Center for Netherlandish Art to Celebrate Van Dyck's Icarus
May 7 2021
Picture: Van Otterloo Collection
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Center for Netherlandish Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, are running a special program of online lectures to celebrate Van Dyck's Self-Portrait as Icarus with Daedalus. The painting, dating to 1618, is a promised gift from the Van Otterloo Collection to the gallery.
The program of lectures will be broadcast online on 8th July 2021 12.00pm - 13.30pm EDT.
Here's the program in full:
Opening remarks: Yves Wantens, General Delegate of Flanders to the USA
Introduction to the art of Anthony van Dyck at the MFA: Christopher Atkins, Van Otterloo-Weatherbie Director, Center for Netherlandish Art
In-depth investigation of Anthony van Dyck’s Self-portrait as Icarus: Katlijne Van der Stighelen, professor of Early Modern Art History, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium
Icarus as a subject in Flemish art, from Bruegel to Van Dyck and beyond: Larry Silver, James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania
Roundtable conversation: Moderated by Antien Knaap, assistant curator, Art of Europe, MFA
