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Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard

Editor: Nils Büttner
Publishing Manager: Johan Van der Beke
Imprint: Harvey Miller
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ISSN 2565-8263

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The Corpus Rubenianum holds a unique place within art history as one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. Both its massive scale and sheer duration fully parallel the complexity of the oeuvre of Peter Paul Rubens. In every brushstroke he ever painted, the grand baroque master blended art with literature, art theory with theology, mythology with history. Studying Rubens in this collaborative effort is much like studying the very foundations of European civilization, for the oeuvre of Rubens is a true treasure trove of the principal elements of our culture. Rubens’s compositions are the most fascinating combinations of ideas ranging from kabbalah to Greco-Roman mythology, from optics to image-theology, from linguistics to archeology, or from politics to ethics (not to mention esthetics).

Rubens designed and made over 2500 compositions, most of which were extensively copied. The complexity of his oeuvre is unrivalled. The Corpus is based on the material assembled over several decades by Ludwig Burchard, universally recognized as the foremost scholar in this field. Each part is written by a well-known scholar and the aim is to realize Burchard’s intention of embodying all present-day knowledge of the work of Rubens.

As the Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard endeavour is nearing its completion, with the remaining volumes reaching their final stages, the immense oeuvre of one of the greatest artists in history will soon have been catalogued in its entirety and finally made accessible for further research.

  • EDITORIAL BOARD

    SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF ANTWERP AND THE RUBENIANUM FUND AND EDITED BY THE CENTRUM RUBENIANUM

    Editorial Board
    A. BALIS
    N. BÜTTNER
    F. HEALY
    K. JONCKHEERE
    G. MARTIN
    E. McGRATH
    L. NIJKAMP
    N. DE POORTER
    B. SCHEPERS
    I. VAN TICHELEN
    B. VANOPPEN
    H. VLIEGHE
    J. WOOD

    Research Staff
    B. SCHEPERS
    B. VANOPPEN
    I. VAN TICHELEN

    UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HSH PRINCE HANS-ADAM II VON UND ZU LIECHTENSTEIN AND THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ACADEMIES (UAI)

  • AUTHOR INFORMATION

    This definitive Catalogue Raisonné of the work of the great Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens is being published in twenty-seven parts, some parts appearing in more than one volume. The Corpus is based on the material assembled over several decades by Ludwig Burchard, universally recognized as the foremost scholar in this field. After Dr Burchard's death in 1960, his material was handed over to the City of Antwerp to be edited by the Nationaal Centrum voor de Plastische Kunsten van de XVIde en de XVIIde Eeuw. Each part is written by a well-known scholar and the aim is to realize Burchard's intention of embodying all present-day knowledge of the work of Rubens.

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Part IV (1) The Holy Trinity, The Life of the Virgin, Madonnas, and The Holy Family

The Holy Trinity and The Life of the Virgin Fiona Healy
ISBN 978-1-915487-42-1 HMCRLB 4.1 | 2024 € 275,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Medici Series

Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XIV.1 Nils Büttner
ISBN 978-1-915487-27-8 HMCRLB 14.1 | 2024 € 275,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Part XI, 2: Mythological Subjects

Hercules to Olympus Elizabeth McGrath, Bert Schepers, Nils Büttner, Gerlinde Gruber, Fiona Healy, Eveliina Juntunen, Gregory Martin, Jeremy Wood
ISBN 978-1-912554-86-7 HMCRLB 11.2 | 2023 € 295,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Rubens’s House

Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XXII.2 Nora De Poorter, Frans Baudouin
ISBN 978-1-912554-64-5 HMCRLB 22.2 | 2022 € 275,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Anatomical Studies

Michael W. Kwakkelstein
ISBN 978-0-905203-80-5 HMCRLB 20.1 | 2022 € 140,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Portraits of Unidentified and Newly Identified Sitters Painted in Antwerp

Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XIX.3 Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Hans Vlieghe
ISBN 978-1-912554-63-8 HMCRLB 19.3 | 2021 € 175,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Study Heads

Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XX, 2 Nico Van Hout
ISBN 978-1-912554-65-2 HMCRLB 20.2 | 2021 € 250,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Genre Scenes

Nils Büttner
ISBN 978-0-905203-73-7 HMCRLB 17 | 2020 € 175,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Subjects from History: The Decius Mus Series

Reinhold Baumstark, Guy Delmarcel
ISBN 978-1-912554-23-2 HMCRLB 13.2 | 2020 € 275,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Architectural Sculpture

Valerie Herremans
ISBN 978-1-912554-31-7 HMCRLB 22.4 | 2019 € 165,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Allegories and Subjects from Literature

Nils Büttner
ISBN 978-1-912554-11-9 HMCRLB 12 | 2018 € 280,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Architecture and Architectural Sculpture. The Jesuit Church of Antwerp

Ria Fabri, Piet Lombaerde
ISBN 978-1-909400-97-9 HMCRLB 22.3 | 2018 € 170,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Henri IV Series

Alexis Merle du Bourg
ISBN 978-1-909400-96-2 HMCRLB 14.2 | 2017 € 195,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Life of Christ before the Passion. The Ministry of Christ

Koen Bulckens
ISBN 978-1-909400-86-3 HMCRLB | 2017 € 165,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Portraits After Existing Prototypes

Koenraad Jonckheere
ISBN 978-1-909400-58-0 HMCRLB 19.4 | 2016 € 180,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Works in Collaboration: Jan Brueghel I & II

Christine Van Mulders
ISBN 978-1-909400-43-6 HMCRLB 27.1 | 2016 € 180,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Mythological Subjects

Achilles to the Graces Elizabeth McGrath, Gregory Martin, Fiona Healy, Bert Schepers, Carl Van de Velde, Karolien De Clippel
ISBN 978-0-905203-67-6 HMCRLB 11.1 | 2016 € 275,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Life of Christ before the Passion

The Youth of Christ - SET Hans Devisscher, Hans Vlieghe
ISBN 978-1-872501-71-0 HMCRLB 5.1 | 2015 € 210,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Subjects from History: The Constantine Series

Koenraad Brosens
ISBN 978-1-905375-86-8 HMCRLB 13.3 | 2011 € 115,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Copies and Adaptations from Renaissance and later Artists: Italian Masters. Artists Working in Central Italy and France

SET Jeremy Wood
ISBN 978-1-905375-41-7 HMCRLB 26.2.3 | 2011 € 135,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Copies and Adaptations from Renaissance and later Artists: Italian Masters. Titian and North Italian Art

SET Jeremy Wood
ISBN 978-1-905375-40-0 HMCRLB 26.2.2 | 2010 € 135,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Copies and Adaptations from Renaissance and later Artists: Italian Masters. Raphael and his School

SET Jeremy Wood
ISBN 978-1-905375-39-4 HMCRLB 26.2.1 | 2010 € 135,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Copies and Adaptations from Renaissance and later Artists: German and Netherlandish Artists

SET Kristin Belkin
ISBN 978-1-905375-38-7 HMCRLB 26.1 | 2009 € 145,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Ceiling Decoration of the Banqueting Hall

Gregory Martin
ISBN 978-0-905203-72-0 HMCRLB 15 | 2006 € 145,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Palazzi di Genova

Herbert W. Rott
ISBN 978-1-872501-33-8 HMCRLB 22.1-2 | 2002 € 190,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Passion of Christ

J. Richard Judson
ISBN 978-0-905203-61-4 HMCRLB 6 | 2000 € 100,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Copies after the Antique

M. Van der Meulen
ISBN 978-0-905203-62-1 HMCRLB 23 | 1994 € 230,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Old Testament

Roger-Adolf d' Hulst, M. Vandenven
ISBN 978-0-905203-64-5 HMCRLB 3 | 1989 € 115,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Portraits of Identified Sitters Painted in Antwerp

Hans Vlieghe
ISBN 978-0-905203-57-7 HMCRLB 19.2 | 1987 € 100,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Hunting Scenes

Arnout Balis
ISBN 978-0-199210-41-1 HMCRLB 18.2 | 1986 € 115,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Life of Christ after the Passion

David Freedberg
ISBN 978-0-199210-32-9 HMCRLB 7 | 1984 € 135,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Landscapes

Wolfgang Adler
ISBN 978-0-199210-27-5 HMCRLB 18.1 | 1982 € 147,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Costume Book

Kristin Lohse Belkin
ISBN 978-0-199210-20-6 HMCRLB 24 | 1978 € 150,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Subjects from History (2 vols.)

Elizabeth McGrath
ISBN 978-0-905203-69-0 HMCRLB 13.1 | 1977 € 175,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Decorations for the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi

J.R. Martin
ISBN 978-0-199210-17-6 HMCRLB 16 | 1972 € 150,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

Saints (2 vols.)

Hans Vlieghe
ISBN 978-1-872501-36-9 HMCRLB 8 | 1972 € 305,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Decoration of the Torre de la Parada

S. Alpers
ISBN 978-0-199210-15-2 HMCRLB 9 | 1971 € 150,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)

The Ceiling Paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp

J.R. Martin
ISBN 978-0-199210-12-1 HMCRLB 1 | 1968 € 115,00 EXCL.VAT  (Hardback)