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in this issue about codar t 2 From The Hague to Yasnaya Polyana and back 3 curator’s news & note s t 19 The history of the 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 4 9 r t Jacob Jordaens’ MadonnaandChildinagarlandofflowersandfruit 6 curator’s collection s The Los Angeles 0 0 a n County Museum of Art ( lacm a) 8 Netherlandish artists in the Tate Collection 10 Seventeenth-century Dutch 2 a r d r and Flemish paintings in Raleigh 12 curator’s cas e Interview with Antony Griffiths 14 curator’s intervie w e t u Peter van den Brink, interviewed by Christi Klinkert 18 codart activitie s 20 faits diver s 22 n o i o & 23 24 codart members new s upcoming exhibition s W C c 2 codar t is the international council for codar t Maecenasses and Jozef Deleu, writer, and founder and former curators of Dutch and Flemish art. Its aim is corporate sponsors chief editor of the Flemish-Netherlands to further the study, the care, the accessibility The European Fine Arts Fair ( tefa f), Helvoirt association Ons Erfdeel and the display of art from the Low Countries Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hague Jan Jessurun, former chair of the Netherlands in museums all over the world. codar t The Leiden Gallery, New York Council for Culture serves as a platform for exchange and coopera - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, former chair of tion between curators from different parts of Amb. J. William Middendorf ii, the Dutch parliament the world, with different levels of experience Little Compton Henk W. van Os, director emeritus of the and from different types and sizes of institu - rk d (Netherlands Institute for Art History), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam tions. codar t stimulates international The Hague Simon Schama, historian, writer inter-museum cooperation through a variety Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jan G. F. Veldhuis, former president of the of activities, including congresses, study trips, Vlaamse Kunstcollectie (Koninklijk Museum University of Utrecht, Utrecht publications and the website (www.codart.nl). voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, Musea By these means codar t strives to solidify Brugge, Museum Schone Kunsten Gent) Program Committee the cultural ties between the Netherlands and Waanders Publishers, Zwolle Eric Domela Nieuwenhuis, curator, Instituut Flanders, and to make the artistic heritage of Collectie Nederland ( ic n), Amsterdam these countries accessible to the international Board of codar t Nico van Hout, curator, Koninklijk Museum art-loving public at large. Greetje van den Bergh (chair), former voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, codar t was founded in 1998 on the vice-president of the board of the Antwerp ( kmsk a) initiative of Gary Schwartz and the Instituut University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Suzanne Laemers, curator, rk d (Netherlands Collectie Nederland ( ic n). It enjoys the Rudi Ekkart (advisor to the board), director Institute for Art History), The Hague generous support of the Netherlands Ministry of the rk d (Netherlands Institute for Huigen Leeflang, curator of prints, of Education, Culture and Science ( oc w). Art History) , The Hague Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Emilie Gordenker, director of the Norbert Middelkoop, (chair), curator, codar t Courant Mauritshuis, The Hague Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Bi-annual newsletter of the international Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, former Amsterdam council for curators of Dutch and Flemish member of parliament for the vv d (Dutch Sander Paarlberg, curator, Dordrechts art. The codar t Courant is distributed by Liberal Party), The Hague Museum, Dordrecht mail to members and friends of codar t. Jan Hoekema, mayor of the city of Wassenaar Sabine van Sprang, curator, Koninklijke Tosubscribe: www.codart.nl/join –codart Anthony Ruys, chairman of the supervisory Musea voor Schone Kunsten van Publisher: board of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam België, Brussels codar t Manfred Sellink, director of the Musea Brugge, Adriaan Waiboer, curator of Northern p.o. Box 90418 Bruges European art, National Gallery of nl-2509 lkThe Hague Arnout Weeda, former director of the Ireland, Dublin The Netherlands Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen Helen Wüstefeld, curator, Bibliotheca e [email protected] Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam t +31 70 333 9744 / f +31 70 333 9749 Board of the Friends of www.codart.nl codar t Foundation Website Committee Wim Jacobs, (chair), former controller, Lars Hendrikman, curator, Bonnefanten- Editorsandtranslators: Kist & Kilian Instituut Collectie Nederland ( ic n), museum, Maastricht Coordinators: Jennifer Cardona, Amsterdam Greta Koppel, curator of Dutch and Flemish Gerdien Verschoor, Brenda Schooneveld, Arnout Weeda, former director of the paintings, Kadriorg Art Museum, Marie Beke Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn Design: Typography Interiority & Other Greetje van den Bergh, former vice-president Rieke van Leeuwen, webmaster, rk d Serious Matters, The Hague of the board of the University of (The Netherlands Institute for Art Printedby: Drukkerij de Maasstad, Rotterdam Amsterdam, Amsterdam History), The Hague Cover: Jan Brueghel the Elder, Harborscene Gero Seelig, curator, Staatliches Museum withSaintPaul’sdeparturefromCaesarea(detail) , Advisory committee to the Friends of Schwerin, Schwerin 1596, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh codar t Foundation Geert Souvereyns, project coordinator, Hedy d’Ancona, former Minister of Culture Bruggemuseum, Bruges iss n 1388 9559 of the Netherlands Louisa Wood Ruby, photo archivist, Mària van Berge-Gerbaud, director of the The Frick Collection, New York Contributions are welcome. For more infor- Fondation Custodia (Collection Frits Priscilla Valkeneers, scientific associate, mation see: www.codart.nl/codart/courant Lugt), Paris Centrum voor de Vlaamse Kunst van de 16de en 17de eeuw, Antwerp From The Hague to Yasnaya Polyana and back Gerdien Verschoor 3 That codar t plays to its strengths when it Dutch and Flemish art were invited to by literally day and night to give their advice. collaborates with other organizations emerged participate and, naturally, their Dutch and These sessions were bolstered by frequent yet again in the activities that took place in Flemish masters were used for the pilot of the consultation of the website of the rk d Finland and Russia in September. Thanks to digitization project. To take advantage of the (Netherlands Institute for Art History ). the hospitality of several museums and the rare if not unique opportunity afforded by The Russian regional museums work in c o efforts of our members in Helsinki and St. this gathering of museums – the distance relative isolation: contact with the major d a Petersburg the study trip program was an between the Perm State Museum and the museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg is r t C unconditional success. Every museum we Kaluga Regional Art Museum is close to 1200 limited and their collections are hardly known o u r a visited went to great lengths to engage the kilometers – a meeting of codar tlight could internationally. Thanks to the sc i these n t 1 codar t group – this year consisting of directly take place along the sideline of this collections or parts of them were inventoried. 9 / w i 27 participants from 1 2 countries received symposium. Russian participant in the study And, thanks to the codar t network, the n t e by 29 curators in 8 museums – by showing trip, Natalja Markova, head of the department regional Russian museums can shine a light r 2 0 0 unknown works, bringing specially requested of prints and drawings of the Pushkin State on their collections, whereby certain works of 9 works from the depot, or giving small presen - Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow and codar t art will begin to lead a different life. Naturally, tations on works from other museums located member since 2002, was willing to travel on in the meantime, several curators from some further away. The group was able to access to Yasnaya Polyana and give an inspiring of these museums with – proportionally – many collections containing masterpieces and account of her personal experiences with the larger collections of Dutch and Flemish works by minor and unknown artists; in turn, codar t network. During the symposium, masters have been invited to join codar t. the host museums invited us to brainstorm all of the museums could consult the three The third Russian activity in which and shed light on problematic works in their codar t members about the works in their codar t participated was also initiated by collections. An initiative of the Dutch Embassy collections: Bernard Vermet ( sc i), Norbert the sc i. For years this foundation had been in Helsinki was quite special. In the run-up to Middelkoop (Amsterdams Historisch making a case for an English edition of the study trip it approached codar t with Museum) and Eric Domela Nieuwenhuis Marina Senenko’s ThePushkinStateMuseumof the idea of organizing a lecture on the Vrouw (Instituut Collectie Nederland , which FineArts.CollectionofDutchPaintings . And, on Maria (Lady Mary), a Dutch merchant ship that co-sponsored the symposium), who stood 28 September last, the English translation was sank off the coast of Finland on 9 October 1771. festively presented in the Pushkin Museum Its precious cargo consisted of paintings that in the presence of several codar t members had been bought by Catherine the Great. who are working on an exhibition of Dutch Were all of the paintings mentioned in the drawings from this museum. packing lists, such as Gerard Dou’s triptych These were inspirational days,
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