Symposium 'From Scribble to Cartoon'

The expo 'From Scribble tot Cartoon. Drawings from Bruegel to Rubens'

From November 17, 2023 through February 18, 2024, the Museum Plantin-Moretus shows the 100 most beautiful old master drawings from Flemish collections. From Scribble to Cartoon: Drawings from Bruegel to Rubens gives an astonishing and representative overview of the art of drawing in our regions in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The exhibition challenges the visitor to look beyond a drawing’s subject and composition to consider how and why it was created and why an artist chose specific materials, techniques, formats and even sizes. It provides a framework to allow visitors to see drawings in the functional context for which they were created. Many works will be exhibited for the very first time.

In conjunction with this current exhibition, the museum organises a Symposium on January 16, 2024. Nine expert on Old Master drawings will present 10 presentations at the Rubenianum in Antwerp. The sumposium will close with a reception at the museum and a visit to the exhibition.

Speakers

• Bieke van der Mark, Research Associate at the Sculpture Department of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.  
  Artus Quellinus the Elder (1609-1668) as a draughtsman 

• Yvonne Bleyerveld, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at the RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History in The Hague and Endowed Professor ‘Art on Paper’ at Leiden University 
  Drawings by Maerten de Vos for a Joyous Entry in Antwerp in 1594. The function and meaning of 74 design drawings with personifications 

• Charlotte Roosen, MA, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven & Curatorial Intern Picture Gallery Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  Tracing artistic growth: Paul de Vos’ still life drawings and the shaping influence of Frans Snijders’ mentorship 

• Stefaan Hautekeete, Curator of the collection Old Master Drawings of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels 
  New insights on the Errera Master and types of landscape drawings in the time of Patinir and Bruegel 

• Abigail Newman, Research Curator, Rubenshuis & Rubenianum, Antwerp
  A new drawing for the Rubenshuis 

• Sirga da la Pisa Carrion, Lecturer Early Modern Art History at Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Madrid
  Peter van Lints drawings in the Print room, a revealing collection of his art 

• Virginie D’haene, Curator of the exhibition From Scribble to Cartoon, and Curator of the Old Master prints and drawings at the Museum Plantin Moretus, Antwerp
  From Scribble to Cartoon. An introduction to the exhibition  
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  A new collection of drawings for the Museum Plantin-Moretus 

• Stijn Alsteens, International Director, Department Old Master Drawings, Christie's, Paris 
  Drawing by Anthony Van Dyck for the “Iconographie” 

• An Van Camp, Christopher Brown Curator of Northern European Art, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford 
  Independent Drawings in the Southern Netherlands 

   

Schedule

Tuesday 16 January 2024

• 9.00 - 9.20u       Registration and coffee service, Rubenianum, Kolveniersstraat 20, Antwerp
• 9.20 - 9.40u       Welcome
• 9.40 - 10.30u     'From Scrbble to Cartoon. An introduction tot the exhibition'
• 10.30 - 10.45u   Beverages break
• 10.45 - 12.45u   4 presentations, each lasting half an hour
• 12.45 - 14.15u   Lunch offered by the Museum Plantin-Moretus at the Rubenianum
• 14.15 - 15.45u   3 presentations, each lasting half an hour
• 15.45 - 16.15u   Beverages and sweets break
• 16.15 - 16.55u   2 presentations, each lasting 20 minutes
   
• 17.00 - 19.00u   reception at the Museum Plantin-Moretus and visit to the exhibition

Each presentation is followed by a Q&A.

Practical details

• Date: 16 January 2024
• Location: the Rubenianum, Kolveniersstraat 20, Antwerpen and Museum Plantin-Moretus
• Please note: the lectures will take place in the auditorium of the Rubenianum on the 1st floor, which can only be reached by stairs, there is no lift.
• Participation fee
  • €75 regular fee
  • €35 reduced fee for students (proof of enrolment needs to be presented at the registration on first day of the conference)

Book your ticket

You can also register for the reception on Friday evening at the museum followed with a visit to the exhibition. This event is free, but requires registration as only a limited number of guests can be accommodated.
When booking your ticket, you can confirm your attendance under 'extra options'.