Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim Wtewael

by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Liesbeth M. Helmus, James Clifton

The first major English-language survey of the artist's life and work

A brilliant colorist and masterful storyteller, Dutch mannerist Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638) wielded a remarkably skilled brush and the technical ability to show it off in intricate compositions. He took inspiration from a wide range of biblical and mythological sources to create imaginative, often quite erotic scenes. While such pictures were prized in Wtewael's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691166064
• ISBN13: 9780691166063
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.9" x 11.3"