Jan Lievens Exhibition
February 7 - April 26, 2009
Milwaukee
Jan Lievens (1607-1674) remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic Dutch artists of the seventeenth century. Daring and innovative as a painter, draughtsman and printmaker, Lievens created a number of memorable character studies, genre scenes, landscapes, formal portraits, and religious and allegorical images that were widely praised and highly valued during his lifetime. Nevertheless, his posthumous reputation has never risen to a level commensurate with the quality of his individual works. This phenomenon is partly explained by the peripatetic character of his career, which began in his native Leiden, but which also included extended stays in London, Antwerp, and Amsterdam, and partly by the range of styles in which he worked. This exhibition will, for the first time, present an overview of the full range of Lievens’ career, one that will allow a needed reassessment of his artistic contribution. It will include about 45 of his finest paintings, drawn from collections in England, Europe, and America, and a select group of his drawings and prints.The exhibition will be organized by Arthur Wheelock, Curator of Northern Baroque Painting at the National Gallery of Art, in conjunction with Laurie Winters, Curator of Earlier European Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Lloyd DeWitt, Lievens scholar and Assistant Curator of European Painting before 1900 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Jan Lievens will be shown at the National Gallery of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam.
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Event Date Detail2/7/2009-4/26/2009 Daily 10am–5pm, Thur until 8pm. (Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day)