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Codart Courant 13 Filedt Kok, Interviewed by Adriaan E in this issue codart facts & news 2 codart’s Friends 3 curator’s news & notes Projects at 13 the Louvre for the Écoles du Nord 4 A recently identified Cavalry skirmish by Pieter Quast in a Hungarian private collection 6 The Dutch paintings in the collection of Prince Nicolaj Borisovich Yusupov (1750-1831) 8 Paintings around 1700 in Cologne, Dordrecht and Kassel 10 curator’s collections Kunsthalle Bremen 12 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T¯amaki 14 curator’s case Speaking Dutch in Denmark: The Nivaagaards Malerisamling 16 curator’s interview Jan Piet 18 20 codart activities 22 upcoming exhibitions 24 Faits divers Filedt Kok, interviewed by Adriaan E. Waiboer Winter 2006 Winter Courant codart codart facts & news codart Courant codart membership news What’s new on the codart website? Bi-annual newsletter of the international As of November 2006, codart has 398 full Some 2,000 visitors a day – professionals and council for curators of Dutch and Flemish art. members and 28 associate members from art lovers – use the website www.codart.nl. The codart Courant is distributed by mail 257 institutions in 38 countries. All contact Most of these visitors do so to consult the lists codar to members, donors and friends of codart. information is available on the codart of exhibitions, museums or curators. However, To subscribe: www.codart.nl/join -codart website and is kept up to date there: there’s much more to discover once you plunge t Publisher: Stichting codart www.codart.nl/curators/ a little deeper into the site. Via www.codart.nl/ Courant p.o. Box 76709 research-tools you will find the “codart nl-1070 ka Amsterdam New codart members since July 2006: curator’s research guide”, an extensive list of 13/ e [email protected] Oliver Brehm, curator, Museum Höxter-Corvey, research resources for Dutch and Flemish art. winter t +31 20 305 4521/f +31 20 305 4500 Höxter This list was compiled for codart by Roman Editors: Wietske Donkersloot, Rachel Esner Nancy Edwards, curator of European art, Koot, librarian of the Faculty of Arts at Utrecht 006 (managing editor) and Gerdien Verschoor. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth University. It contains diverse resources in the / codart Translations by: Jantien Black, Rachel Esner, Marta Golabek, assistant curator of prints and Low Countries and abroad and on the Internet, Todd Fair, Christopher Sand-Iversen and paintings, Muzeum-Palac w Wilanowie, such as: authorities for proper names, facts Guillaume Sourisce. Warsaw bibliographies, databases, academic With thanks to: Lia Gorter and Bernard Vermet Niels-Knud Liebgott, director, Rosenborg and art-historical organizations, online & (Foundation for Cultural Inventory). Castle, Copenhagen library catalogues and archives.The list is news Design: Typography, Interiority & Other Volker Manuth, honorary curator, Rijks- not meant as a static device and will be Serious Matters, The Hague museum, Amsterdam (associate member) updated continuously. Suggestions for Cover: Adriaen van der Werff, Shepherd Natasja Peeters, assistant manager of improvement and expansion are welcome. and shepherdess, Gemäldegalerie collections, Royal Army Museum, Brussels Please contact our webmaster, Gary Schwartz, Alte Meister, Kassel Sophie Raux, associate professor in the history [email protected]. issn 1388 9559 of early modern art, Université Charles de In order to make tools such as these more Gaulle, Lille (associate member) visible and more accessible to our worldwide Contributions are welcome. Jenny Reynaerts, curator of 19th- and 20th- Internet users, codart is planning a long See: www.codart.nl/codart/courant for century painting, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam term website project for 2007 and 2008, during the possibilities. Antoinette Visser, director, Haags Historisch which the contents and the look-and-feel of Museum, The Hague the site will undergo a major re-designing codart is an international council for Dominika Walawender-Musz, assistant process. Of course we still consider it our “core curators of Dutch and Flemish art. Its aim is curator of paintings and sculpture, business” to keep listing all the exhibitions to further the study, the care, the accessibility Muzeum-Palac w Wilanowie, Warsaw in the field of Dutch and Flemish art and and the display of art from the Low Countries Amy Walsh, curator of European paintings providing the up-to-date information on in museums all over the world. codart and sculpture, Los Angeles County Museum museums with important collections of art serves as a platform for exchange and of Art, Los Angeles from the Low Countries and their curators. cooperation between curators from different However, in terms of usability, attractiveness parts of the world, with different levels of Changes to the codart board and consistency many improvements can experience and from different types and As of 12 October 2006 chairman Henk van der be made, using the latest technological sizes of institutions. codart stimulates Walle and secretary-treasurer Wim Jacobs have developments and new philosophies international inter-museum cooperation left the board of codart. Both served the regarding designing for the web. To try out through a variety of activities, including board from its very beginning in June 1998. the possibilities, and to serve as an appetizer congresses, study trips, publications and The codart team is very grateful to them for things to come in the next few years, we the website (www.codart.nl). for their active commitment to all aspects of have begun to give our homepage a makeover. codart was founded in 1998 on the the organization. Greetje van den Bergh has As this Courant goes to press, the new initiative of Gary Schwartz and the now been appointed chair of the board. Arnout homepage will probably just be on-line. Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage Weeda has already been acting as secretary- We – the codart team and the website (icn). It enjoys the generous support of the treasurer since January 2006. Wim Jacobs committee – would appreciate any comments Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture will stay involved with codart as chair or suggestions on the new page, or on the and Science (ocw). of the board of the recently established rest of the site, so that we can incorporate Friends of codart Foundation. your wishes and ideas into our future plans. codart's Friends Gerdien Verschoor 3 codart is doing very well. In the past members because they are not curators of a in 38 countries. The membership grew by few months, many have demonstrated collection of Dutch or Flemish art, but would 20 percent in the last four years, with a total convincingly that they appreciate codart nevertheless like to foster codart with of up to 426 members as of November 2006. and that the organization is highly revered donations towards our regular activities. It is interesting to note the increased interest by its members, by art lovers and by the We would consider it a great honor if your in codart on the part of large museums. codar government. The 2006 call for voluntary own network would develop an interest in To them as well our network has become a contributions from members yielded a the Friends of codart Foundation. You player in the field of international activities. t particularly fine result. In addition to the can find more information on our website The “Top 5” among the large museums Courant many individual members who responded and on p. 21 of this Courant. includes the Rijksmuseum (17 members); to our request, a number of museums We also said farewell to two good “friends” the Stedelijke Musea Brugge (11 members); 13/ winter contributed as well. Not only did the money this past October. Henk van der Walle and the Hermitage (ten members); the Muzeum flow into our bank account, it also arrived Wim Jacobs, charter board members, stepped Narodowe in Warsaw (eight members); and 006 via the recently activated PayPal system. down after eight faithful years of service to with a tie for fifth place – each with six / We even received euros in cash in envelopes codart. codart has gained much from members – The Metropolitan Museum in codart from overseas. Several curators who were their enthusiasm and professional dedication, New York, the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, and unable to support us financially sent us their for which we thank them. Wim Jacobs will the Szépmüvészeti Muzeum in Budapest. facts publications as a sign of good will. Our sincere remain active with codart as chairman This impressive list illustrates the extent thanks to everyone! Your financial support of the board of the Friends of codart of codart’s international affiliations. & helps us in two ways: it allows us to increase Foundation. In addition, curators from other important news our budget, so that we may attain an even This past summer the codart office museums are involved in codart: the higher level of professionalism. Your support conducted research into the level of Mauritshuis, the Prado and the Louvre, also enables us to demonstrate to government participation of our most important to name but a few. Three curators from agencies and other funding sources that friends: our members. The study revealed the Louvre are closely involved with the the codart network is important to its that codart now has active members organization of the codart tien members. We hope we can continue to count congress in Paris, together with their on your support in 2007 and in the years to colleagues from the Fondation Custodia. come. The research also showed that a firm core On 12 October the Friends of codart comprising 226 members (54 percent) has Foundation was established in order to participated in our activities from time to provide an opportunity to others interested time. Museums in France and Italy have in associating with the organization.
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