Organized by the Dutch University Institute for Art History in Florence (NIKI) and the Department of Art History of Radboud University in Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
Although Michelangelo’s Madonna with Child in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges is admired by approximately 1 million visitors each year, research into the history and the reception of this masterpiece is rare. Unlike many other sculptures by Michelangelo, the Madonna with Child in Bruges has not played a significant role in the recent literature on the great Renaissance master. Acquired by Jan de Mouscron, an affluent merchant from Bruges, the Madonna can be dated to the years immediately before 1506 when she was shipped to Flanders. Apart from two of the Slaves for the tomb of Julius II which came to France in around 1550 (Paris, Louvre), the Madonna with Child is the only one of the artist’s sculptures to leave Italy during his lifetime.
The Conference is jointly organized by the Dutch University Institute for Art History in Florence and the Department of Art History of Radboud University in Nijmegen (The Netherlands), and will focus on different aspects of Michelangelo’s Bruges Madonna. In the lectures questions of the genesis of Michelangelo’s sculpture, its acquisition as well as its devotional context in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges and the impression the image made on contemporary and younger artists both in and outside the Netherlands will be addressed.
The conference ‘Michelangelo’s Madonna and Child in Bruges – Context and Reception’ is open to all students, scholars and others interested in the fine arts.
The results of the conference will be published. If you are interested in ordering the book once published (estimated price €25,-), you can make your interest known on the above mentioned website.
Conference Programme
10:00
Introduction
Dr. Michael W. Kwakkelstein, director (Dutch University Institute for Art History and Utrecht University)
Morning sessions. Moderator: Prof. dr. Volker Manuth
10:15
From Florence to Flanders: on the Origin and Early Wanderings of the Bruges Madonna
Dr. Bram de Klerck (Radboud University Nijmegen)
11:00
Business, Church and Art: the Mouscron Family of Bruges
Prof. dr. Jos Koldeweij (Radboud University Nijmegen)
11:45
Michelangelo’s Bruges Madonna and Religious Sculpture circa 1500
Dr. Joost Keizer (Columbia University, New York)
12:30
Michelangelo and Primaticcio: a Christ Child and a Putto
Sophie Goldhagen (Radboud University Nijmegen)
13:00 Lunch break
Afternoon sessions. Moderator: Dr. Bram de Klerck
14:30
Visiting Bruges: Michelangelo’s Madonna in Travel Accounts and Guidebooks, 1500-2000
Myrthe Huijts (Radboud University Nijmegen) in collaboration with Surya Stemerding
15:00
The reception of Michelangelo’s Madonna in Bruges: Variations, Copies and the History of a Mould
Jennik van der Varst (Radboud University Nijmegen) in collaboration with Anna Koldeweij
15:30 Coffee and tea break
15.45
The Reception of the Bruges Madonna in Italy
Prof. dr. Paul Joannides (Cambridge University)
16:30
The reception of the Bruges Madonna in Northern Renaissance and Baroque Painting
Prof. dr. Volker Manuth (Radboud University Nijmegen)
17:15
Discussion
18:00 Drinks
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