14 mar 2011

Brukenthal National Museum is the possessor of one of the most valuable collection of Flemish and Dutch painting in this part of Europe.

The exhibition entitled Et in Italia Ego – is presenting 34 works done during 16th to 18th centuries which were also part of the Baron Samuel von Brukenthal original collection. The endeavor aims at illustrating the special interest that Flemish and Dutch painters manifested for the sunny lands of Italy, quintessence of a marry life of leisure in a utopian Arcadia, for which the real Italy became a paradigm/model.

In the late 16th century and more often in the first half of the 17th century, a group of painters coming from the Low Countries were active in Italy, proving to be receptive to the new stylistic models and Italian fashioned images. These painters developed a new kind of landscape, characterized by the light and the colors of the South, by specific relief, city figures, old monuments, ruins, etc, elements assimilated during there stay in the Eternal City. Some of the subjects were inspired by the work of Virgil, implying games and pastoral activities, abundant vegetation and a particular eclairage inducing the effect of idealized atmosphere, all being adapted to the traditional structures of Flemish and Dutch painting.  After their return from Italy, the painters preserved their interest for the above mentioned kind of landscapes and passed them further. Among the most representatives there were: Cornelis van Poelenburg, Guilliam de Heusch, Jan Asselyn, Jan Both, Jan Baptist Weenix, Pieter van Laer and Jan Lingelbach, their works to be admired in the present exhibition.

The exhibition curator, Sanda Marta is presenting the selection for the first time to the general public, the exhibition also introducing paintings that are to be exhibited for the first time.

More info: http://www.brukenthalmuseum.ro/cms/expo_en_more.php?id=324_0_14_0_M

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