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Willem Key (1516-1568) : portrait of a humanist painter : with an appendix to the oeuvre of Adriaen Thomasz. Key

Title
Willem Key (1516-1568) : portrait of a humanist painter : with an appendix to the oeuvre of Adriaen Thomasz. Key / Koenraad Jonckheere ; in collaboration with Gijs Key ; [translated from the Dutch by Katy Kist and Jennifer Kilian].
Author
Jonckheere, Koenraad.
Publication
Turnhout : Brepols, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Kist, Katy.
  • Kilian, Jennifer.
  • Key, Gijs.
Description
345 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.); 26 cm.
Summary
This is the first monograph to place Willem Key and his oeuvre in a historical framework. It demonstrates why the nobility, including the Duke of Alba and Cardinal Granvelle, considered him the best portrait painter of his day and why leading humanists viewed his many history paintings as eloquent visualizations of contemporary art theory. The reason why Willem Key's peers regarded him as such an exceptional painter lay in his creative ability to do battle on an uneven playing field with the artists who had been to Italy. In his reconciliation of the Netherlandish tradition with the rapidly advancing Italian manner, Key grasped the spirit of the Renaissance as formulated by Alberti. The quintessence of Key's art inspired numerous artists in his own time and later, including the grandmaster of the Baroque, Pieter Paul Rubens.
Series Statement
Pictura Nova ; XVII
Uniform Title
Pictura nova ; XVII.
Subject
  • Key, Willem, 1516-1568
  • Portrait painting, Flemish > 16th century
  • Humanists > Belgium > Brabant > History > 16th century
  • Painting, Flemish > 16th century > Catalogs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316.) and index.
Call Number
(C.R.) MCH K439 11-2154
ISBN
  • 9782503536781
  • 2503536786
OCLC
733943859
Author
Jonckheere, Koenraad.
Title
Willem Key (1516-1568) : portrait of a humanist painter : with an appendix to the oeuvre of Adriaen Thomasz. Key / Koenraad Jonckheere ; in collaboration with Gijs Key ; [translated from the Dutch by Katy Kist and Jennifer Kilian].
Imprint
Turnhout : Brepols, c2011.
Series
Pictura Nova ; XVII
Pictura nova ; XVII.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-316.) and index.
Local Note
Catalogues Raisonnés Collection (NYPL, Art & Architecture).
Added Author
Kist, Katy.
Kilian, Jennifer.
Key, Gijs.
Research Call Number
(C.R.) MCH K439 11-2154
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