The Omval Defaced: Thoughts on Rembrandt’s Anonymous Interlocutor

This post examines a curious late state of Rembrandt's etching, The Omval—largely dismissed in the literature as a defacement or mutilation of the copperplate—and asks what we might gain from giving it another look.

Jun Nakamura • September 27, 2019

A taste of the Early Modern period. Cooking and eating sixteenth and seventeenth century recipes.

What happens when Early Modernists get together for drinks and snacks? Modern beverages and food just won’t do…

Sophia Hendrikx and Tim Vergeer • January 17, 2019

Fish out of Water: Collecting Aquatic Animals in the Early Modern Period

Day 6 of the Fish & Fiction week: fish out of water, on how fish became fashionable collectables in Early Modern cabinets

Marlise Rijks • September 25, 2018

A Painter, a Collector, and a Horseshoe Crab

On full moon nights this time of the year, an extraordinary sight can be witnessed on beaches all over the U.S. East Coast. Thousands of horseshoe crabs come ashore to mate and lay eggs.

Marlise Rijks • June 07, 2018

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The Omval Defaced: Thoughts on Rembrandt’s Anonymous Interlocutor

A taste of the Early Modern period. Cooking and eating sixteenth and seventeenth century recipes.

Fish out of Water: Collecting Aquatic Animals in the Early Modern Period

A Painter, a Collector, and a Horseshoe Crab