Janneke van Asperen has been appointed curator of old masters at Museum De Lakenhal as of 1 June 2021. In this position, she will be responsible for the museum’s collection of old master paintings and sculptures.

In June 2020, Janneke van Asperen started at Museum De Lakenhal as a junior curator. She will succeed Christiaan Vogelaar, who after more than 30 years resigns from his duties as curator of old Masters. Christiaan will remain involved with Museum De Lakenhal on a temporary basis for the upcoming period. They are still working together on an exhibition around the Vanitas still life with self-portrait by David Bailly in 2023.

Janneke van Asperen studied art history at the University of Amsterdam, The New School in New York, and The Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She specialized in visual art from the early modern period. She previously worked in the art market, at the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

See the full press release (in Dutch) here