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Gallery Talk: Media as Muse in 17th-Century Dutch Landscape Drawings

Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA

Jul 14 2022

Gallery Talk: Media as Muse in 17th-Century Dutch Landscape Drawings

Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch, View of a Ploughed Field, c. 1639–42. Watercolor, black chalk, and a modified gum arabic on cream antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink. Maida and George Abrams Collection, Boston, Long-term loan, 1.2018.222

Conservator Penley Knipe will discuss inventive uses of media in a selection of Dutch landscape drawings.

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Focusing on a small selection of drawings, conservator Penley Knipe will explore how Dutch artists of the 17th century creatively combined drawing media to dazzling effect in their pursuit of rendering local landscapes. Visitors will learn about well-known materials like charcoal and watercolor and lesser-known materials like gum arabic and “oatmeal” paper, as well as how the work of paper conservators advances research and scholarship.

This talk is offered in conjunction with the

ADMISSION INFO

$20
Adults

$18
Seniors (65+)

Free
Sundays—free to all!

Free
All students with a valid ID

Free
Harvard ID holders (plus one guest)

Free
Harvard Art Museums Friends

Free
Youth under 18

Free
Cambridge residents (proof of residency required)

Additional free admission opportunities

Gallery talks are limited to 18 people, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

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LOCATION

Harvard Art Museums

32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

ACCESSIBILITY INFO

- Assisted Listening System
- Low Vision
- Wheelchair Access

The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48