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This Argentinian museum holds a significant group of Netherlandish works ranging from the late Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, with notable strengths in portraiture, devotional imagery, and tapestry. Highlights of the Netherlandish paintings include portraits by Nicolaes Elias Pickenoy and Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, a still life by Rachel Ruysch, and scenes by Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh and Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp, alongside anonymous works from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Earlier Flemish traditions are represented by Saint Jerome in His Study from the circle of Marinus van Reymerswaele and a religious panel attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans.
The collection’s breadth is further expressed through Flemish tapestries from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries (including ensembles from the Mattens workshop and pieces from Brussels and Oudenaarde), a fifteenth-century wooden Saint John the Baptist, a group of Books of Hours, Dutch enameled metalwork, and mid-twentieth-century Leerdam glass. In all, the collection provides an illuminating panorama of Netherlandish artistry across diverse media and periods.
Tatiana Depetris, Coordinator of Digital Media and Communication; Marta Alvarez, Heritage Research & Management Advisor (December 2025)