Prints, Drawings and Portraits Two angels by Taddeo Zuccaro In the year 1529 the medieval church San Marcello al Corso in Rome burnt down to the ground. Nothing but a crucifix could be saved from its ashes. Jef Schaeps • 11-05-2012
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters Love and kinship bound together Book of friends with written contributions by Adolphus Vorstius, Scaliger, Erpenius and Heinsius + illustrations by Abraham Bloemaert and Paulus Moreelse. Guest author • 16-02-2012
Early Printed and Rare Books Praise of Folly Erasmus wrote one of the most famous books in world literature, Moriae encomium or Praise of Folly. Jef Schaeps • 28-01-2011
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters Facebooker in the sixteenth century: Bonaventura Vulcanius Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century scholars developed their own ways of creating a social network. How did they communicate without modern social media like Facebook, Hyves and LinkedIn? Kasper van Ommen • 07-10-2010
Prints, Drawings and Portraits 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 • 20-08-2010
Early Printed and Rare Books Give me your hand Palm reading or chiromancy has a long history: it was practised in ancient India and was in use among the ancient Greeks. Johannes Praetorius from Zetlingen, Germany, compiled several publications on the subject. Kasper van Ommen • 26-03-2010
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters · Early Printed and Rare Books Exhibition on the 400th anniversary of the invention of the telescope On 25 September 1608 Hans Lipperhey, an optician from Middelburg applied for a patent for a 'certain instrument to see far'. André Bouwman • 12-03-2010
Prints, Drawings and Portraits · Exhibitions The Night by Heinrich Aldegrever This woman wants to seduce us, the viewers. Jef Schaeps • 15-02-2010
Prints, Drawings and Portraits · Exhibitions 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 • 27-11-2009
