The Amsterdam Paradise by Herri met de Bles and the Fountain of Life

Boudewijn Bakker worked at the Amsterdam City Archives from 1971 to 2008 where he
held among others the position of head curator of exhibitions and publications. His research
encompassed the history of the cityscape and landscape in art, as well as their intellectual
contexts. Recent publications include ‘Nature or art? Rembrandt’s Aesthetics and the Dutch
Tradition’, in C. Vogelaar and G.J.M. Weber (eds.), Rembrandt’s Landscapes, Leiden and
elsewhere 2006, pp. 144-71; ‘Au vif – naar ’t leven – ad vivum. The Medieval Origin of a Humanist
Concept’, in A. Boschloo et al. (eds.), Aemulatio. Imitation, Emulation and Invention in Netherlandish Art from 1500 to 1800. Essays in Honor of Eric Jan Sluijter, Zwolle 2011, pp. 37-52 and Landscape and Religion from Van Eyck to Rembrandt, London 2012.