[MR] Exhibit in DC of Netherlandish diptychs

[MaddNancy at aol.com]

Might be of interest:

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Premiering at the National Gallery  of Art, Washington, Prayers and
Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish  Diptych is the first exhibition to
focus on Netherlandish diptychs, among the  most beautiful and intriguing
paintings of the 15th and 16th centuries. On  view from November 12, 2006,
through February 4, 2007, the exhibition will  present 36 pairs of paintings,
reuniting some panels that have been separated  for centuries, with 23 pairs
on loan in the United States for the first  time.  After closing in
Washington, the exhibition will travel to the  only other venue worldwide:
the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in  Antwerp, from March 3 through
May 27, 2007.

The diptych-a popular art  form in a dynamic hub of art and commerce that
includes areas that are now  known as parts of present-day Flanders, Belgium,
Holland, Luxembourg, and  France-consists of two hinged panels that open and
close like a book.   Often small and depicting religious images as well as
portraits of donors,  the diptychs were painted by such Renaissance masters
such as Jan van Eyck,  Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, and Rogier van der
Weyden. 

The  exhibition was made possible by the Homeland Foundation, Inc.

Additional  support is provided by the Flemish government.

The exhibition is  supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the
Arts and the  Humanities.

Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych  was organized by
the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Koninklijk  Museum voor
Schone Kunstsen, Antwerp, in association with the Harvard  University Art
Museums,  Cambridge.

http://www.nga.gov/press/exh/203/index.shtm