From Memling to Rubens: The Golden Age of Flanders
23/04/2021 – 28/11/2021
Kadriorg Art Museum
Adult: Kadriorg Art Museum
€12
Family: Kadriorg Art Museum
€24
Discount: Kadriorg Art Museum
€8
Adult ticket with donation: Art Museum of Estonia
€20
Peter Paul Rubens. A Sailor and Woman Embracing. Ca 1614–1615. The Phoebus Foundation
Exhibition
From Memling to Rubens: The Golden Age of Flanders
The magnificent exhibition introduces the abundant 15th‒17th century Flemish art collection of The Phoebus Foundation, and provides an overview of the versatility of the Belgian art culture of the time. The display juxtaposes the long tradition of religious art and portraits reflecting the importance and rising self-awareness of the individual with moralising satire and political comments. The richness and curiosity of the era is reflected in the art cabinet, and new discoveries and the spreading of knowledge are the goals of the print cabinet.
The display includes portrayals of the cultural and political elite of the time, as well as of the famous court jester Elisabeth, and valuable masterpieces by outstanding artists, including Hans Memling, Catharina van Hemessen, Frans Floris, Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck.
The 15th-17th centuries formed a period of economic and cultural prosperity in Flanders (nowadays the northern part of Belgium), well exemplified by the preserved artistic heritage. The mission of the privately owned The Phoebus Foundation is to preserve that heritage and introduce it to wider audiences around the globe.
Curator: Dr. Katharina Van Cauteren (The Phoebus Foundation) Cocurator: Greta Koppel (Art Museum of Estonia) Coordinator: Niels Schalley (The Phoebus Foundation)
Hans Memling (ca 1435–1494) and workshop. Birth of Christ. Ca 1480. Oil on panel. The Phoebus Foundation
Jan Gossaert (ca 1478-1532). Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. Ca 1520. Oil on panel. The Phoebus Foundation
Jan van Hemessen (ca 1500-1556/1557). Portrait of Elisabeth, Court Jester of Anne of Hungary. Ca 1520. Oil on panel. The Phoebus Foundation
Joos van Cleve (ca 1485-1540/1541). Portrait of a Man Wearing a Bonnet. Ca 1530. Oil on panel. The Phoebus Foundation
Jan Massijs (1509-1575). Riddle: The world feeds a lot of fools. Ca 1530. Oil on panel. The Phoebus Foundation
Osias Beert (1580-1623). Flowers in a German tigerware vase. Ca 1610. Oil on panel. The Phoebus Foundation
Peter Paul Rubens (1557-1640). Sailor and Woman Embracing. Ca 1614-1615. Oil on panel. The Phoebus Foundation
Gillis van Tilborgh (1615-1675). An elegant interior with twelve gentlemen surrounded by the paintings with a game of backgammon at the centre. Ca 1661. Oil on canvas. The Phoebus Foundation
Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). Portrait of Hendrick Liberti, organist of the Antwerp Cathedral. Ca 1627–1637. Oil on canvas. The Phoebus Foundation
Daniel Seghers (1590-1661). Roses, Tulips and Narcissi in a Glass Vase. Ca 1630-1640. Oil on copper. The Phoebus Foundation
Michaelina Wautier (1604–1689). To Everyone His Fancy. Ca 1650. Oil on canvas. The Phoebus Foundation
Nicolaes Visscher II (1618–1709) & Hessel Gerritsz (1580/1591–1632). Leo Belgicus. 1656. Engraving (coloured). The Phoebus Foundation
Johannes Stradanus (1523–1605). Invention of Oil Painting. Sheet from the set of 20 prints Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times). Ca 1590. Engraving. The Phoebus Foundations
Jan Brueghel I (1568–1625). Landscape with a Mill. Ca 1611. Oil on panel. The Phoebus Foundation
Frans Verbeeck (active 1531–1570). Mocking of Human Follies. Ca 1550. Oil on canvas. The Phoebus Foundation
