Curator
A.W.F.M. Meij
From the museum website
From energetic preliminary studies for paintings to highly finished works, drawings provide marvelous insight into artists’ creative processes. Among the finest artists in western art history have been the seventeenth century masters Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens and Anthony Van Dyck, each a master draftsman in his own right. In addition to 29 works by Rubens, 19 by Van Dyck, and 20 by Jordaens, the exhibition includes a superb selection of works by artists who were influenced by these great masters, including Jan Wildens, Pieter Bout, and Adriaen van Stalbempt. The Frist Center is one of only three U.S. venues hosting this collection of 100 drawings, organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Support has been provided by the Government of Flanders. Additional support has been provided by the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust.
Catalogue
A.W.F.M. Meij and Maartje de Haan, Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck and their circle: Flemish master drawings from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Boijmans Van Beuningen and NAi) 2001.
ISBN 90-5662-212-9 (NAi Publishers).
Other venues
Pittsburgh, Frick Art Museum (5 April-2 June 2002).
Ocala, Florida, Appleton Museum of Art (13 September-10 November 2002).