Turning Heads: Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer
Van Hout, Nico / Bulckens, Koen / Marx, Lizzie
Unique view of the 'tronies' in art from the Netherlands Our fascination for faces transcends eras and cultures. Turning Heads - Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer highlights a remarkable genre in painting to which little attention has so far been paid: tronies or study heads, which were intended first and foremost to depict an emotion or a character trait. Since the model's identity did not matter, painters could truly go to town with these heads....