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The Dutch Republic was officially Calvinist, yet large portions of the population did not belong to the Reformed confession. Catholics, too, influenced society, art, and culture in important ways. This book's essays, originally presented at an international conference at Frankfurt's Städel Museum, draw from a range of methodologies to examine the significance of images and objects to Catholics from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. The various media and contexts under discussion bring to light the expansive communicative space of the Catholic image. Nuanced consideration of both...

Developing an art-historically relevant and innovative question based on a key object is a complex matter. Each focused examination not only opens up specialist knowledge; at the same time, it provides a deep insight into a living piece of art history. With this in mind, the present volume brings together over 40 contributions by international authors who subject objects from the Frankfurt collections of the Stadel Museum and the Liebieghaus collection of sculptures to focused analysis using various methodological approaches. Individual questions are developed and trenchant art history(s)...