his biography of Venetian painters is one of the seminal sources on Renaissance and Baroque Venetian painting

“An excellent purchase for all libraries

—Nonstop Reader

In this sumptuous book he argues that art history excised Rubens as a religious artist from the historiography in favour of a more fashionable idea of his being the master of "Baroque passion

Ambitious in scope

Watteau at Work: La Surprise dekooning his biography of Venetian paintersEmily A. Beeny, Davide Gasparotto, and Richard Rand Marking the three hundredth anniversary of Jean Antoine Watteaus death, this publication takes a close, revealing look at his recently rediscovered painting La Surprise. The painting La Surprise by Jean Antoine Watteau (16841721) belongs to a new genre of painting invented by the artist himselfthe fte galante. These works, which show graceful open air gatherings filled with scenes of courtship, music