Anna Tummers is curator of old masters in the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands. She was coeditor of The Learned Eye: Regarding Art, Theory and the Artist's Reputation (Amsterdam University Press, 2005) and Art Market and Connoisseurship: A Closer Look at Paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, and their Contemporaries (Amsterdam University Press, 2008).
"An original and absorbing book on connoisseurship of
seventeenth-century pictures, which, by contrasting the practice of
today with the attitudes prevalent in the seventeenth century, does
not so much provide answers as challenge our approach to the whole
subject. . . . Everyone interested in connoisseurship of
seventeenth-century paintings should read Anna Tummers's
book."--Burlington Magazine
"By focusing primarily on Rembrandt and secondarily on Vermeer--two
artists who have been at the epicenter of debates of authorship and
authenticity--Anna Tummers . . . elucidates some very intricate
arguments for the general reader. [...] Highly
recommended."--Choice
"Tummers adds an important new voice to a discussion that may pay
rich dividends for the next generation of connoisseurs.... Tummers
should be commended for her careful attention to detail, her useful
translations, and her thoughtful arguments."--Historians of
Netherlandish Art
"Well-documented and richly illustrated, this volume addresses a
neglected aspect of art history."--College & Research Library
News
"Wonderfully written, thoroughly researched and annotated, and
well-illustrated."--Maine Antique Digest
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