Praha: Národní galerie pořádá speciální přednášky zahraničních odborníků k výstavě Rembrandt & Co. a k problematice holandského umění 17. století

Národní galerie pořádá speciální přednášky významných zahraničních odborníků k výstavě Rembrandt & Co. a k problematice holandského umění 17. století. Přednášky v angličtině nebo němčině (bez překladu) se konají vždy ve Šternberském paláci (Hradčanské náměstí 15, Praha 1). Vstup zdarma!

29. 3. 2012, začátek v 18 hodin

Pieter Roelofs

Curator of 17th Century Dutch Painting, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Where can I get a Rembrandt painting? The Dutch Art Market in the Seventeenth Century.

During the Dutch Golden Age millions of paintings in all price ranges must have been made by thousands of masters. Today pictures by Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals and Jan Steen are among the greatest art treasures of world renowned museums. But how exactly did these painters produce and sell their paintings in their own days? Pieter Roelofs will talk about the ins and outs of the art market in the Netherlands in the Seventeenth Century.

19. 4. 2012, 18 h

Anna Tummers

Curator of 17th Century Dutch Painting, Frans Hals Museum Haarlem

The Eye of the Connoisseur: Authenticating Paintings by Rembrandt and His Contemporaries

Attributing old master paintings is one of the most demanding tasks of the art historian. The stakes can be high, especially when the work in question might indeed be the hand of a great master. The difference in price between an authentic work and one ‘in the manner of' a well-known artist can add up to several million dollars. In addition to the financial consequences, a revised attribution can also have dramatic consequences for our understanding of art history. In her fascinating account of connoisseurship in action, Tummers highlights issues regarding the attribution of seventeenth-century Dutch art.

3. 5. 2012, 18 h

Stefan Bartilla

Art Historian, Prague

Job im Gebet vor dem Opfer seiner Freunde" - ein wiederentdecktes Meisterwerk von Hendrick Bloemaert

Ein Gemälde in Amsterdamer Privatbesitz zeigt dieselbe, nach einem Modell gemalte Figur eines betenden Greises wie das Bild König David in Reue von Hendrick Bloemaert in der Nationalgalerie Prag von 1633, allerdings diesmal in der Rolle des geprüften Job, wie er beim Brandopfer seiner Freunde bei Gott für sie bittet. Das Bild wurde bislang Jacob Backer zugeschrieben. Tatsächlich lässt es sich aber mit einem in den Quellen erwähnten Gemälde von Hendrick Bloemaert identifzieren, dass der Künstler 1633 an das Sint Jobsgasthuis in Utrecht geschenkt hatte.

15.5. 2012, 18 h

Norbert E. Middelkoop

Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam

The Dutch group portrait of the seventeenth century

The depiction of several persons in a composition confronted Dutch painters with the various wishes and demands of their clients. Who was paying for his own portrait wanted a good likeness, preferably in three-quarter profile. It was up to the artist to devise acceptable solutions, combined with proper use of hierarchy and decorum. In his lecture, Norbert Middelkoop will focus on the possible reasons why these large canvases were commissioned. The group portraits of the civic guard manifest an undisputed civic pride, whereas those made for the many charitable institutions display both Christian and administrative virtues from which subsequent generations of governors could derive their own legitimacy. Finally, the Anatomy Lessons commemorated the tenure of the medical doctors, who were demonstrating the divine nature of God's creation to their audience. The competition for the same clients and the mutual influence of different traditions in the main artistic centres led to a great flourishing of the genre in seventeenth century Holland. Especially in Amsterdam and Haarlem, a huge demand for these paintings prompted highly original solutions.

Kontakt:

Anja K. Ševčík, curator of Rembrandt & Co, sevcik@ngprague.cz