Anna Tummers is Curator of Old Masters at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem.
'Anna Tummers's remarkably cogent study on the history and character of the connoisseurship of Dutch and Flemish art provides a wealth of information on how artists, collectors, and art lovers have assessed issues of quality and attribution since the seventeenth century. Her examination of primary sources, ranging from art-theoretical treatises to personal letters, provides an essential framework for a fuller understanding of seventeenth-century painting.'Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Curator of Northern Baroque Paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.'A truly brilliant contribution to art history ... The big step forwards Tummers takes is to combine two different perspectives. She analyzes the judgments of seventeenth-century artists and theorists and relates these to our recent technical insights into old master painting methods and materials.'Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, Professor, Insitute of Fine Arts, New York University'Tummers's exceptionally innovative study treats the crucial and significantly understudied questions of what constituted artistic originality and authenticity, individual style, and artistic judgment in the seventeenth century. These are tremendously important questions for the current practice of art history, whether in the academy or the museum, because they highlight the necessity of rethinking how we evaluate authenticity today.'Perry Chapman, Professor in Art History, University of Delaware
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