Prince Diponegoro: hero or rebel? Javanese mystic and pious Muslim, the prince from Yogyakarta saw himself as the leader of a ‘holy war’ against the Dutch. Guest author • April 03, 2012
Dante’s Inferno: the three-headed monster Lucifer In hell, ruling the gloomy world of the doomed, Lucifer is situated at the centre of the crust of ice where the worst of sinners are being punished. The devil's genitals constitute the exact Centrum Mundi. Anton van der Lem • August 20, 2010
The Night by Heinrich Aldegrever This woman wants to seduce us, the viewers. Jef Schaeps • February 15, 2010
Minerva by Hendrick Goltzius The artist has created his goddess solely with a brush, sometimes suggesting forms and outlines with the tip of the brush, sometimes applying heavy, graphic washings. Jef Schaeps • November 27, 2009
Pompa Introitus by Peter Paul Rubens, Caspar Gevartius and Theodoor van Thulden Rubens was contracted to design a series of triumphal arches that were to adorn the city of Antwerp in May 1635. Van Thulden was chosen to engrave the designs for a publication. Jef Schaeps • November 05, 2009
The bull, the tiger and the palm-wine tapper: a Balinese fable depicted At the end of the fable the tiger is defeated by this palmwine-tapper, who is inspired by the gods. Guest author • July 02, 2009
9 april 1609: True picture of the gentlemen ambassadors and deputies to the Truce After forty years the Republic of the United Provinces agreed with the Royal Provinces (Northern and Southern Netherlands, respectively) to lay down arms for a period of twelve years. Anton van der Lem • April 09, 2009
A dialogue between two birds Hans Waanders has had a lifelong fascination for the kingfisher and made the little bird into the epicentre of his artistic activities. Jef Schaeps • February 25, 2009
