Title: Jan Nagel: een 16e-eeuwse meesterschilder = Jan Nagel : a sixteenth-century master /
Authors: Nagel, Jan, -1602.; Abraham, Liesbeth.; Miedema, Hessel, 1929-2019; Putten, Herman van.; Schampers, Karel; Frans Halsmuseum
Publisher: Frans Hals Museum
Year: 2011
Subjects: Nagel, Jan, Exhibitions.; Art, Dutch Exhibitions
Abstract: Jan Nagel is a rather obscure artist. Relatively little of his work has survived - six paintings, four drawings and three prints all told - and biographical details are similarly sparse. The Frans Hals Museum owns one painting, a picture of 'Mary Magdalen', by this elusive character. On her lap is a Bible, on which Nagel has inscribed his name and the date 1592. The painting was restored in 2004. Last year we were surprised and delighted to receive a second painting by Jan Nagel, 'The Flood', as a long-term loan from a private collector. Over the last six months the painting has undergone radical restoration. To mark the restoration of this extraordinary work, the museum is staging a focus exhibition, accompanying this publication. (Exhibition: Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, 22 April - 17 July 2011).