CODARTfeatures

Published monthly, the 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.
All articles from the CODART eZine (2012-2019) are also available here.

6. Master I.S., Portrait of an Old Woman, 1651, oil on panel, 41 x 33 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Master I.S. – From Lost to Almost Found

Janneke van Asperen and Tomi Moisio

April, 2025

Master I.S. – From Lost to Almost Found Janneke van Asperen and Tomi Moisio (April, 2025)

Wartime Losses of the Dresdner Gemäldegalerie by Dr. Uta Neidhardt (March, 2025)

Expedition Zeichnung: Research on Netherlandish Drawings in Cologne by Dr. Annemarie Stefes (February, 2025)

Paintings of the Northern School in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille by Donatienne Dujardin (January, 2025)

Old Masters, Current Issues by Stephanie Schrader and Julia Kantelberg (December, 2024)

Interview with Liesbeth Helmus and Iris Blokker by Rosalie van Gulick (November, 2024)

Dutch Marine Painting in Hamburg by Patrick Rivière (October, 2024)

Interviewing Anna Tummers on AI and Connoisseurship by Charlotte Rulkens (October, 2024)

Dutch and Flemish Prints at the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte Emma C. de Jong (September, 2024)

Stijn Alsteens Interviewed by Ilona van Tuinen (August, 2024)

The Allure of Maarten van Heemskerck’s Roman Drawings by Dr. Christien Melzer (July, 2024)

The Making of "Making Her Mark": Expanding Beyond Traditional Curatorial Priorities by Dr. Andaleeb Badiee Banta (June, 2024)

A Renewed Permanent Exhibition for Museum Hof van Busleyden by Hannah Thijs (May, 2024)

Dutch and Flemish Mannerist Prints in Chicago by Jamie Gabbarelli (March, 2024)

‘Feel the Heartbeat’ at Museum Sint-Janshospitaal by Marijn Everaarts and Geert Souvereyns (February, 2024)

Dutch Art at the Château de Chantilly by Baptiste Roelly (January, 2024)

Exhibiting Sustainably: M Leuven and Its Green Book Rosalie van Gulick (December, 2023)

Exchanging Experiences: CODART's Mentoring Program Courtney Harris, Tom van der Molen, Jessie Park, Guido Scholten, Manfred Sellink and Anne Woollett (November, 2023)

On AI and Connoisseurship by Prof. Dr. Nils Büttner (October, 2023)

Anniversary Interview with Uta Neidhardt by Dr. Christian Tico Seifert (August, 2023)

Virtual Couriering: An Alternative for More Sustainable Loans? Constance van Beurden-Zaal, Faye Cliné, Rosalie van Gulick and Henrietta Ward (July, 2023)

Hugo van der Goes's Monforte Altarpiece and the Challenge of a Modern Reconstruction by Dr. Stephan Kemperdick (June, 2023)

Tracking Down the Provenance of Old Masters by Jona Mooren and Eelke Muller (May, 2023)

Dutch Painting at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum by Jane Simpkiss (April, 2023)

Mural Painting in Medieval Frisian Churches by Kees van der Ploeg (March, 2023)

Dutch and Flemish Painting in the National Museum of Serbia by Jelena Dergenc (February, 2023)

Presenting Technical Material in Museum Galleries Alexandra Libby, Betsy Wieseman, and Quentin Buvelot (January, 2023)

An interview with Christiaan Vogelaar and Janneke van Asperen by Maartje Beekman and Rosalie van Gulick (December, 2022)

Dutch and Flemish Art at the RISD Museum Emily Banas, Laurie Anne Brewer, Conor Moynihan, Maureen C. O’Brien, and Elizabeth A. Williams (November, 2022)

3D Printing Works of Art: An Opportunity or Nightmare for Curators? by Liselore Tissen (October, 2022)

Drawn to Life: Master Drawings in the Peck Collection by Dr. Robert Fucci (September, 2022)

The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives by Dr. Brooks Rich (August, 2022)

The Exhibition XXL Paper at the Rijksmuseum by Maud van Suylen and Manon van der Mullen (July, 2022)

Samuel van Hoogstraten: A Collaborative Project by Sabine Pénot, Leonore van Sloten and David de Witt (June, 2022)

Lea van der Vinde Interviewed by Rosalie van Gulick (May, 2022)

Experiencing the Wonder of Gouda in the Saint John’s Church by Dr. Nadia Groeneveld-Baadj (April, 2022)

Drawings Between Classical Connoisseurship and Modern Technology by Dr. Thomas Ketelsen (March, 2022)

Re-visioning Permanent Collection Installations Diva Zumaya, Michele Frederick and Antien Knaap (February, 2022)

Musée de Flandre: A Window on Flemish Art Sandrine Vézilier-Dussart (January, 2022)

Three Centuries of Drawings from the Kröller-Müller Collection by Renske Cohen Tervaert (December, 2021)

Unearthing the Enigmatic Jacobus Vrel by Dr. Bernd Ebert (November, 2021)

Dürer Was Here: A Journey Becomes Legend by Anne van Oosterwijk (October, 2021)

Rembrandt Comes to Turtle Island by Dr. Stephanie S. Dickey (September, 2021)

The Dutch Paintings of the Musée Jeanne d’Aboville in La Fère Éléonore Dérisson (August, 2021)

Rubens: Reuniting the Great Landscapes by Dr. Lucy Davis (July, 2021)

Larry Nichols Interviewed by Julia van Marissing (June, 2021)

Rembrandt in China by Dr. Kjell Wangensteen (May, 2021)

The National Museum of Norway by Cynthia Osiecki (April, 2021)

Crowdsourcing as an Aid in Collection Registration Sarah van Ooteghem and Evelien de Wilde (March, 2021)

Open Access and Art History in the 21st Century by Douglas McCarthy (February, 2021)

The Impact of Covid on Museums by Nina Siegal (January, 2021)

Diversifying the Collection Robert Schindler and Lloyd DeWitt (December, 2020)

The Maagdenhuismuseum in Antwerp by Daniel Christiaens (November, 2020)

Christopher Atkins Interviewed by Helen Hillyard (October, 2020)

The Posselt Collection at the Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg by Dr. Dagmar Hirschfelder (September, 2020)

Toward Diversity and Inclusion in the Field of Dutch and Flemish Art by Jessie Park (August, 2020)

Adriaen de Vries in Swedish Public Collections by Linda Hinners (July, 2020)

Rembrandt’s Orient: An Exhibition in Basel and Potsdam by Dr. Michael Philipp (June, 2020)

COVID, Curators and Blockbuster Exhibitions by Christi M. Klinkert, Marjorie E. Wieseman and Aleksandra Janiszewska (May, 2020)

Lucas Gassel in Helmond by Anna Koopstra and Annemieke Hogervorst (April, 2020)

Friso Lammertse Interviewed by Maartje Beekman (March, 2020)

Rembrandt's Old Woman Praying Examined by Dr. Gabriele Groschner (February, 2020)

Bonnat's Hidden Treasures in Bayonne Dr. David Mandrella (January, 2020)

Building a Collection of Dutch Political Prints for Krannert Art Museum by Dr. Maureen Warren (December, 2019)

The Problem of 'the Golden Age' by Tom van der Molen (November, 2019)

The Music of Time: CODART 22 by Dr. Mark Evans (October, 2019)

Preface Judith van Kranendonk (March, 2019)

On Museums of Multiple Stories by Tom van der Molen (March, 2019)

Visual Arts and Literature by Drs. Michiel Franken (March, 2019)

Verschoor Meets Vrel by Quentin Buvelot (March, 2019)

Looking Back: The Program Committee Chairs Look Back Over the Years by Maartje Beekman (March, 2019)

An Interview from Warsaw by Hanna Benesz and Aleksandra Janiszewska (March, 2019)

Friends of CODART and the Partnership of Museums and Private Collectors by Dr. Amy Walsh (March, 2019)

Welcome: The Adventure of Looking by Gerdien Verschoor (November, 2018)

Hidden Gems by Five Curators Anja K. Sevcik, Irina Sokolova, Alejandro Vergara, Adriaan Waiboer, Yao-Fen You (November, 2018)

CODART<i>focus</i> in Mechelen, 22–23 May 2018 by Júlia Tátrai (November, 2018)

Rubens Communicates: Tracing Rubens’s Exchanges through Letters by Abigail D. Newman (November, 2018)

Micha Leeflang Interviewed by Sarah Van Ooteghem by Sarah Van Ooteghem (November, 2018)

Floris van Wanroij interviewed by Dr. Gerdien Verschoor (November, 2018)

Watermark Identification in Rembrandt’s Etchings Project by Dr. Andrew Weislogel (November, 2018)

Collecting Netherlandish Prints for the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas by Stephen Goddard (November, 2018)

Editor's Note: Dress by Victoria Sancho Lobis (July, 2017)

Welcome: Fit for a King by Gerdien Verschoor (July, 2017)

King Stanisław August Poniatowski’s Collection of Paintings, or the European Enlightenment in the Palace on the Isle at the Royal Łazienki Museum by Izabela Zychowicz (July, 2017)

Object-Based Research at Modemuseum Hasselt by Karolien De Clippel (July, 2017)

Armor - Fashion in Steel and Silk by Dr. Stefan Krause (July, 2017)

An Innovative Presentation of Lace in a Renewed Gruuthusemuseum by Aleid Hemeryck (July, 2017)

Madelief Hohé Interviewed by Dr. Katrien Lichtert (July, 2017)

Jacques Schraven Interviewed by Dr. Gerdien Verschoor (July, 2017)

Tasseled Buttons and Braided Cords: Rubens’s Wardrobe by Dr. Bert Watteeuw (July, 2017)

Editor's Note: Art and Architecture by Victoria Sancho Lobis (September, 2016)

Welcome: "The Beautiful is Secret"... by Gerdien Verschoor (September, 2016)

The Valkhof Citadel by Yvette Driever (September, 2016)

Architectural Drawings by Oliver Kik (September, 2016)

Authentication by the Crowd Fenna Poletiek and Kerwin Olfers (September, 2016)

Dutch Tiles in Poland: A Short Survey by Piotr Oczko and Jan Pluis (September, 2016)

Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder Judikje Kiers and Thijs Boers Interviewed by Gerdien Verschoor and Michiel Franken (September, 2016)

Salomon Lilian Interviewed by Gerdien Verschoor (September, 2016)

The Renovation of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp by Dr. Elsje Janssen (September, 2016)

Welcome: What is the most beautiful thing ever? by Gerdien Verschoor (December, 2015)

Cornelis Jonson by Karen Hearn (December, 2015)

CODART Study Trip to the Midwest 2015 by Dr. Katharina Bechler (December, 2015)

Elsbeth van Tets Interviewed by Gerdien Verschoor (December, 2015)

Jheronimus Bosch and Connoisseurship. Remarks Prompted by the Bosch Research and Conservation Project (BRCP) by Matthijs Ilsink [1] (December, 2015)

Max J. Friedländer and the Essence of Connoisseurship by Dr. Suzanne Laemers (December, 2015)

Connoisseurship and the John G. Johnson Collection in Philadelphia by Dr. Christopher D.M. Atkins (December, 2015)

Till-Holger Borchert Interviewed by Dr. Marrigje Rikken (December, 2015)

Editor's Note: Technical Research by Michiel Franken (June, 2015)

Welcome: Winesburg, Ohio by Gerdien Verschoor (June, 2015)

Technical Research at the Städel Museum by Prof. Dr. Jochen Sander (June, 2015)

Stein Berre Interviewed by Dr. Gerdien Verschoor (June, 2015)

CODART ACHTTIEN Congress London by Kate Anderson (June, 2015)

Geert van der Snickt Interviewed by Vanessa Paumen (June, 2015)

Metalpoint Drawings from the Low Countries by An Van Camp (June, 2015)

The Case of Saul and David by Dr. Emilie Gordenker (June, 2015)

The Patrimonio Nacional Tapestry Collection by Dr. Concha Herrero (June, 2015)

Editor's Note: All About Drawing by Geerte Broersma (December, 2014)

Welcome: The Princes of Serendip by Gerdien Verschoor (December, 2014)

CODART in Budapest 2014 by Dr. Peter Black (December, 2014)

Jane Turner Interviewed by Ilona van Tuinen (December, 2014)

Van de Velde Drawings at the National Maritime Museum: Looking at Conservation and Technical Research by Clara de la Peña McTigue (December, 2014)

Flemish and Dutch Drawings in the Museums of Northern France by David Bronze and Patrick Descamps (December, 2014)

The Liberna Collection: A Hidden Treasure by Thera Folmer-von Oven (December, 2014)

Drawings in Warsaw by Piotr Borusowski (December, 2014)

Bob Haboldt Interviewed by Gerdien Verschoor (December, 2014)

Editor's Note: Eighteenth-Century Art by Tom van der Molen (June, 2014)

Welcome: CODART Director dies under Avalanche of Books by Gerdien Verschoor (June, 2014)

Neoclassicist Drawings in the Printroom of the Groeningemuseum by Virginie D'haene (June, 2014)

Historic Country Houses in the Netherlands by René Dessing (June, 2014)

CODART ZEVENTIEN Congress Amsterdam by Rebecca J. Long (June, 2014)

The Duke of Braunschweig by Dr. Silke Gatenbröcker (June, 2014)

Collecting at the Court of Poland-Lithuania and the Activities of King Stanislaus II August by Dr. Jacek Tylicki (June, 2014)

Paul Knolle Interviewed by Andrea Rousová (June, 2014)

Brian Capstick Interviewed by Dr. Gerdien Verschoor (June, 2014)

“A cabinet of the most delightful drawings” by Stefaan Hautekeete (June, 2014)

Welcome: CODART: The First Fifteen Years by Gerdien Verschoor (October, 2013)

The Dissemination of Dutch and Flemish Art Through the Ages by Prof. Dr. Rudi Ekkart (October, 2013)

Netherlandish Painters Active in Britain in the 16th and 17th Centuries by Karen Hearn (October, 2013)

Véronique Van de Kerckhof Interviewed by Dr. Suzanne Laemers (October, 2013)

Henry Clay Frick and The Frick Collection by Esmée Quodbach (October, 2013)

Dutch and Flemish Art at the End of the World by Prof. Dr. Ángel M. Navarro (October, 2013)

Prints, Drawings and Photography in the Renewed Rijksmuseum by Huigen Leeflang (October, 2013)

The Staatliches Museum Schwerin by Dr. Gero Seelig (October, 2013)

Account of the Group Interview of Collectors at the CODART Symposium “The World of Dutch and Flemish Art,” 15 October 2013, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam by Prof. Dr. Rudi Ekkart (October, 2013)

Flemish Baroque Painting in the Alte Pinakothek by Dr. Mirjam Neumeister (October, 2013)

The art of the Low Countries at the Kadriorg Art Museum by Greta Koppel (October, 2013)

Rubens’s Flemish Heritage by Dr. Paul Huvenne (October, 2013)

Flemish silver in the Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola in Genoa by Farida Simonetti (October, 2013)

Heemskerck to Everdingen at the Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar by Dr. Christi M. Klinkert (October, 2013)

The Dutch and Flemish collection in the Sinebrychoff Art Museum by Dr. Minerva Keltanen (October, 2013)

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada by Dr. David de Witt (October, 2013)

Groeningemuseum Bruges by Till-Holger Borchert (October, 2013)

Dutch and Flemish Art in Stockholm by Dr. Carina Fryklund (October, 2013)

The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba: conservation and exhibition by Oscar Antuña Benítez (October, 2013)

Szépművészeti Múzeum by Júlia Tátrai (October, 2013)

Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Museu de Arte de São Paulo by Eugênia Gorini Esmeraldo (October, 2013)

Dutch and Flemish Art in the Collection of the OMSK M.A. Vrubel Museum by Anna Chernyavskaya (October, 2013)

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki by Mary Kisler (October, 2013)

Dutch and Flemish art at the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts by Maria Gordusenko (October, 2013)

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) by Dr. Amy Walsh (October, 2013)

Dutch Painting in the Hermitage by Dr. Irina Sokolova (October, 2013)

Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum: The Collections and their Collectors by Femke Diercks (October, 2013)

Dutch and Flemish Drawings, Prints and Books Recently Acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Nadine Orenstein and Stijn Alsteens (October, 2013)

Gary Schwartz Interviewed by Prof. Dr. Rudi Ekkart (October, 2013)

Welcome: 3D by Gerdien Verschoor (February, 2013)

Tapestries in the Kunsthistorisches Museum by Dr. Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur (February, 2013)

Thomas Leysen interviewed by Dr. Gerdien Verschoor (February, 2013)

CODARTfocus in Utrecht by Micha Leeflang and Annabel Dijkema (February, 2013)

Netherlandish Altarpieces and Sculptures in the Niguliste Museum by Merike Kurisoo (February, 2013)

Investigating Miniature Boxwood Carving at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto by Dr. Alexandra Suda (February, 2013)

Alastair Laing Interviewed by Dr. Annette de Vries (February, 2013)

Dutch and Flemish Sculptors in the Baltic by Cynthia Osiecki (February, 2013)

Welcome: Twice Seven by Gerdien Verschoor (September, 2012)

Decorative Arts in the DIA by Dr. Yao-Fen You (September, 2012)

Masterpieces from Mount Stuart – The Bute Collection by Dr. Christian Tico Seifert (September, 2012)

CODARTfocus in Prague by Dr. Anja Sevcik (September, 2012)

Rudi Ekkart Interviewed by Geerte Broersma (September, 2012)

George Abrams Interviewed by Dr. Gerdien Verschoor (September, 2012)

The recent restoration of the Groeningemuseum’s copy of the Sermon of Saint John the Baptist by Magdalena Sobczyk (September, 2012)

The Unfinished Painting by Dr. Nico Van Hout (September, 2012)

Welcome! by Gerdien Verschoor (March, 2012)

Peter van den Brink Interviewed Brenda Eijkenaar (March, 2012)

The Mauritshuis ... on tour by Dr. Edwin Buijsen (March, 2012)

Decorative Art in Museum De Lakenhal by Femke Diercks (March, 2012)

Jean-Patrice Marandel on LACMA business at TEFAF (March, 2012)

CODART<i>focus</i> in Antwerp by Maria Gordusenko (March, 2012)

Christopher Brown talks about his membership of the vetting committee (March, 2012)

Gregor Simoons Interviewed by Dr. Gerdien Verschoor (March, 2012)

Jordaens and the Antique: A Master Reborn by Dr. Irene Schaudies (March, 2012)

Dutch Painting in the Spanish Royal Collections by Dr. Teresa Posada Kubissa (March, 2011)

Hanna Benesz interviewed by Ruud Priem (November, 2008)

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