas only covered the design partly.Show less
In 1910 Elia Volpi bought the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence. The antiquarian renovated the former merchant palazzo into an old Florentine home and filled it with artworks and furniture from the...Show moreIn 1910 Elia Volpi bought the Palazzo Davanzati in Florence. The antiquarian renovated the former merchant palazzo into an old Florentine home and filled it with artworks and furniture from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Question in this thesis is whether Volpi used sources to create his reconstruction of the medieval Renaissance interior and if he used sources, which kind of sources he used.Show less
Although it is widely known and accepted that Titian relied heavily, especially during the later years of his life, on his workshop and assistants for the completion of his works, the exact tasks...Show moreAlthough it is widely known and accepted that Titian relied heavily, especially during the later years of his life, on his workshop and assistants for the completion of his works, the exact tasks of these assistants are never specified. Vasari writes in his life of Titian that his Northern assistants may have painted his landscapes for him. This thesis will look into workshop practice in general, but will focus on the workshop of Titian himself. Also the possible role of the Northern assistants will be discussed.Show less
