Launch RKD Study Corpus wandtapijten in Nederland

Information

Date and time
Thursday 14 November 2024
15:30 till 18:00
Location
Auditorium RKD, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, The Hague
Language
Dutch
Price
Admission is free, registration required.
Register
RKD Research Schepping en zondeval, ca. 1500-1520

Throughout the Netherlands, hundreds of historical tapestries are displayed in public spaces such as museums, castles and government buildings. On 14 November, an overview of these tapestries will be published for the first time in the RKD Study Corpus wandtapijten in Nederland (Corpus Tapestries in the Netherlands), written by Hillie Smit. 

On the occasion of this publication, the RKD is organising an afternoon dedicated to tapestries. During this event, Rudy Jos Beerens will give an introduction to tapestry art, followed by in-depth lectures by Art Proaño Gaibor and Sara van Dijk. After the official launch of Corpus tapestries in the Netherlands, there will be drinks to catch up. 

Interested parties are welcome to attend this afternoon, please register via events@rkd.nl.

RKD Research Tafelkleed met een patroon van bloemen en insecten en tafereel van Abraham en de drie engelen binnen een cartouche, ca. 1650.jpg
Tablecloth with a pattern of flowers and insects and scene of Abraham and the three angels within a cartouche, c. 1650

Programme

15:00 Walk-in
15:30 Welcome
15:40 uur Tapestry art: a short introduction
Rudy Jos Beerens, curator at the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History
16:00 uur Afsetters in the Delft tapestry industry
Art Proaño Gaibor, conservation and restoration specialist at the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
16:20 uur Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum
Sara van Dijk, curator of textiles at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
16:50 uur Corpus wandtapijten in Nederland online
17:00 uur Drinks