The Charterhouse of Bruges : Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan vos / Emma Capron with Maryan Ainsworth, Till-Holger Borchert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capron, Emma, author.

Ainsworth, Maryan W., author.

Borchert, Till, author.

Contributor:

Frick Collection, issuing body, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Virgin and Child with St. Barbara, St. Elizabeth and Jan Vos--Exhibitions.

Eyck, Jan van.

Christus, Petrus, approximately 1410-1472 or 1473. Exeter Madonna--Exhibitions.

Christus, Petrus.

Vos, Jan, -1462--Art patronage--Exhibitions.

Vos, Jan.

Art patronage--Belgium--Bruges--History--15th century--Exhibitions.

Art patronage.

Painting, Flemish--Belgium--Bruges--15th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Flemish.

Christian art and symbolism--Belgium--Bruges--Medieval, 500-1500--Exhibitions.

Christian art and symbolism.

Christian art and symbolism--Medieval.

History.

Belgium--Bruges.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles (chiefly color), map ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan vos

Place of Publication:

New York : The Frick Collection ; London : D Giles Limited, [2018]

Summary:

"At the heart of the exhibition is the reunion--for the first time in more than twenty years and the second time in their history--of the Exeter Madonna and the Frick Virgin, Jan Vos's two surviving commissions. Complementing them will be a selection of objects that place them in their rich context. Leaving questions of attribution aside, the exhibition will focus on the works' patronage, function, reception, and spiritual environment."

"This book celebrates the reunion-- for the first time in twenty-four years and only the second time in their history--of two masterpieces of early Netherlandish painting commissioned by the Carthusian monk Jan Vos during his tenure as prior of the Charterhouse of Bruges in the 1440s: The Frick Collection's Virgin and Child with St. Barbara, St. Elizabeth, and Jan Vos, commissioned from Jan van Eyck and completed by his workshop; and the Gemäldegalerie's Virgin and Child with St. Barbara and Jan Vos, painted by Petrus Christus. These panels are examined with a selection of objects that place them for the first time in the rich Carthusian context for which they were created. Drawing on recent technical examination and new archival research, this volume explores the panels' creation, patronage, and function in their rich Carthusian context. The Carthusian order was one of the most austere strands of late medieval monasticism. In apparent contradiction to this asceticism, Carthusian monasteries became remarkable repositories of art, a material accumulation often attributed to lay patronage. However this explanation overlooks the ways in which the Carthusians themselves commissioned and used images for their daily devotions and liturgy, as well as their commemoration. The story of Jan Vos and his patronage of Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus fundamentally informs our understanding of the role played by images in shaping monastic life and funerary strategies in late medieval Europe."--from Front Jacket Flap

Contents:

Director's Foreword

Paintings, prayers, and salvation: the Jan Vos Virgins in context / by Emma Capron

Attribution mysteries of the Virgin and Child with St. Barbara, St. Elizabeth, and Jan Vos / by Maryan W. Ainsworth

Being there: Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus in Bruges / by Till-Holger Borchert

Collecting Jan van Eyck from Europe to America / by Emma Capron

Checklist of the exhibition

Appendices

Bibliography

Index

Photo Credits.

Notes:

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan Van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan Vos on view at The Frick Collection from September 18, 2018, to January 13, 2019." -- t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-157) and index.

Contains:

Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Paintings. Selections

Christus, Petrus, approximately 1410-1472 or 1473. Paintings. Selections

ISBN:

9781911282198

1911282190

9780912114729

091211472X

OCLC:

1020293807