Issue contents
Editorial
Selling the family silver
Articles
The early years of Gabriel Metsu
by ADRIAAN WAIBOER
'Ebénisterie' at the court of Charles of Lorraine
by REINIER BAARSDEN and LEO DE REN
Emil Nolde's 'Legend: St Mary of Egypt': 'vita activa'/'vita contemplativa'
by WILLIAM B. SIEGER
Shorter notices
More on Phillippe de Croÿ and Jean de Froimont
by LORNE CAMPBELL
The reconstruction of a triptych by Jan Provoost for the Jerusalem Chapel in Bruges
by RON SPRONK
A self-portrait by Gerard Seghers, 'tres expert peinctre en grand'
by ANNE DELVINGT
A rediscovered 'moonlight' by Johan Christian Dahl
by RICHARD VERDI
Obituary
W.R. Rearick (1930–2004)
by STEFANIA MASON and REINHOLD MUELLER
Book reviews
Van Dyck. The Complete Paintings, S.J. Barnes, N. De Poorter, O. Millar and H. Vey
by GREGORY MARTIN
Corpus of Fifteenth-Century Painting in the Southern Netherlands and the Principality of Liège, vol.20: The Mayer van den Bergh Museum, Antwerp, H. Mund, C. Stroo and N. Goetghebeur
by JELTJE DIJKSTRA
From Criminal to Courtier: The Soldier in Netherlandish Art 1550–1672, D. Kunzle
by ELIZABETH ALICE HONIG
Selected Writings on Dutch Painting. Rembrandt, Van Beke, Vermeer and Others, A. Blankert
by CHRISTOPHER WHITE
Rembrandt's reading. The artist's bookshelf of ancient poetry and history, A. Golhany
by CHRISTIAN TICO SEIFERT
Enchanting the Eye. Dutch Paintings of the Golden Age, C. Lloyd
by COLIN J BAILEY
De Hallandse meesters van een Amsterdamse bankier: De verzameling van Adriaan van der Hoop (1778–1854), E. Bergvelt, J.P. Filedt Kok and N. Middelkoop
by QUENTIN BUVELOT
Ludwig Richter: Der Maler, ed. G. Spitzer and U. Bischoff
by LEONÉE ORMOND
Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art, J. Anger
by COLIN RHODES
Publications received
Exhibition reviews
Degas
by RICHARD KENDALL
William Nicholson
by NORBERT LYNTON
Contemporary art
by MORGAN FALCONER
Carel Fabritius
by BART CORNELIS
Veronese
by PAUL HILLS
Fra Carnevale
by LUKE SYSON
Art in the Dolomites
by ENRICO CASTELNUOVO
Late Caravaggio
by RICHARD E. SPEAR
In next month's issue
Manuscripts, drawings, prints and letters
Francesco da Barberino's long-lost Book of Hours
Van Eyck's drawing technique
A MS written by Piero della Francesca
A Pontormo for Ottawa
New Reynolds letters
Nabi prints
A Matisse in the Metropolitan