World Culture: Exhibition “Under the Sign of Rubens. Flemish Painting of the XVII Century from Museums and Private Collections of Russia” opened in Podmoskovye

The exhibition Under the Sign of Rubens. Flemish Painting of the XVII Century from Museums and Private Collections of Russia has opened in the New Jerusalem Museum and Exhibition Complex (Moscow Region).

It presents 67 iconic paintings by famous masters of the heyday of Flemish art. The key image of the exposition is the work of Peter Paul Rubens, never exhibited in Russia before, whose figure and art became the semantic centre of the entire project.

The exhibition features paintings from the workshops of the main artists of the Flemish school: Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Frans Snyders, Jan Brueghel the Elder, David Teniers the Younger and Peter Paul Rubens himself, as well as extremely rare pieces by authors whose artistic heritage is counted today in single copies. For example, visitors will have an opportunity to see the only signed work of the female artist of that period, Johanna Vergouwen.

The project brought together works from 9 museums, including the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, the Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum, the Arkhangelskoye Museum-Estate, the Voronezh Regional Art Museum, the Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum, the Tula Museum of Fine Arts, the Uglich State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum, the Yaroslvl Art Museum and the New Jerusalem State and Art Museum.

Paintings from the private collections of Vladimir Nekrasov, Valeria and Konstantin Mauergauz, Dmitry Gabriyan, Alexey Syomin, and the ‘Art Centre. Moscow’ Gallery became an undeniable gem of the display.

An important part of the exhibition is two works by Peter Paul Rubens from a private collection, presented to the public for the first time. These are characteristic examples of Flemish painting of the first half of the XVII century. The Coronation of Roxana by Alexander the Great from the collection of Vladimir Nekrasov illustrates a scene popular in classical Western European art. The painting French King Henry IV uses a happy opportunity to conclude peace was supposed to be a part of a series to decorate the east wing of the Luxembourg Palace in Paris.

The exhibition will run until May 14, 2023.