CODART, Dutch and Flemish art in museums worldwide

Program

Sunday, 14 September 2025

Dekemastate, Jelsum

Participants travel to Dekema State at their own leisure
14:30-15:00 Welcome and registration with coffee and tea at Dekema State
15:00-15:15 Word of welcome by Maartje Beekman (Director of CODART) and short introduction to Dekema State by Jacomine Hogendam (Administrator, Dekema State, Jelsum)
15:15-16:30 Visit to Dekema State and its garden
16:30-17:00 Travel back to Leeuwarden
17:00-18:00 Drinks
End of Sunday program

 

Monday, 15 September 2025

Fries Museum, Leeuwarden

09:45-10:00 Doors open
10:00-10:05 Word of welcome by Annemarie Lavèn (Head Presentations & Public Affairs)
10:05-10:20 Introduction to the exibition Wybrand de Geest – Masterly Portraits by Marlies Stoter (Curator of Fine Arts, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden)
10:20-12:00 Exclusive visit to the exhibition
12:00-13:00 Lunch at the museum cafe
13:00-13:20 Lecture about the attire and finery of those portrayed by Wybrand de Geest by Marieke de Winkel (Ottema-Kingma Foundation Professor for the History of Textiles and Dress, Radboud University Nijmegen)
13:20-13:40 Lecture: A Problematic Legacy: Abraham Wassenbergh (1897-1992) and His Attributions of Portraits Painted in Friesland by Piet Bakker (Independent Art Historian and researcher)
13:40-14:00 Lecture about De Geest’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstacy after Caravaggio by Volker Manuth (Professor Emeritus Art History of the Early Modern Period, Radboud University, Nijmegen)
14:00-14:30 Coffee break at the museum cafe
14:30-15:00 Discussion and questions in the exhibition
15:00-15:30 Extra time to see the exhibition
15:30-16:30 Closing drinks at the museum cafe
End of program

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