Rare and indispensable : masterpieces from Flemish collections /

Rare and indispensable : masterpieces from Flemish collections /

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Imprint:	Schoten : BAI Publishers, [2023] ©2023
Description:	304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, music ; 31 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Museum aan de Stroom (Antwerp, Belgium) -- Exhibitions. Arts, Flemish -- Exhibitions.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13376454

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Varying Form of Title:	Masterpieces from Flemish collections
Other authors / contributors:	Leysen, Thomas, editor. Beneden, Ben van, editor. Museum aan de Stroom (Antwerp, Belgium), host institution.
ISBN:	9789085868422 9085868424
Notes:	Catalog of an exhibition held at MAS, Museum aan de Stroom, October 31, 2023-February 25, 2024.
Summary:	Magritte, Bacon, Ensor, Moore, Jordaens, Rubens . These are just some of the world-famous names on display at the MAS in autumn 2023. The not-to-be-missed exhibition 'Rare and Indispensable' brings a unique selection of masterpieces from the Flemish masterpiece list. Works of art you would otherwise have to travel all over Flanders to see, or which were never even publicly accessible, can now be temporarily admired in one museum hall. All in honour of the 20th anniversary of the 'Flemish Masterpiece Decree'.00Over twenty museums, large and small, as well as churches, libraries and private collectors, temporarily lend masterpieces from their collections to the MAS. All works are part of the Flemish Masterpiece List or have been acquired by the government since 2003.00Famous paintings by Hugo van der Goes, Rubens, Jordaens, Ensor, Magritte and Bacon, sculptures by Lucas Faydherbe and Henry Moore, as well as precious silver, medieval manuscripts and a rare piece of furniture by Pierre Gole, ébeniste du roi of the French king Louis XIV, can exceptionally be admired in one place at the same time.00Exhibition: MAS, Antwerp, Belgium (31.10.2023 - 25.02.2024).

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Summary:	"Magritte, Bacon, Ensor, Moore, Jordaens, Rubens . These are just some of the world-famous names on display at the MAS in autumn 2023. The not-to-be-missed exhibition Rare and Indispensable brings a unique selection of masterpieces from the Flemish masterpiece list. Works of art you would otherwise have to travel all over Flanders to see, or which were never even publicly accessible, can now be temporarily admired in one museum hall. All in honour of the 20th anniversary of the Flemish Masterpiece Decree.00Over twenty museums, large and small, as well as churches, libraries and private collectors, temporarily lend masterpieces from their collections to the MAS. All works are part of the Flemish Masterpiece List or have been acquired by the government since 2003.00Famous paintings by Hugo van der Goes, Rubens, Jordaens, Ensor, Magritte and Bacon, sculptures by Lucas Faydherbe and Henry Moore, as well as precious silver, medieval manuscripts and a rare piece of furniture by Pierre Gole, ébeniste du roi of the French king Louis XIV, can exceptionally be admired in one place at the same time."--Publisher information.
Item Description:	Catalog of an exhibition held at MAS, Museum aan de Stroom, October 31, 2023-February 25, 2024.
Physical Description:	304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, music ; 31 cm
ISBN:	9789085868422 9085868424