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UNE AFFAIRE DE FAMILLE

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Joyful dances and colours, lively scenes of the beautiful Flemish countryside, art history and masterpieces: our next exhibition dedicated to the illustrious family of painters is a treat!

With grace and delicacy, Jan van Kessel invites us to a wonderful feast in this banketje. From one painting to another, without ever repeating himself, Jan van Kessel charmed the art-lovers of his time with this free and enamelled touch which characterises his work. The finesse of the execution and the chromatic harmonies all contribute to the success of this work: the warm and vibrant colours of the fruit and the sober arrangement make this banketje a particularly appealing and precious work.

Indeed, Jan van Kessel was specialised in painting animals, birds, batrachians and insects, which he especially featured in his paintings of the four corners of the world (Cambridge, Madrid, Prague and Strasbourg), allegories, fables and very small-sized works for cabinet rooms. Jan van Kessel was also one of the century’s most brilliant floral painters. His roses, often pink in colour, or tulips, were finely detailed and arranged in loose bouquets. This subtle attention to detail can be seen in his still lifes of fruit and in the way he depicts objects in his paintings: dishes, baskets, vases. The charm of his delicately and precisely painted compositions, as well as the bright, strong tones of his colours make Jan van Kessel one of the most endearing and valued Flemish painters.

⎮ Brueghel, A Family Affair
⊳ September 29 - November 19, 2021
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Jan van Kessel (1626-1679)
Banketje’ with ‘kraak’ china bowls, containing raspberries and brambles, flowers in a bronze vase, chaffinch and butterfly
Oil on copper
16,4 x 21,9 cm

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Last day at @Friezeofficial Masters 2021 and last

Last day at @Friezeofficial Masters 2021 and last chance to visit us on our booth A1!

Take your chance to discover our very special collection of Old and Modern Masters, it’s always a pleasure to share our passion with you.

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⊳ October 13 – 17, 2021

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Flemish painters took advantage of the vagueness b

Flemish painters took advantage of the vagueness behind the portrayal of the deadly sins to create masterpieces showing their own view. Here, Jan Mandjin’s fantastical interpretation is inspired by the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Enjoy it until tomorrow at @FriezeOfficial.

This entire work is designed to personify and materialise the multiple forms the sin of pride. The allegorical figure in the center personifies the vice of pride by looking in a mirror. This gesture heavy with meaning appears in the foreground where two small monsters admire their reflection. Her luxurious clothing and the peacock on display expose another form of pride, that of paying too much attention to one’s appearance.

It is interesting to note that the central figure’s clothes aren’t from a fantasy world, unlike the rest of the painting. On the right-hand side of the work, there is an other touch of reality : in a scene at a barber’s shop, which clearly exposes coquetry.
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JAN MANDIJN, Attributed to
Haarlem 1502 - Antwerp 1560
Allegory of pride
Panel 21 x 30,5 cm

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⊳ Until October 17, 2021
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It is great to be back at Frieze Masters in London

It is great to be back at Frieze Masters in London, and to have the chance to meet in person.

We are showing a large selection of Old Masters and modern works – and we’d like to take this opportunity to tell you about some of the highlights.

Visit our booth A1 where there are some splendid pieces by Paul Delvaux, Osias Beert the Younger, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Frans Francken, Teniers, Grimmer, Lucio Fontana and Alexander Calder, among others. We will be very glad to see you here until Sunday, October 17th

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⊳ October 13 – 17, 2021

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It is a pleasure to be part of @FriezeOfficial onc

It is a pleasure to be part of @FriezeOfficial once again! At long last the fair is a real-world event, and meets all our expectations.

We are glad to participate because the buzz of Frieze, the uniquely chic atmosphere generated by the clientele, is what makes the event so special.

Visit our booth A1 to view our fine curation of Old and Modern Masters paintings until Sunday, October 17th.

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⊳ October 13 – 17, 2021

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Today is the grand opening of @FriezeOfficial, and

Today is the grand opening of @FriezeOfficial, and we are thrilled to welcome you and present our selection of flemish painters highlights!

During the 16th century, a market of small devotional paintings gains importance in Bruges and Antwerp. This ‘Lamentation’ from the workshop of Massys is a strong example of this context of private worship. The paintings were all based on prototypes and studios built up a stock of the most popular subjects rather than painting them to order. The tension emanating from the Virgin and the tender swaying of Christ’s arm, as they pose cheek to cheek, leans towards ‘thrênos’, a Byzantine legacy and pathetic formula already known in Italian painting from the Duecento and trecento.

Our ‘Lamentation’ features among the more tender and intimate. The freshness of the bluish palette and the softness of the contouring make this a work of maternal sensitivity. The subtle device introduced by the painter, using a false parapet to support the dead Christ’s arm, helps to add depth to the composition and a feeling of immediacy.
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QUENTIN MASSYS, Workshop of
Antwerp or Leuven 1465/66 - Antwerp 1530
The Lamentation
Panel 18 x 13 cm

| Frieze Masters
⊳ October 13 – 17, 2021
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Wednesday is the official opening of @FriezeMaster

Wednesday is the official opening of @FriezeMasters 2021!

We are working hard to present an appealing booth.
We are looking forward to welcome you amongst our selection of flemish painters highlights!

| Frieze Masters
⊳ October 13 – 17, 2021
⊳ Buy your tickets now on the Frieze Masters website

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6 days left before the beginning of @FriezeOfficia

6 days left before the beginning of @FriezeOfficial from October 13 to 17!

Once again, our gallery is delighted to announce our participation in Frieze Masters. We will present, among other masterpieces, this pair of panels from Jan Brueghel The Younger on this occasion.

The 'Allegories of Taste and Hearing’ are the result of a free reinterpretation of Jan the Elder and Rubens’ famous compositions. Jan the Younger decides to revive this emblematic genre around 1640 by illustrating interiors. While the iconography of the allegory of the five senses can be associated with the High Middle Ages, the painter invites us into a resolutely modern setting here: the collector’s cabinet. These cabinets of curiosities are spaces where ‘curiositas’ are displayed by their owners, thus placing them in the upper strata of society from an intellectual and political point of view.

The beauty, the freshness of their condition, the abundance of details, and the fact that the pair has not been separated make these paintings really extraordinary.
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Jan Brueghel The Younger
1601 - Antwerp 1678
Allegory of taste/Allegory of hearing
Pair of panels, 53 x 88 cm

| Frieze Masters
⊳ October 13 – 17, 2021
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We have been looking forward to October for some t

We have been looking forward to October for some time, because this is the month in which we launch our completely revamped website. It goes live today. Do please take a look at it here.

The site is still the gateway to the gallery, a shop window filled with fine art. But we have aimed to make it more engaging and easier to explore. There is all the information you would expect about the gallery, its story, its achievements and its goals. The artists’ page contains information about many of the masters whose works passed through our hands, with a educational approach to each of them.

We are particularly excited about the innovative Virtual gallery, where we will be staging a changing roster of exhibitions throughout the year. It’s an entirely new way of presenting some of the great art that we have acquired. We see it as a kind of third space, one that complements the real-world gallery in Geneva and the numerous art fairs.

Also in the real world, Frieze Masters is just around the corner. We will be there in London – and are full of anticipation at the thought of meeting people face-to-face once more. If you are going to be in London too, we would be delighted to show you the works we have selected for the fair. Be in touch and we’ll see you at our usual booth A1.

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An exciting delivery at the gallery today! It ha

An exciting delivery at the gallery today!

It has been a huge task to do all the research, establish attribution, complete the delicate cleaning and restore the works to prepare this publication. We thrive to garner the best scholarly views on a work, provide context and background to paintings or groups of paintings, create a panoramic overview of an era or an artist. Sometimes, we make entirely fresh art-historical discoveries!

Nothing is more important to us than making this research accessible to the art-loving public. If we have revealed some content here on Instagram, the catalogue in itself is made of fascinating essays about some real treasures we have acquired.

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Alice is opening the door today and waiting for yo

Alice is opening the door today and waiting for your visit!
The gallery is exceptionally opened for Art en Vieille Ville. Take this opportunity to discover our latest exhibition Brueghel, a family affair.

We are presenting a selection of 12 masterpieces specially brought together for the occasion. They highlight the artistic heritage as well as the various, sometimes poorly known, family ties that linked these famous figures of early Flemish painting.

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September was a busy month all around at the galle

September was a busy month all around at the gallery! As well as a new catalogue coming out soon, we are updating our website.

After months of work, this process will enable us to provide old friends of the gallery and new clients with a clearer and more enjoyable experience when they visit us online. The pandemic year has given us the opportunity to digitize our work even more, so we can stay close in times such as these.

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Let the show begin! The opening of our exhibition

Let the show begin! The opening of our exhibition ‘Brueghel, A Family Affair’ takes place tonight at 4pm.

We are pleased to present an original pictorial journey highlighting the artistic heritage of this illustrious dynasty of painters. Learn more about the various, sometimes poorly known, family ties that linked these famous figures of early Flemish painting.

Never ceasing to be challenging, inspiring and eye-opening, our work has enabled us to put together this stunning reunion of great Flemish masters. It brings us great joy to share them with you this fall.

⎮ Brueghel, A Family Affair
⊳ From September 29 - November 2021
Geneva

JAN BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER
1601 – Antwerp – 1678
View of a village with castle below, in a panoramic landscape
The back of the panel bears the stamp of the city of Antwerp
Panel
52 x 80.5 cm

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Do you know how many generations of artists compos

Do you know how many generations of artists compose the Brueghel family?

No less than 5! Artistic filiation seems to have been the order of the day, thus constituting a true dynasty of painters. This striking masterpiece by Pieter Brueghel The Younger is part of our upcoming exhibition, ‘Brueghel, A Family Affair’.

This original painting by Pieter Brueghel II, of which there are eight other versions, is a very fine example of this painter’s art. And for once, he chooses a house as his focal point. Considering the size of the building, we could almost call it a “portrait of a house”, as Klaus Ertz says at page 832 of “Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere. Die Gemälde mit kritischem Œuvrekatalog (2000). Indeed, the figures have been relegated to the middle distance and are relatively small compared with the artist’s usual scenes. As well as several small groups of figures going about their business, the painter has included a number of animals that also help to animate the scene.

There is a subtle harmony of colours in L’Auberge St. Michel as well as a mastery of the space giving the painting a sense of airiness despite the presence of numerous details. The painting has very few straight lines and even the tree trunks are sinuous. This use of curves is particular to the artist’s late period, where he freed himself from his father’s style and moved towards more joyful and less rigid portrayals. In addition, the painter adopted the signature P. BREVGHEL as of 1616, reversing the V and the E, marking the beginning of a new era in his career. The painting is therefore characteristic of his mature output.

⎮ Brueghel, A Family Affair
⊳ September 29 - November 19, 2021
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Pieter Brueghel The Younger
The St. Michel Inn, 1619
Signed P. BREVGHEL, dated 1619
Panel
50.8 x 66.7 cm

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Discover this masterpiece by Philippe de Marlier,

Discover this masterpiece by Philippe de Marlier, featured in our forthcoming catalogue.

Paintings presenting only one variety of flower are rare indeed. Philippe de Marlier, a radical innovator, has created here a sensitive and sophisticated work, of botanical precision, symbolic strength and decorative prestige.

Carnations commonly symbolise marital fidelity as well as the victory of sacred love in the divine world. They are particularly used for engagements. In 15th-century portraits of brides and grooms, the man can be seen delicately slipping one between his fingers. During the 16th century, in the wife’s delicate hands, they symbolise fidelity and lasting marital love. Is it for the duration of the flowering season, from May to September, or for the sweetness of its perfume?

As for the glass vase containing the bouquet, it refers to virginal purity, and to the glass vases containing anointing oils or holy water. Owing to these characteristics, it is very likely that the painting was commissioned from Philippe de Marlier for an engagement.
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Philippe de Marlier
circa 1600 – Antwerp – circa 1668
Bouquet of Carnations in a Glass Vase, 1639
45×34cm

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