Dutch Spring
01 Feb 2019 - 19 May 2019
Simultaneously with the opening of the permanent “Dutch School” collection, and on the occasion of the Rembrandt year, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium present two temporary exhibitions to further highlight the Dutch artistic talent. (Re)discover the master-painters of the Golden Age, the family portraits painted by Frans Hals, and a cabinet with delightful 18th-century drawings!
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Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique - du Rue du Musée 9 1000
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OPENING OF THE DUTCH SCHOOL COLLECTION
Journey to the Dutch Golden Age and (re)discover artist such as Frans Hals, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Nicolaes Maes, Abraham Bloemaert, Jan van Goyen, Jacob van Ruisdael and Pieter de Hooch. The renovated wing “Dutch Galleries” welcomes portraits, landscape, genre scenes and still lifes; and offers an extensive panorama of this fascinated artistic period.
FRANS HALS PORTRAITS: A FAMILY REUNION
Three fragments of the Portrait of the Van Campen family by master-painter Frans Hals (1582– 1666) are reunited for the first time in over 200 years, after the painting was separated at the beginning of the 19th century. The masterpiece is joined by the other three family portraits that Frans Hals painted during his lifetime, showing the brilliancy with which the artist set new standards for Western art.
A CABINET OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL DRAWINGS
During the 18th century, collecting drawings and print became widely popular in the Northern Netherlands. In the exhibition A Cabinet of the Most Delightful Drawings, 80 works on paper from the collections of the RMFAB show the fascinating diversity in subject and technique which characterizes Dutch drawing at that time.
Journey to the Dutch Golden Age and (re)discover artist such as Frans Hals, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Nicolaes Maes, Abraham Bloemaert, Jan van Goyen, Jacob van Ruisdael and Pieter de Hooch. The renovated wing “Dutch Galleries” welcomes portraits, landscape, genre scenes and still lifes; and offers an extensive panorama of this fascinated artistic period.
FRANS HALS PORTRAITS: A FAMILY REUNION
Three fragments of the Portrait of the Van Campen family by master-painter Frans Hals (1582– 1666) are reunited for the first time in over 200 years, after the painting was separated at the beginning of the 19th century. The masterpiece is joined by the other three family portraits that Frans Hals painted during his lifetime, showing the brilliancy with which the artist set new standards for Western art.
A CABINET OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL DRAWINGS
During the 18th century, collecting drawings and print became widely popular in the Northern Netherlands. In the exhibition A Cabinet of the Most Delightful Drawings, 80 works on paper from the collections of the RMFAB show the fascinating diversity in subject and technique which characterizes Dutch drawing at that time.
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
du Rue du Musée 9 1000
Contains some twenty thousand paintings, sculptures and drawings.
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