Carel Fabritius
International symposium

On the occasion of the exhibition Carel Fabritius: young master painter -
held in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, from 25 September 2004 until 9 January
2005 - the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) and the Mauritshuis
are organizing an international scholarly symposium on this artist,
focussing on new findings and insights emanating from the exhibition.

Location: auditorium of the Royal Library, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5,
The Hague

Programm

Thursday 2 December 2004

Morning session
Chair: Edwin Buijsen (RKD)

9.30 registration, coffee

10.00 welcome by: Rudi Ekkart, director of the RKD

10.10 Frits Duparc (Mauritshuis, The Hague), Introduction to the Exhibition

10.30 Jørgen Wadum (Mauritshuis, The Hague), Technical Aspects of
Fabritius' Paintings

11.15 Volker Manuth (Radboud University, Nijmegen), A Note on Fabritius'
Sentry in Schwerin

11.35 Peter Schatborn (formerly Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Drawings
Attributed to Carel Fabritius

11.55 discussion

12.15 lunch

Afternoon session
Chair: Peter van der Ploeg (Mauritshuis)

14.00 Walter Liedtke (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), Carel
Fabritius and the Delft School

14.45 Ernst van de Wetering (Rembrandt Research Project, Amsterdam), Carel
Fabritius and Rembrandt's Workshop Production

15.30 tea

15.45 Christopher Brown (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford), Reflection on
Fabritius after 20 Years

16.30 discussion

17.00 conclusion of the symposium, followed by a visit to the exhibition
Carel Fabritius in the Mauritshuis and drinks

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Registration:

Registration fee: Euro 50, including lunch, drinks and visit to the
exhibition. For more information and registration send an e-mail to
communicatierkd.nl or see
http://www.rkd.nl

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Hilda Stafleu
Communicatie & Informatie
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) /
Netherlands Institute for Art History
P.O. Box 90418
2509 LK Den Haag

http://www.rkd.nl

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