Call for Papers Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek/ Netherlands Yearbook
for History of Art:

Rubens and the Netherlands

The N.K.J. (Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek/Netherlands Yearbook for
History of Art) is dedicated to a particular theme each year and offers
space to contributions which reflect the increasing diversity of
approaches to the study of Netherlandish art, as well as to those based on
more traditional methods such as style history and iconology.
Contributions to the N.K.J. (in Dutch, English, German, or French) are
limited to a maximum length of 7,500 words, excluding the notes. The 2004
volume of the N.K.J. will be devoted to: Rubens and the Netherlands

Most accounts of Peter Paul Rubens represent the artist in his
cosmopolitan, European aspect, in line with his demonstrable interests and
ambitions. Although such interpretations are typically attentive to the
ways in which political, socioeconomic, and cultural circumstances and
traditions in the Netherlands inflected his persona and work, the
interaction between Netherlandish contingencies and trans-local ambition
has rarely been the sustained object of Rubens studies. Volume 55 (2004)
of the N.K.J. will situate Rubens’s practices within the context of
Netherlandish artistic traditions and social circumstances.

Proposals are invited for articles that address Rubens’s engagement with
the artistic and literary culture of the Netherlands and that analyze the
relevance of the Netherlandish political and social situation for his art
and career. Topics might include collaborative practices in Rubens’s
workshop; the relationship between Rubens’s pictorial output and other
artistic disciplines such as sculpture, architecture, books, and
goldsmithing; Rubens’s interest in the literary arts; the visible
inflections of Netherlandish patronage or political and social concerns in
Rubens’s work; Rubens’s differential impact on Northern and Southern
Netherlandish art and artists in his time; and the long shadow Rubens’s
figure onto later constructions of Netherlandish, Northern, or Belgian
identity. Studies that compare the “Netherlandish” aspects of Rubens to
his better known “cosmopolitan” practices, or that question the
historicity of this distinction, are particularly welcome.

The deadline for submission of proposals is September 1, 2003, and the
deadline for the completed articles is May 15, 2004. Final decisions on
the acceptance of any paper will be made by the editorial board following
receipt of the complete text.

Proposals for papers, in the form of a 200 word abstract, should be sent
(preferably via e-mail) before September 1, 2003, to the secretary of the
Editorial Board: Dr. Jan L. de Jong, Department for the History of Art and
Architecture, Groningen University (P.O. Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen, The
Netherlands); E-mail: j.l.de.jonglet.rug.nl

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J.L. de Jong,
Institute for the History of Art and Architecture,
Groningen University,
P.O. Box 716,
9700 AS Groningen,
The Netherlands,
tel. (+31) 50 - 3636091, fax: (+31) 50 - 3637362