Juan Van Der Hamen Y Le?n and the Court of Madrid

by William B. Jordan

This masterful examination of the life and work of Juan van der Hamen y Le n (1596-1631) serves as a powerful and novel lens for viewing the artistic life of the Spanish court of the 1620s. Van der Hamen is well known as a gifted still-life painter of the Golden Age, but William B. Jordan shows convincingly that the artist was much more than that. Jordan examines Van der Hamen's entire output of still lifes and considers for the first time the complete...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300113188
• ISBN13: 9780300113181
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.7" x 11.7"