De Mena, Murillo, Zurbarán
Subtitle: Masters of the Spanish Baroque
By: authors, Ruud Priem, Sibylla Goegebuer, Malgorzata Nowara, Gilles Zeimet, Noël Geirnaert ; editor, Musea Brugge, Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg
Contributors: Zeimat, Gilles, author; Mena, Pedro de, 1628-1688; Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban, 1617-1682; Zurbarán, Francisco de, 1598-1664; Musea Brugge; Musée national d'histoire et d'art (Luxembourg)
Publisher: Uitgeverij van de Wiele
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Brugge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9789076297798
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Exhibitions; Art; Spanish influences; Baroque Art; Polychromy; History
Other titles: De Mena, Murillo, Zurbarán.; De Mena, Murillo, Zurbarán. Dutch.; De Mena, Murillo, Zurbarán. German.; De Mena, Murillo, Zurbarán. French.; De Mena, Murillo, Zurbarán. Spanish.
Description: The Sint-Janshospitaal will form the decor for a selection of remarkable Spanish art from the 17th century. In the monumental hospital wards, some 20 works of religious sculpture and painting, full of Spanish passion, will be on display. It is a rare opportunity to become acquainted with some less well-known aspects of Spain's Golden Century. The highlight of the exhibition, in addition to paintings by famous Spanish masters like Murillo and Zurbarán, is a group of five hyper-realistic sculptures by the greatest sculptor of the Spanish Baroque, Pedro de Mena. This project is in collaboration with the Luxemburg Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art.00Exhibition: Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges, Belgium (08.03.-06.10.2019) / MNHA, Luxembourg (24.01.-07.06.2020).
Notes: Published on the occassion of the exhibition De Mena, Murillo, Zurbarán. Masters of the Spanish Baroque; Sint-Janshospitaal, Musea Brugge (MB), Mariastraat 38, B-8000 Bruges, 8 March 2019 - 6 October 2019; Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MNHA), Marché-aux-Poissons, L-2345 Luxembourg, 24 January 2020 - 7 June 2020.

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