Press release -
Major loan of Rembrandt works to Budapest
Nationalmuseum
has made a major loan of 17th-century Dutch paintings to an
exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. The exhibition opens on 31
October and surveys one of the golden
ages of European culture. The loan comprises some 30 works form the museum’s
prominent collection, among them The
Kitchen Maid by Rembrandt.
31 October the exhibition Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Age opens at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. It is a large-scale exhibition that surveys the period of 17th-century Dutch art, one of the golden ages of European culture. The exhibition is built around Rembrandt, the greatest master of the period, by whom 20 masterpieces will be on display, one of them The Kitchen Maid from Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
The exhibition will showcase over 170 works by some 100 Dutch painters from the 17th-Century. Nationalmuseum has contributed some 30 works from its collection of Dutch paintings. The paintings on loan include artists such as Rembrandt, Judith Leyster, Hendrick Terbrugghen, Johannes Bosschaert och Jan Davidsz. de Heem. The exhibition is a collaboration between Museum of Fine Arts, Nationalmuseum, Rijksmuseum and The Kremer Collection.
With the Nationalmuseum building closed for renovation until 2017, the museum is able to loan out artworks from its collections to a greater extent than usual, both within Sweden and worldwide. Selected pieces from the collections are on display in temporary galleries at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (Konstakademien) in Stockholm and in exhibitions co-produced with regional museums and art galleries across Sweden.
Rembrandt and the Dutch Golden Ageis on show at Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, from 31 October to 15 February 2015. More information at http://www.szepmuveszeti.hu.
Media
contact
Hanna Tottmar, Press Officer Nationalmuseum, hanna.tottmar@nationalmuseum.se, +46 767 23 46 32
Caption
Rembrandt Harmensz. Rijn, The Kitchen Maid. Photo: Åsa Lundén/Nationalmuseum.
Nationalmuseum is Sweden’s premier museum of art and design. The collections comprise older paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art, and applied art and design up to the present day. The museum building is currently under renovation and scheduled to open again in 2017. In the meantime, the museum will continue its activities through collaborations, touring exhibitions and a temporary venue at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Fredsgatan 12, Stockholm. Nationalmuseum collaborates with Svenska Dagbladet, FCB Fältman & Malmén and Grand Hôtel Stockholm. For more information visit www.nationalmuseum.se.
