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From Bruegel to Rubens: Netherlandish and Flemish Drawings

February 11 through April 30, 2000

Surveying the finest Northern European drawings in the Morgan's collections, From Bruegel to Rubens: Netherlandish and Flemish Drawings featured over one hundred works spanning the Gothic through the Flemish Baroque periods. A small selection of drawings by artists working in the tradition of Jan van Eyck (ca. 1390–1441) and Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440–1482) was also included.

Focal points of the exhibition included drawings by Roelandt Savery (ca. 1576–1639), Jacob Hoefnagel (1575–ca. 1630), and other sixteenth-century artists, as well as a large group of drawings by such Dutch Mannerists as Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617), Jacques de Gheyn (1565–1629), and Abraham Bloemaert (1564–1651). Later artists represented included Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), and Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678). A small selection of related illuminated manuscripts and rare books was also on display along with several small art objects of the period.

Support for this exhibition is provided by Melvin. R. Seiden in honor of Charles Ryskamp. Additional support is provided by the Government of Flanders, supporting Flemish cultural heritage worldwide. Hank Walter contributed special media support.

Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617)
Netherlandish
Young Man Holding a Skull and a Tulip
Pen and brown ink. Signed and dated with monogram: HG / 1614. Lettered in pen and brown ink by the artist, QVIS EVADET / NEMO
18 1/8 x 13 15/16 inches (460 x 354 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910; III, 145

Selected Images

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Angel Blowing a Trumpet, Facing Right , Black chalk, heightened with white, some lines accented in pen and black ink; squared for enlargement in black chalk, Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910 , I, 233
Hendrik Goltzius (1558–1617), Young Man Holding a Skull and a Tulip , 1614, Pen and brown ink, Gift of J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1924 , III, 145
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Seated Male Youth (Study for Daniel) , Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on light gray paper, Gift of J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1924 , I, 232

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525–1569)
Netherlandish
Ice-skaters Near the Saint George Gate, Antwerp
Pen and brown ink, traced for transfer with a stylus
8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (213 x 298 mm)
Private collection, New York

Jan Cossiers (1600–1671)
Flemish
Portrait of the Artist's Son Guilliellemus
Black and red chalk, a few touches of white chalk; some lines strengthened with pen and brown ink. Numbered and inscribed, probably in the artist's hand, at upper left, in brown ink, 21; at upper right, Guilliellemus Cossiers.
10 9/16 x 7 3/16 inches (268 x 183 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910; I, 248