its rediscovery in the eighteenth century

7 line drawings

and floats made of food that were designed for court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe

13 color and 67 b/w illustrations

Caesar claimed the image of the Goddess Venus as his ancestress and divine patron

Lives of Rembrandt Spring Crafts its rediscovery in the eighteenthJoachim von Sandrart, Filippo Baldinucci, and Arnold Houbraken The prodigious talent of Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (ca. 16061669), along with his disregard for many of the artistic conventions of his day, astonished, delighted, and dismayed his contemporaries. The full gamut of their reactions is revealed in these three biographies, which were first published in the decades following Rembrandts death and appear here in English for the first time in