From a posting by HNA, 24 July 2003
This international conference seeks to present a status quaestionis concerning the dissemination of Flemish and Dutch painting during the period 1500-1800, and specifically, the role art dealers have played in this process. The symposium will take place at the Rubenianum (Antwerp) on Saturday 29 November 2003.
Organizers
Filip Vermeylen and Hans Vlieghe
Chairs
Bruno Blondé and Arnout Balis
Speakers
Hans Vlieghe
Welcome and introduction
Neil De Marchi and Hans Van Miegroet
Value in context: the price of paintings and painters in 15th-century Florence and Bruges
Joost Van der Auwera
All in the family: Abraham Janssen (1571/75-Antwerp 1632) and his relations in the Antwerp art trade
Filip Vermeylen
Rubens for sale: auctions in Antwerp during the 17th and 18th centuries
Marten Jan Bok
Trading art within the Low Countries: an overview
John Michael Montias
Further remarks on Dutch dealers
Koenraad Jonckheere
Providing courts with art: the role of the Amsterdam merchant Jan van Beuningen (1667-1720) as diplomat and art dealer
Ewa Manikowska
Two markets compared: buying pictures in Italy and in German and Dutch cities during the second half of the 18th century
Michael North
Flemish paintings on the German art market in the 18th century
Wim Smit
Concluding remarks
Attendance
Admission is free. Register by contacting Filip Vermeylen