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Thursday December 10 2009

Medici Madonna, c. 1450/60 Rogier van der Weyden, Oil on panel. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Rogier van der Weyden's Later Works: Art Historical Consequences of the Recent Cleaning of the Frankfurt Medici Madonna

Busch-Reisinger Museum Lecture

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

Jochen Sander, Städel Museum and Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

A recent cleaning and technical analysis has transformed our understanding of this late painting by the early Netherlandish artist Rogier van der Weyden. The speaker will discuss the ways in which new information affects our view of the artist's later development and his place in art history.

Free admission.

For more information, please contact Veronika Trufanova at 617-495-4544 or veronika_trufanova@harvard.edu.

The Busch-Reisinger Museum Lectures, sponsored by the European Friends of the Museum, present important speakers on topics of central and northern European art.

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