Luc Duerloo, who holds a doctorate from the University of Louvain, teaches History at the University of Antwerp. Prominent among his publications are Armorial de la noblesse belge (4 vols., 1992, with Paul Janssens) and Scherpenheuvel: Het Jeruzalem van de Lage Landen (2002, with Marc Wingens). He curated the exhibitions Albrecht & Isabella, 1598-1621 (Brussels, 1998) and Hungaria regia (Brussels, 1999). He is currently working on the links between art and politics in the Modern Age, particularly at the court of Archduke Albrecht and Archduchess Isabella. He has been visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and at the University of Columbia.