The Legacies of Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt

A Symposium in Conjunction with

The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Friday, November 2, 2007, 1:00 to 4:00pm

Rooms C201/202
The Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
(between 34th and 35th Streets)

Program

Welcome: Barbara G. Lane, Professor of Art History, Queens College and The
Graduate Center, City University of New York

Moderator: Christopher D.M. Atkins, Assistant Professor of Art History,
Queens College, City University of New York

Speakers:

Walter A. Liedtke, Curator of Euroean Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of
Art

"Introduction: Dutch Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt in The Metropolitan
Museum of Art"
Christopher D.M. Atkins

"Frans Hals's Modernity"
Catherine E. Scallen, Associate Professor of Art History, Case Western
Reserve University

"America's Rembrandt"
H. Perry Chapman, Professor of Art History, University of Delaware

"Romancing the Painting: Bruegel, Vermeer, and Art History Fiction"
Respondent: Mariët Westermann, Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director and
Professor of Fine Arts, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and
Vice Chancellor, New York University

A reception will follow in the Art History Department Student Lounge, Room
3408

This symposium is sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in Art History and the
Renaissance Studies Program at The Graduate Center, and funded by the John
Rewald Endowment, the Leonard J. Slatkes Symposium Fund, and The Center for
the Humanities at The Graduate Center.

Admission to the Symposium is free, but space is limited. For reservations,
please contact Rosemary Ramsey (rramseygc.cuny.edu). Unreserved seating
cannot be guaranteed.

Symposium Coordinators: Christopher D.M. Atkins and Barbara G. Lane