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The View from the Water’s Edge: Early Modern Dutch Landscape at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
12:00PM ET
Water transformed the landscape of the newly formed Dutch Republic in the 17th century, shaping the region’s environment alongside its economy, politics, and culture. Central to these developments was the meeting of land and water—the water’s edge—which provided artists with an immeasurable source of inspiration. This talk examines the prints, drawings, and paintings featured in a forthcoming exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art that explores the role of water and landscape in defining the early modern Dutch Republic.
Dr. Lara Yeager-Crasselt is Curator and Department Head of European Painting and Sculpture at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Before joining the BMA in 2022, she served as Curator of The Leiden Collection in New York and Interim Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Clark Art Institute. Dr. Yeager-Crasselt earned her B.A. from Vassar College and her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. She has spoken and published widely on 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art with interests in cross-cultural exchange between the Netherlands and Italy. Her monograph Michael Sweerts (1619-1664): Shaping the Artist and the Academy in Rome and Brussels was published with Brepols in 2016. More recent publications and exhibition projects have focused on the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy, women and letters in Dutch genre painting, and the role of metamorphosis in art, myth, and science. Dr. Yeager-Crasselt also serves as Adjunct Professor in the Museums and Society Program at The Johns Hopkins University.
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