Étiqueté : Jacob van Loo

Art, Honor and Success in The Dutch Republic The Life and Career of Jacob van Loo Focusing on the interrelationship between Jacob van Loo’s art, honor, and career, this book argues that Van Loo’s lifelong success and unblemished reputation were by no means incompatible, as art historians have long assumed, with his specialization in painting nudes and his conviction for manslaughter. Van Loo’s iconographic specialty — the nude — allowed his clientele to present themselves...