Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) and workshop, Venus and Adonis, c. 1614, Oil on panel. 83 x 90.5 cm
© State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens at Hermitage Amsterdam The Hermitage Amsterdam presents a selection from the Flemish art collection of the Hermitage St. Petersburg, featuring several masterpieces by the three ‘giants’ of the Antwerp School: Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens.
17 September 2011 – 16 March 2012
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Exhibiting 75 paintings and about 20 drawings, “Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens: Flemish painters from the Hermitage” displays an excellent collection of 17th-century Flemish paintings, with a special focus on Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens.
The exhibition includes 17 paintings by Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), the most important Flemish painter of the seventeenth century. His “Descent from the Cross” (c. 1618) has never before been sent out on loan.
Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) is Rubens’ greatest pupil, and one of the best portraitists of his era. A monumental “Portrait of Sir Thomas Wharton” (1639) is one of the highlights of the exhibition.
Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678) is the third great master of the Flemish school. As the Museums says in a press note, “even his history paintings have a Flemish ambiance”
Other artists represented at the exhibition include Cornelis de Vos, Michiel Sweerts, Frans Snyders and David Teniers II.
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