From the sacred to the irreverent, see the exhibition that Artnet News called a “visual buffet.” Visit the Dallas Museum of Art to discover the history and development of art in Flanders during the final presentation of Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks. Organized by the Denver Art Museum in collaboration with The Phoebus Foundation, Saints and Sinners presents more than 130 works of art from the foundation's rich collection of Flemish works that illustrate the remarkable advances in art production that took place in Flanders from the 15th to the 17th century.
This traveling exhibition explores a rich repertoire of subjects that reflect the social changes of the time, while skillfully reflecting the contemporary circumstances surrounding the human condition. This unique presentation of works of art involves visitors in the detailed and sometimes passionate narration of Flemish masters such as Hans Memling and Peter Paul Rubens.
Images: Vanitas: Bust of a Lady, 1688. Catarina Ykens II. Oil paint on panel, 12 1/2 × 12 3/8 in. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp; Rebus: The World Feeds Many Fools, about 1530. Jan Massijs. Oil paint on panel, 20 1/4 × 24 3/8 in. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp; Festival of Monkeys, 1633. David Teniers II. Oil paint on copper, 19 3/4 × 23 3/8 in. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp; Hell, about 1540-1550. Unknown artist (follower of Hieronymus Bosch). Oil paint on panel, 55 5/8 × 45 3/8 in. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp; Serenade, about 1640–1645. Jacob Jordaens. Oil on canvas, 54 1/8 × 70 1/2 in. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp; Figure of Death with a Scythe, about 1600. Unknown artist. Wood, 14 5/8 × 5 7/8 × 3 1/2 in. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp; Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi, about 1530–1540. Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Oil paint on panel, 47 1/4 × 68 1/4 in. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.
Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks is co-organized by the Denver Art Museum and The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp (Belgium).
The exhibition is co-presented by Texas Instruments and PNC Bank and is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Free General Admission to the Dallas Museum of Art is made possible with generous support from the Robert Gerard Pollock Foundation. The Dallas Museum of Art is supported, in part, by the generosity of DMA Members and donors, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture.