This richly illustrated volume explores the complexities of love, morality, and devotion in the art of the Low Countries between the 15th and 17th centuries. Featuring masterpieces by Hans Memling, Peter Paul Rubens, and their contemporaries, the book investigates how artists visualized themes of desire, virtue, temptation, and folly in both religious and secular contexts.
With over 250 reproductions, the catalog highlights works of painting, sculpture, and decorative arts drawn from leading European and American collections. Essays by renowned scholars provide fresh perspectives on the cultural, spiritual, and social dimensions of Northern Renaissance and Baroque art.
Published by Hannibal Books in collaboration with the Phoebus Foundation, this volume not only documents the traveling exhibition but also serves as a lasting reference on one of the most intriguing chapters of Flemish artistic heritage.
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