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21/6/2004

Flemish Baroque

Alte Pinakothek, Munich

for Neuburg Palace

With works from its collection, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collection) will open a further branch gallery in the Residence Palace in Neuburg a.d. Donau in spring 2005. The approximately 120 paintings will be devoted exclusively to Flemish Baroque painting. Before the paintings leave Munich permanently, the most important works will be on public exhibit one last time in Munich.

The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen contains the largest collection in the world from this school of painting. 170 of these masterpieces are on exhibit in the Alte Pinakothek, with the world-famous Rubens collection at the heart of the works group.

These extraordinary riches are primarily due to the efforts of two passionate Wittelsbach collectors from the end of the 17th / beginning of the 18th century: Max Emmanuel, Prince Elector of Bavaria in Munich and Johann Wilhelm, Prince Elector of the Palatinate-Neuburg in Düsseldorf, whose grandfather, Wolfgang Wilhelm of the Palatinate-Neuburg had already commissioned altar paintings for the court chapel in Neuburg directly from Rubens: "The Great Last Judgement" for the main altar, as well as the works "Adoration of the Shepherds" and the "The Descending of the Holy Spirit" for the side altars. While "The Great Last Judgement" has always belonged to the displayed permanent collection of the Alte Pinakothek, both side altar paintings have remained practically hidden from the general public since the Second World War – as have numerous works from other Flemish masters.

Consequently, plans were made long ago to exhibit these two important Rubens works at their original location and make them freely accessible.

These paintings, which were brought to Neuburg in 1620 and about which information exists concerning their execution and remuneration through extensive correspondence between Rubens and Wolfgang Wilhem, will have a central place in the Neuburg Gallery. Aside from these works, six additional paintings from Rubens and his studio are part of the works intended for Neuburg.

Beside Rubens, the two other outstanding Antwerp painters of the time were Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens; both worked in their early years in Rubens' studio, subsequently developing their own unmistakable style that is apparent in their history paintings and portraits.

In Antwerp, all fields of painting were cultivated: history, portrait, landscape, still life, hunting scenes, and genre works. Each will be shown in important examples from the best representatives of their respective field, including Hendrik van Balen, Jan Cossiers, Frans Francken the Younger, Frans Snyders, David Teniers, Paul de Vos and Jan Wildens.

The ever-popular Jan Brueghel the Elder, son of the "peasant painter Brueghel," will be represented in the selection of works by his small but precious copper panels with a series of first-rate landscapes as well as splendid season allegories from 1616.

A contrast to the works that were primarily executed in Antwerp and under Rubens’ influence, constitute a group of French-influenced paintings from the Lüttich school of which the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen has the largest collection in the world. Outstanding large-scale works, mostly from the painter Gérard Douffet, will be publicly displayed for the first time in several decades, including his major works "Pope Nicholas V at the Tomb of St. Francis of Assissi" from 1627 and "Empress Helena and the Raising of the Cross" from 1624.

Around one-third of the selection intended for Neuburg were part of, before the war, the Alte Pinakothek's permanent presentation; others belonged to various branch galleries. Most of the paintings have been especially restored and will be displayed, in their new splendour, in the Alte Pinakothek.

June 23 – Sept. 5, 2004

Press preview: June 22, 2004 11.00 a.m.

Guided tour series "Rubens and the Flemish Baroque"

07.09 | 03.00 p.m.: Heaven and Hell for Neuburg a. d. Donau: The 'Great Last Judgement' from Peter Paul Rubens
07.30 | 03.00 p.m.: Devotional paintings by Rubens
08.06 | 03.00 p.m.: Rubens and the baroque figurative style
08.17 | 06.30 p.m.: Portraits and head studies by van Dyck and Rubens
08.20 | 03.00 p.m.: The splendour and exoticism of Flemish animal motifs
08.31 | 06.30 p.m.: Altars for Bavaria – Rubens for Neuburg
09.03 | 03.00 p.m.: Flemish Baroque for Neuburg Palace

Background information
Art historian Uta Piereth and restorer Alexandra van Aaken will take a close look at and discuss Theo van Tuldens' "Joseph in a Garland of Flowers." The painting was recently restored for the branch gallery in Neuburg a.d. Donau.
07.10 | 02.30 p.m.

Image:
Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen: Apotheosis of Aeneas
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

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Press Information:
Tine Nehler, Press | Public Relations

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