Inaugural Panel Discussion: Dutch Art in a Global Age: Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

By the early nineteenth century, Bostonians were avidly collecting Dutch art and artifacts, and the first Dutch paintings entered the MFA’s rich collection more than 150 years ago. The strength of these holdings was dramatically enhanced in 2017, when collectors Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo and Matthew and Susan Weatherbie gave and pledged their collections of Dutch masterpieces to the museum, at the same time establishing a center for the study of Netherlandish art. To inaugurate the exhibition Dutch Art in a Global Age: Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, collectors, curators, and a conservator will join to explore the history, interpretation, and care of these remarkable holdings.

Priority admission for Kimbell members who present a current membership card begins at 9 a.m.; general admission to the auditorium opens at 9:30 a.m. Seating is limited.

Welcome
Eric M. Lee, director, Kimbell Art Museum

Introduction
George T. M. Shackelford, deputy director, Kimbell Art Museum, moderator

Anna C. Knaap, assistant curator of European paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Eijk van Otterloo and Matthew Weatherbie, collectors and donors

Christopher D. M. Atkins, Van Otterloo-Weatherbie Director of the Center for Netherlandish Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Rhona MacBeth, director of conservation and scientific research, and Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Conservator of Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston