CODART, Dutch and Flemish art in museums worldwide

Program

Sunday 22 October

Royal Palace Amsterdam

15:00-15:30 Registration at the Royal Palace Amsterdam (use the main entrance)
15:30-16:30 Welcome by Gerdien Verschoor, Director of CODART, and welcome and introduction by Alice Taatgen, Curator of Exhibitions and Education.
Visit to the Royal Palace with a focus on Flinck’s and Bol’s monumental paintings
16:30-17:00 Walk to Museum Van Loon

Museum Van Loon

17:00-17:15 Welcome by Tonko Grever, Director, and introduction to the exhibition Ferdinand Bol: the House, the Collection, the Artist by curator Willem te Slaa
17:15-18:00 Visit to the exhibition with Willem te Slaa and Tonko Grever
18:00-19:00 Drinks offered by Museum Van Loon

Monday 23 October

The Rembrandt House Museum

09:00-10:00 Private visit to the exhibition Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck: Rembrandt’s Master Pupils with curators Leonore van Sloten and David de Witt
10:00-11:00 Welcome by Lidewij de Koekkoek, Director, in the auditorium with coffee and tea. Statements by: Leonore van Sloten, Curator at The Rembrandt House Museum about the double exhibition; Norbert Middelkoop, Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings at the Amsterdam Museum, about restoring Bol and Flinck; and Epco Runia, Head of Collections at The Rembrandt House Museum, on researching Rembrandt’s pupils; followed by a discussion moderated by David de Witt, Senior Curator at The Rembrandt House Museum
11:00-12:00 Return to the exhibition for second viewing
12:00-12:30 Walk to Amsterdam Museum

Amsterdam Museum

12:30-13:30 Lunch at Café Mokum
13:30-14:45 Visit to the exhibition Ferdinand Bol and Govert Flinck: Rembrandt’s Master Pupils with curators Norbert Middelkoop and Tom van der Molen
14:45-15:45 Welcome by Norbert Middelkoop, in the auditorium with coffee and tea. Statements by: Remmelt Daalder, former Curator at The National Maritime Museum Amsterdam, about the collaboration between Ferdinand Bol and Willem van de Velde; Eric Jan Sluijter, Professor Emeritus of Art History of the Renaissance and Early Modern Period at the University of Amsterdam, about Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol as history painters; and Tom van der Molen, Curator at the Amsterdam Museum, about new narratives on the Golden Age; followed by a discussion moderated by David de Witt
15:45-16:30 Return to the exhibition for second viewing
16:30-18:00 Drinks at Café Mokum

Tuesday 24 October (optional)

Hermitage Amsterdam

09:00-11:00 Private visit to the exhibition Dutch Masters from the Hermitage: Treasures of the Tsars with Irina Sokolova, Curator of Dutch Paintings, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Marlies Kleiterp, Head of Exhibitions, Hermitage Amsterdam, and Birgit Boelens, Curator of Exhibitions, Hermitage Amsterdam
11:00-12:00 Visit to Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age with Norbert Middelkoop
End of program

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