Koenraad Jonckheere

Koenraad Jonckheere
Born (1975-05-05) May 5, 1975
Izegem, Belgium
EducationKU Leuven; University of Amsterdam
OccupationsArt historian, academic, author
EmployerGhent University
Known forResearch on Northern Renaissance and Baroque art, art markets, portraiture, and visual culture

Koenraad Jonckheere (born 5 May, 1975) is a Belgian art historian, academic, and author. He is professor of Northern Renaissance and Baroque art at Ghent University.[1][2] His work focuses on early modern art, art markets, portraiture, iconology, and visual culture.[3][4]

Early life and education

Jonckheere was born in Izegem, Belgium, in 1975.[5] He studied history and art history at KU Leuven and received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam in 2005.[6]

Academic career

Jonckheere is a professor at Ghent University, where he teaches and researches Northern Renaissance and Baroque art.[1][2] He has also been affiliated with the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study.[5]

Research and scholarship

Jonckheere’s scholarship centers on early modern Netherlandish and European art, with a particular focus on the social and historical force of images. His research has addressed portraiture, image theory, art markets, and visual culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.[1][2]

A recurring theme in his work is the capacity of images to shape belief, persuasion, and cultural habits.[7] In his study Images of Stone, he examined the material and conceptual status of images during sixteenth-century image debates.[8] His earlier scholarship also includes work on artists such as Peter Paul Rubens and Adriaen Thomasz. Key.[9]

Public scholarship and media

Alongside his academic writing, Jonckheere has published and appeared in formats aimed at a broader readership, including interviews, podcasts, and general-audience books on the history of art.[10][11][12][13]

Several of these appearances present his work as drawing connections between historical image cultures and contemporary forms of media, especially social media and digital visuality.[3][4][10]

Instagrammable

Jonckheere’s book Instagrammable has been discussed in the press as part of his broader engagement with visual culture and accessible art-historical interpretation.[14][3][4]

The book connects art history with contemporary image culture, including social media, and addresses questions of visual persuasion, credibility, and artificial intelligence in relation to image-making and interpretation.[15][16] Coverage in De Morgen and The Art Newspaper described the book as relating techniques and habits of seeing in historical art to the visual logic of Instagram and contemporary online culture.[3][4]

Books and selected publications

Jonckheere's work ranges from studies of the early modern art market and individual artists to synthetic accounts of European art history and books on contemporary visual culture.[11][10]

  • Adriaen Thomasz. Key (c. 1545–c. 1589): Portrait of a Calvinist Painter (2007), a study of Adriaen Thomasz. Key
  • The Auction of King William's Paintings (1713): Elite International Art Trade at the End of the Dutch Golden Age (2008)[17]
  • Another History of Art: 2500 Years of European Art (2020; English translation announced in 2021)[18][11]
  • Instagrammable: What Art Tells Us About Social Media (2024)[19][20]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Prof. Dr. Koenraad Jonckheere". Ghent University. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Researcher profile for Koenraad Jonckheere". Ghent University. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d Van Hyfte, Sofie (5 November 2024). "De onverwachte lijn tussen oude kunsten en sociale media: boek legt verbazende verbanden bloot". De Morgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d Dawson, Aimee (24 December 2024). "From sfumato to selfies—can art history explain the Instagram phenomenon?". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Jonckheere, Koenraad". Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Prof. dr. Koenraad Jonckheere". Ghent University Humanities Academy. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Fresco in Italië zorgt voor ophef na restauratie: engel lijkt op Giorgia Meloni". VRT NWS (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  8. ^ Jonckheere, Koenraad (2012). "Images of Stone: The Physicality of Art and the Image Debates in the Sixteenth Century". Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art. 62: 116–147. JSTOR 43883873.
  9. ^ Jonckheere, Koenraad (2006). "Two Drawings by Peter Paul Rubens after Adriaen Thomasz. Key". Master Drawings. 44 (2): 213–220. JSTOR 20444452.
  10. ^ a b c "'A New History of Western Art' From Koenraad Jonckheere". The Low Countries. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  11. ^ a b c "Book launch: Online presentation of Koenraad Jonckheere's 'Another History of Art'". CODART. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Instagrammable: de impact van de kunstgeschiedenis op onze moderne beeldcultuur". Spotify (Podcast). Voorproevers. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Barokke Influencers: Rubens vs. Rembrandt met Koenraad Jonckheere". Spotify (Podcast). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  14. ^ Van der Speeten, Geert (7 November 2024). "Koenraad Jonckheere analyseert de beeldcultuur: "We zijn ontzettend goedgelovig als het op beelden aankomt"". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  15. ^ Van der Speeten, Geert (7 November 2024). "Koenraad Jonckheere analyseert de beeldcultuur: "We zijn ontzettend goedgelovig als het op beelden aankomt"". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  16. ^ Van Leeuwen, Anna (17 January 2025). "Wat heeft Peter Paul Rubens met AI-beeldgenerator DALL-E te maken? Instagrammable legt het laagdrempelig uit". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  17. ^ Jonckheere, Koenraad (2004). "When the Cabinet from Het Loo Was Sold: The Auction of William III's Collection of Paintings, 26 July 1713". Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art. 31 (3): 156–215. doi:10.2307/4150586. JSTOR 4150586.
  18. ^ "Another history of art : 2500 jaar Europese kunstgeschiedenis". Ghent University Bibliography. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  19. ^ "Instagrammable". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  20. ^ Dawson, Aimee (11 November 2025). "How art social media accounts are being turned into books". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
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