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This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to the support of the Digital Publishing in the Humanities program at Emory University and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Cover illustrations (From top to bottom): Nicolaas Braeu after Karel van Mander, Venus, 1598, engraving, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Karel van Mander, Emblematic Image (Vicissitudes of Life), 1600, oil on copper. Städel Museum, Frankfurt. Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo after Karel van Mander, Psyche Brought to Olympus by Mercury, ca. 1580–1626, engraving. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Karel van Mander, The Continence of Scipio, 1600, oil on copper. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Jan Saenredam after Karel van Mander, Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1589–1607, engraving. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Karel van Mander, Before the Flood, 1600, oil on copper. Städel Museum, Frankfurt.
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ISSN 1878-9048
ISBN 978-90-04-50838-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-52307-4 (e-book)