Milan, November 26-30, 2019
Through the exclusive availability of a sumptuous painting by Van Dyck, a series of four reserved meetings titled “The Flemish, from Nature to Portraiture” was organized. The aim was to illustrate the ability of Flemish artists to produce an original and distinctive genre of painting, capable of marking from the 15th to the 17th century a universal stylistic reference in the representation of religious subjects, still life, and aristocratic portraiture. The format of the initiative – specifically designed with the support of Professors Cottino and Ferrari – made it possible to represent the extraordinary artistic vitality of painters who, from the Renaissance (Van Eyck, Bosch, Brueghel) to the entire seventeenth century (Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens, Van Dyck), enjoyed the support of a wealthy merchant and aristocratic clientele through a long and particularly complex historical period in terms of politics and religion.
