Jun 21 2022
Gallery Talk: A Sweeping Panorama—Simon de Vlieger’s View of Weesp

Gallery Talk: A Sweeping Panorama—Simon de Vlieger’s View of Weesp

Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums

Seventeenth-century artist Simon de Vlieger was one of many Dutch draftsmen who captured panoramas of the cities and towns that surrounded them. In his observed and accurate drawing of Weesp, a municipality located outside Amsterdam on the river Vecht, aspects of this recognizable view speak to larger questions of commerce and the environment. Join curatorial research associate Susan Anderson to discover these details within the broader artistic and cultural milieu of landscape drawing in the Dutch Republic.

This talk is offered in conjunction with the exhibition Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape, on view May 21–August 14, 2022.

Admission Info

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.

$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

Dates & Times

2022/06/21 - 2022/06/21

Location Info

Harvard Art Museums

32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Accessibility Info

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 hours in advance.