O caminho para a Van Eyck

Master of Hakendover (active c. 1400, Flanders, Brabant), Penitent St. Peter, c. 1425, Oak, 34.6 x 33.5 x 12 cm., Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Museu Boijmans van Beuningen

Rotterdam

13 de outubro de 2012, 10 fev 2013

Hubert van Eyck, ?-1426, The Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1425, Oil on panel, 72 x 89 cm.

Um tríptico desconhecido que remonta a cerca de seis séculos está incluído em "O caminho para a Van Eyck", composta de mais de 90 obras-primas de origem holandesas, francesas e alemãs de cerca de 1400, e pode ser visto no Museu Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Jan van Eyck (Maaseik?-Bruges 1441), Triptych with the Embalming of the Body of Christ, c. 1410-1420, Middle panel: 31 x 31.9 x 1.9 cm; side panels: 31 x 12.8 cm, Private collection.

An unknown triptych that dates back some six centuries is included in The Road to Van Eyck, comprised of more than 90 masterpieces of Netherlandish, French, and German origin from circa 1400, and can be seen at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. 

Jan van Eyck (Maaseik?-Bruges 1441), Triptych with the Embalming of the Body of Christ, c. 1410-1420, Middle panel: 31 x 31.9 x 1.9 cm, Private collection.

O painel tripartite, que retrata o embalsamento do corpo de Cristo, ladeado por retratos de Santo António e de São João Batista, está sendo emprestado a Roterdão de uma coleção privada italiana para a exposição. "É muito raro que uma pintura totalmente desconhecida a partir deste período deva surgir", diz o curador Friso Lammertse. "É, além disso, de uma qualidade excepcional. O painel do lado direito com João Batista fileiras entre as pinturas mais bonitas holandesa de cerca de 1400 ainda existe."

Jan van Eyck (ca. 1390-ca. 1441), Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy, ca. 1435, Oil on oak, 26 x 20 cm., Staatliche Museen, Berlin).

The tripartite panel, which depicts the embalming of the body of Christ, flanked by portrayals of St Anthony and of John the Baptist, is being loaned to Rotterdam from an Italian private collection for the exhibition. "It is highly unusual that a totally unknown painting from this period should crop up," says curator Friso Lammertse. "It is, moreover, of an exceptionally high quality. The right-hand panel with John the Baptist ranks among the most beautiful Netherlandish paintings from circa 1400 that is still extant."

Jan van Eyck (ca. 1390-ca. 1441), Mass for the Dead, ca. 1424, Tres Belles Heures de Notre-Dame de Jean de Berry (Milan-Turin Hours), folio 116r, Parchment, 28.4 x 20.3 cm., Palazzo Madama, Turin.

O caminho para a Van Eyck lança luz sobre como e por quem Jan van Eyck (Maaseik?, C. 1.390-Bruges 1441), foi inspirado a desenvolver o seu estilo revolucionário, realista. Pinturas de valor inestimável e frágil, esculturas, ourivesaria, miniaturas e desenhos dos artistas mais importantes da Europa, com mestres como Jean Malouel eo Mestre de Santa Verônica ao lado de obras de Jan van Eyck si mesmo, estão reunidos em Roterdão a partir de coleções de todo o EUA e Europa.

Jan van Eyck (Maaseik?-Bruges 1441), The Annunciation, c. 1435, Oil on panel, 93 x 73 cm., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Exhibition The Road to Van Eyck sheds light on how and by whom Jan van Eyck (Maaseik?, c. 1390-Bruges 1441), was inspired to develop his revolutionary, realistic style. Priceless and fragile paintings, sculptures, precious metalwork, miniatures and drawings by the most important European artists, with masters such as Jean Malouel and the Master of Saint Veronica alongside works by Jan van Eyck himself, are being brought together in Rotterdam from collections across the USA and Europe.

France (attributed to Jan Maelwael), Madonna with Child and Angels (Madonna of the Butterllies), c. 1410, oil on linen, 106 x 81 cm., Gamäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.

Este é a primeira e, em vista da fragilidade destas obras, provavelmente a última vez que uma exposição sobre o assunto seja realizada. A apresentação inclui cinco pinturas de Van Eyck, bem como várias miniaturas e desenhos que são atribuídas a ele. Uma das obras vem do Museu Boijmans Van Beuningen, que é a única instituição na Holanda para se vangloriar de um Van Eyck em sua coleção. Outra obra de nossa própria coleção é o famoso Norfolk Triptych, uma obra fundamental do período pré-Eyckian.

Claus de Werve, Two Pleurents from the tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, c. 1406-1410, alabaster, 41 x 12.7 x 15 cm. and 41.7 x 16.6 x 11.7 cm., Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

This is the first and, in view of the fragility of these works, probably the last time that an exhibition on this subject will be staged. The presentation includes five paintings by Van Eyck, as well as several miniatures and drawings that are attributed to him. One of the works comes from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, which is the only institution in the Netherlands to boast a Van Eyck in its collection. Another work from our own collection is the famous Norfolk Triptych, a pivotal work from the pre-Eyckian period.

Claus de Werve, Two Pleurents from the tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, c. 1406-1410, alabaster, 41 x 12.7 x 15 cm. and 41.7 x 16.6 x 11.7 cm., Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

Jan van Eyck (ca. 1390-ca. 1441), Birth of John the Baptist, ca. 1424, Tres Belles Heures de Notre-Dame de Jean de Berry (Milan-Turin Hours), folio 93f, Parchment, 28.4 x 20.3 cm., Palazzo Madama, Turin..

Anonymous, Norfolk Triptych, 1415-1420.

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Restoration of Hubert van Eyck, The Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1425.