Two American Friends of the Mauritshuis Events

Wed, Oct 30 - Wed, Oct 30  2019

The American Friends of the Mauritshuis will host two events on the evening of October 30th: a presentation by our 2018 AFMh-Fulbright Fellow in Art Conservation (Ellen Nigro) and a Lecture with Reception by Emilie Gordenker and Adam Eaker on Fabritius’ “The Goldfinch”.

Carel Fabritius’ The Goldfinch: A Painting in Flight

October 30, 2019, 7:30pm
The Explorer’s Club
46 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021

An evening of art, food and drink with Dr. Emilie Gordenker, Director of the Mauritshuis, and Dr. Adam Eaker, Assistant Curator of Northern European Painting at the Metropolitan Museum.
The American Friends of the Mauritshuis hosts a two-part lecture and discussion on The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius, a painting regarded as one of the Golden Age’s most iconic by an artist often recognized as the greatest of Rembrandt’s many pupils. The presentations will explore the context and meaning of the world-renowned painting, its creator, and its role in the Mauritshuis collection as well as its place in the broader cultural landscape today. How did this relatively small and deceptively simple object become one of the most renowned paintings in the world?
A reception with drinks and substantial hors d’oeuvres will follow the talks. The event is ticketed at $ 50.00 and proceeds will benefit the American Friends of the Mauritshuis and the Fulbright-AFMh Grant, awarded annually to an American graduate student in paintings conservation. For details and tickets, go to this link.

A Year at the Mauritshuis: Conservation, Technical Study, and Research of Cornelis de Heem’s Fruit Still Life

October 30, 2019, 6:00-7:00pm
Colnaghi Foundation
38 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Free, and open to the public.

The American Friends of the Mauritshuis is delighted to present a lecture by Ellen Nigro, the 2018 recipient of the Fulbright-AFMh Grant, awarded annually to an outstanding American graduate student in paintings conservation. During her year as the 2018-2019 Fulbright-AFMh Grant recipient, Ms. Nigro studied and conserved paintings in the Mauritshuis collection. Her talk will focus on the research aspects of her main project, a Fruit Still Life by Cornelis de Heem. She will also highlight activities she completed at the University of Amsterdam as part of her Mauritshuis internship.
Immediately following the lecture, there will be a short reception until 7:15pm.