The Hoogsteder Mercury
This art-historical magazine featuring articles on sixteenth-
and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish painting appeared
regularly from 1985 to 1991.
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The 14 issues of the Hoogsteder Mercury contain the following articles:
- Bedaux, Jan Baptist, A discussion on Rembrandt in eighteenth-century Amsterdam: Petrus Camper versus Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Mercury 3, p. 38.
- Bennett, Shirley K., Drawings by David Vinckboons as Models for Ornamenting Bible Maps, Mercury 10, p. 15.
- Bennett, Shirley K., Drawings by Maerten Vos: Designs to Ornament an Ortelius Map, Mercury 11, p. 5.
- Bennett, Shirley K., Nine Religious Drawings by Nicolaes Berchem: Designs to Ornament Maps in a 1669 Bible, Mercury 13/14, p. 60.
- Bergström, Ingvar, Another Look at De Heem's Early Dutch Period, 1626-1635, Mercury 7, p. 37.
- Blankert, Albert, Introduction, Mercury 1, p. 5.
- Bok, Marten Jan, The date of Cornelis van Poelenburch's birth, Mercury 2, p. 9.
- Bok, Marten Jan, Claude de Jongh, "Painter, Sorely Incapacitated in His Arms": A Study of His Milieu, Mercury 10, p. 41.
- Bok, Marten Jan, Jan Davidsz. de Heem's Birthplace and Family, Mercury 11, p. 48.
- Bok, Marten Jan & Yoriko Kobayashi, New data on Hendrick ter Brugghen, Mercury 1, p. 7.
- Broos, Ben, Not two, but three scenes from the Historiae Aethiopicae by Abraham Bloemaert, Mercury 5, p. 3.
- Broos, Ben, Improving and Finishing Old Master Drawings: an Art in itself, Mercury 8, p. 34.
- Broos, Ben, Willem van Mieris: "Tarquinius and Lucretia", a Drawing and a Painting, Mercury 13/14 p. 89.
- Bruyn, J., Letter to the Editor on an Attribution to Paulus Lesire, Mercury 13/14, p. 51.
- Buijsen, Edwin, Drowned or Murdered? A New Interpretation of a Miracle by St. Anthony of Padua by Gerard David, Mercury 7, p. 4.
- Chong, Alan, Peter and Paul by Jacob Cuyp: Rare Seventeenth-Century Dutch Pendants, Mercury 9, p. 10.
- Christensen, Charlotte & Lawrence W. Nichols, 'Cadmus, His Companions, and the Dragon': a Newly-discovered Painting by Hendrick Goltzius, Mercury 3, p. 3.
- Citroen, Karel, Silver in Pictures, Mercury 13/14, p. 4.
- Döring, Thomas, Between Carravaggism and Classicism: Bathsheba by Jan Gerritsz. and Johannes van Bronchorst, Mercury 7, p. 51.
- Douglas Stewart, J., Before Rembrandt's "Shadow" Fell: Lievens, Van Dyck and Rubens: Some Considerations, Mercury 11, p. 42.
- Ekkart, Rudolf E.O., The Portraits of "The Vrijdags van Vollenhoven Family" by Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn, Mercury 12, p. 3.
- Epe, Elisabeth, A Clio by Godfried Schalcken for Ferdinando de'Medici, Prince of Tuscany, Mercury 8, p. 27.
- Foucart, Jacques, Peter Lely, Dutch History Painter, Mercury 8, p. 17.
- Huys Janssen, Paul, Johan Baeck, Painter and Soldier of Utrecht, Mercury 9, p. 31.
- Huys Janssen, Paul, Pieter van Laer, Benjamin Cuyp, Gerard Douffet and Karel Dujardin in Utrecht, Mercury 11, p. 53.
- Huys Janssen, Paul, Genre Paintings by Laurence Neter of Elblag, Mercury 13/14, p. 33.
- Jacob, Sabine, Florentine Influences on an Early Seventeenth-Century Dutch Painter, Mercury 13/14, p. 14.
- Jansen, Guido, Cornelis Stangerus, an "artful painter", Mercury 1, p. 43.
- Jansen, Guido, Berchem in Italy: notes on an unpublished painting, Mercury 2, p. 13.
- Jansen, Guido M.C., A Family Tradition Confirmed: Sweerts's Portrait of Anthonij de Bordes, Mercury 12, p. 37.
- Jansen, Guido, Additions to Godfried Schalcken's Oeuvre as a Draftsman, Mercury 13/14, p. 74.
- Konecny, Lubomir, Nicolaes Berchem: a New Drawing and a Suggestion, Mercury 6, p. 39.
- Kooij, Paul van, Ter Brugghen, Dürer and Lucas van Leyden, Mercury 5, p. 11.
- Kooij, Paul van, Ter Brugghen Borrows from Bonasone, Mercury 9, p. 7.
- Loughman, John, Dordrecht Family Portraits Identified and Attributed to Paulus Lesire, Mercury 12, p. 29.
- Manuth, Volker, The Levite and his Concubine at the House of the Field Laborer in Gibeah: the iconography of an Old Testament Theme in Dutch Painting of Rembrandt's Circle, Mercury 6, p. 11.
- Meer Mohr, Jim van der, An attribution to Gerard Wigmana, Mercury 4, p. 48.
- Meijer, Fred G., A fragment of a "Pronkstilleven" by Jasper Geerards in the Bredius Museum, Mercury 4, p. 39.
- Meijer, Fred G., Jan Davidsz. de Heem's Earliest Paintings, 1626-1628, Mercury 7, p. 29.
- Miller, Debra, Ruth and Naomi of 1653: an unpublished painting by Jan Victors, Mercury 2, p. 19.
- Moffitt, John F., How "Modern" is Minimalist Art? The case of Pol Bury's Sphere Upon a Cube (1971), Mercury 9, p. 42.
- Montias, John Michael, A note on Isaack Versteech, Mercury 2, p. 37.
- Montias, John Michael cum sociis, A Postscript on Vermeer and His Milieu, Mercury 12, p. 42.
- Plomp, Michiel, A Key Drawing by Pieter Mulier the Elder, Mercury 13/14, p. 26.
- Reznicek, E.K.J., Two drawings in the Uffizi: Goltzius and Wtewael, Mercury 2, p. 3.
- Reznicek, E.K.J., Karel van Mander as a Fresco Painter, Mercury 10, p. 11.
- Reznicek, E.K.J., The Significance of a Table Leg: Some Remarks on Gerard van Honthorst's "Steadfast Philosopher", Mercury 11, p. 22.
- Roethlisberger, Marcel, Abraham Bloemaert's "Farmers in the Field", Mercury 11, p. 14.
- Ruurs, Rob, A Winter Landscape by Salomon Rombouts, Mercury 6, p. 49.
- Ruurs, Rob, The Date of Abraham Bloemaert's Birth, Mercury 9, p. 4.
- Salomon, Nanette, Political Iconography in a Painting by Jan Miense Molenaer, Mercury 4, p. 23.
- Schillemans, Robert, Gabriel Bucelinus and "The Names of the Most Distinguished European Painters", Mercury 6, p. 25.
- Schillemans, Robert, Altarpieces by Carel van Savoy and Nicolaes Roosendael, Mercury 13/14, p. 53.
- Schuckman, Christiaan, Did Hendrick ter Brugghen revisit Italy? Notes from an unknown manuscript by Cornelis de Bie, Mercury 4, p. 7.
- Scott, Mary Ann, An Unknown Painting by Moeyaert and Its Reconstruction, Mercury 9, p. 19.
- Severi, M., An Allegorical Composition by Joachim Patinier, Mercury 10, p. 4.
- Stighelen, Katlijne van der, The Provenance and Impact of Anthony van Dyck's Portraits of Frans Snijders and Margaretha de Vos in the Frick Collection, Mercury 5, p. 37.
- Sumowski, Werner, Paintings by Jan van Noordt, Mercury 3, p. 21.
- Sutton, Peter C., A Pair by Van Bijlert, Mercury 8, p. 4.
- Sutton, Peter C., A Family Divided, Mercury 13/14, p. 9.
- Tatenhove, J. van, A Picture by Frans de Jongh (d. 1705), Mercury 13/14, p. 81.
- Veen, Henk T. van, A Schalcken for Prince Ferdinando de'Medici, Mercury 5, p. 49.
- Veen, Henk T. van, Tuscan visitors for Adriaen van der Werff, Mercury 2, p. 29.
- Veldman, Ilja M., The "Concert of the Muses" in the Work of Maarten van Heemskerck, Mercury 1, p. 35.
- Veldman, Ilja M., The Judgement of Paris, a Newly Discovered Painting by Maarten van Heemskerck Mercury 7, p. 13.
- Vlieghe, Hans, Cornelis Schut in Italy, Mercury 11, p. 28.
- Vries, Sandra de, A "Holy Family" by Gerrit van Honthorst from the "Provenhuis van Nordingen" at Alkmaar, Mercury 12, p. 17.
- Wansink, Christina J.A., A "Mercury, Argus and Io" from Utrecht, Mercury 4, p. 3.
- Wansink, Christina J.A., Some History and Genre Paintings by Willem van der Vliet, Mercury 6, p. 3.
- Wansink, Christina J.A., "Peter and Paul" by Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp and Pieter de Grebber, Mercury 13/14, p. 21.
- Weber, Gregor J.M., Theological Corrections to Art: Notes on an Unknown Painting by Erasmus II Quellinus, Mercury 6, p. 43.
- Weber, Gregor J.M., Ter Brugghen, Elsheimer, Poel and Rubens, Mercury 7, p. 23.
- Weber, Gregor J.M., Jan Lievens's "The Shield-Raising of Brinio"- a Second Oil Sketch, Mercury 13/14, p. 44.
- Welu, James A., The Maps of Willem Buytewech, Mercury 5, p. 21.
- Wood, Jeremy, Rubens or Van Dyck? "Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna" and Some Problematic Drawings, Mercury 10, p. 26.
- Wyss, Edith, An Unexpected Classical Source for Jacob Jordaens, Mercury 5, p. 29.