Author: KNUPFER, NICOLAUS. Saxton, Jo.
Title: Nicolaus Knupfer (1603/09-1655). An original artist. Monograph and catalogue raisonné of paintings and drawings,
Description: Doornspijk, Davaco Publishers, 2004. 295 pp. 245 plts & ills (32 in colour) & 61 figs. Hardcover, d./j. (Aetas Aurea. Monographs on Dutch & Flemisch Painting, Vol. XIX). - - New copy !!. Nicolaus Knupfer (1603/09-1655) was one of the most inventive artists active in the Northern Netherlands during the seventeenth century. He was the author of erudite histories which are enlivened with the humanity of genre and distinguished by their unique candour. Knupfer's most enduring innovation was the first painting of A Doctor's Visit, a development hitherto credited to Gerrit Dou or Frans van Mieris; yet this is only one of the new themes: some were derived directly from classical sources which make his oeuvre exceptional. This study defines the origins and the nature of Knupfer's originality by clarifying his biography and reconstructing his oeuvre.The catalogue raisonné presents Knupfer's oeuvre as a coherent entity for the first time. It contains detailed information for all 304 items, not only in terms of provenance, literature and attribution but also concerning the subject-matter. The catalogue breaks down into 78 paintings and 31 drawings which are accepted as authentic, 21 paintings and 9 drawings for which the attribution is problematic, and 126 works which are mentioned in historic literature but remain untraced. In addition, 30 paintings and 9 drawings which can no longer be attributed to Knupfer are included.

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