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Medieval and Early Modern Studies

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 • 27-09-2019

Modern and Contemporary Studies

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 + 1 other • 17-01-2019

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

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 • 25-09-2018

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

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 • 07-06-2018

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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