Join us for an expert meeting at The Nivaagaard Collection in Nivå, Denmark, to celebrate the opening of the highly anticipated focus exhibition, Rembrandt Reunited.

This event marks the first time in over two centuries that Rembrandt's 'Portrait of a 39-year-old Woman' from The Nivaagaard Collection and its speculated counterpart, the 'Portrait of a 40-year-old Man' from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, will be displayed together.

Research by an international team of art historians and technical experts has focused on the question whether these masterpieces are pendant portraits. Now, we invite the academic community to review the results of new technical and art historical investigation in both works, and for the first time examine these portraits side by side. We anticipate engaging dialogue in front of the paintings in the gallery.

Speakers include Angela Jager (RKD) and Jørgen Wadum (Nivaagaard/WATS), the project leaders, and the members from the research team, Silvia Centeno and Doherty Mahon (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Aoife Daly (Dendro.dk), Gianluca Pastorelli (Statens Museum for Kunst) and Camilla Perondi (Art +Image). Keynote lectures are provided by Petria Noble (Rijksmuseum) and Jaap van der Veen (Independent Scholar).

Please register by emailing jwnivaagaard.dk with your name, title and affiliation before 15 August 2024. Kindly note that the meeting is free of charge. We look forward to your participation.

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// Programme

Monday, 2 September 2024

9.30 – 10.00 I Coffee & registration
10.00 – 10.10 I Welcome by Andrea Rygg Karberg
10.10 – 10.20 I Angela Jager & Jørgen Wadum: Overview research questions and approach
10.20 – 10.50 I First visit to the exhibition Rembrandt Reunited
10.50 – 11.30 I Beyond the Naked Eye: technical aspects of Rembrandt's portraits from the early
1630s, lecture by Petria Noble, Researcher Rembrandt Paintings, Rijksmuseum
11.30 – 12.15 I Technical Research, moderated by Jørgen Wadum - Mx-xrf analysis and MSI by
Doherty Mahon & Silvia Centeno, The MET, Gianluca Pastorelli, CATS at SMK,
and Camilla Perondi, Independent Rearcher Art +Image - Dendrochronological
comparisons by Aoife Daly, Independent researcher Dendro.dk
12.15 – 12.30 I Discussion
12.20 – 13.30 I Lunch
13.30 – 14.10 I Seeking the sitters, lecture by Jaap van der Veen, Independent researcher,
Amsterdam
14.10 – 14.30 I Provenance and archival research by Angela Jager
14.30 – 14.45 I Discussion
14.45 – 15.10 I Second visit to the exhibition Rembrandt Reunited
15.10 – 15.40 I Coffee break
15.40 – 16.00 I Concluding discussion in front of the paintings in the gallery on the question:
Rembrandt pendants – or not?
16.00 – 16.15 I Short presentation of the forthcoming collection catalogue Angela Jager &
Jørgen Wadum
16.15 – 17.00 I Visit to The Nivaagaard collection
17.00 – 19.00 I Drinks and Farewell

The full programme and further information can be downloaded here: https://nivaagaard.dk/en/aktuelt-forskningsprojekt/