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The Saint Louis Art Museum has collected Netherlandish art since 1909. An early acquisition was a 1633 Charles I by Daniël Mijtens. Other highlights include an Entombment by the Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, a Holy Family triptych attributed to Jan Gossaert with the arms of Charles V, and Ambrosius Benson’s portrait of a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon. Seventeenth-century standouts include the sole known work by the Flemish painter Ludovico de Susio, Adriaen van Ostade’s Peasants Dancing, Jacob Jordaens’ Suffer the Little Children from 1617, The Account-keeper by Nicolaes Maes, Frans Hals’ Portrait of a Woman, a fine Italianate view by Adam Pynacker, and a small Willem Kalf peasant interior. The collection also includes prints after Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Hieronymus Bosch, as well as an outstanding group of Rembrandt etchings, including Jan Syx’s version of the Hundred Guilder Print and the large Ecce Homo.
Dr. Judith W. Mann Curator of Early European Art, and Dr. Hannah Segrave Associate Curator of European Art before 1800 (December 2024)