A new feature has been published on the CODART website.

As the culmination of a five-year research project, a new exhibition at the British Museum is currently displaying 110 early Netherlandish drawings created between 1400 and 1600. The show highlights new findings that have come from combining curatorial and conservation expertise with scientific analysis. In this feature, curator Olenka Horbatsch walks you through the exhibition, pointing out research results and the show’s masterpieces.

“A new exhibition at The British Museum presents Netherlandish drawings made between 1400 and 1600, a transformative time which saw the development of drawings from workshop tool to independent work of art. The exhibition spans two centuries of drawings in the Low Countries and explores their function in the artist’s workshop and in the design of works in other media, as well as the emergence of new subjects throughout the 1500s including landscapes and sophisticated allegories.” Continue reading…

CODARTfeatures

Published monthly, features provide information on new curatorial developments, current projects, collections of Dutch and Flemish art in museums worldwide, as well as insight into the work of the museum curator.

Last month’s feature was Dutch and Flemish Art in Tyrol by Delia Scheffer. To browse all features, visit codart.nl/features.