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Course "La revuelta de los Países Bajos y los inicios de la Guerra de Flandes (1566-1578)".

Next Monday, 13th May, the course La revuelta de los Países Bajos y los inicios de la Guerra de Flandes (1566-1578) will be finished. It has been organised by the Fundación Carlos de Amberes in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes in Utrecht, the Complutense University in Madrid, the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and the Leiden University.

This course focuses on that war and its consequences, as well as on the Duke of Alba and the effects on the Flemish culture and art.

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CALL FOR PAPERS. International Conference: "Los artistas como coleccionistas: Modelos y variantes. Desde la Edad Moderna al siglo XIX".

The Instituto Moll, in collaboration with the Fundación Universitaria Española, invites you to submit proposals to this International Conferece, which will be held in Madrid on 23-24 January 2020.
Deadline for sending proposals to congreso@institutomoll.es: 30 June 2019.

For further information: http://www.institutomoll.com/en/activities-becas.html

Murillo paying attention to Jordaens. The composition pattern for "Moses and the Water from the Rock of Horeb" at the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville.

The Instituto Moll wants to join in the homage to Bartolomé Esteban Murillo on the occasion of the 4th centenary of his birth in 1618, which is currently taking place in Seville. This painter was able to assimilate the foreign traditions and he adapted them to his aesthetic concerns, as well as to the artistic tastes of the moment.

Díaz Padrón was the first to link the subject of Moses Striking Water from the Rock by Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp, 1593-1678), preserved in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, with the scene that Murillo raises about the same subject for the Hospital de la Caridad. This theme was depicted by the Flemish painter several times, being that one of Los Angeles what Murillo follows for his painting in the Hospital de la Caridad. The Jordaens’ composition must have been in Seville at an early date, since that one belonging to the Paul Getty left Seville at the beginning of the 20th century. In addition, an old copy of this scene is preserved in El Arahal, a municipality near Seville, so it would not be strange that Murillo had known the scene and took it as a reference for his proposal. The painting by Jordaens dates from around 1645, and that by the Sevillian painter is from 1669-1670.

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/687/jacob-jordaens-moses-striking-water-from-the-rock-flemish-about-1645-1650/

For further information: M. Díaz Padrón, Jacob Jordaens y España, I, Instituto Moll, 2018, pp. 53-55, y 70-73.

The conference "Magnificence in the 17th Century: Performing Splendour in Catholic and Protestant Context" has been concluded.

Once the conference Magnificence in the 17th Century: Performing Splendour in Catholic and Protestant Context has been concluded, the Instituto Moll thanks the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Leiden University their cooperation in the organization of this international meeting.

The Instituto Moll would also like to express its gratitude to all of the speakers involved in this conference, as well as to congratulate them for their interesting contributions. Their interdisciplinary nature has made it possible to go into detail about the etimology of "Magnificence" and the documentary sources focused on it. Additionally, these researchers have contribute to the knowledge of the private and public spheres in which this objective, attitude or way of life which has been magnificence has been materialised. Among them, it should be mentioned decorum and protocols, palaces and their gardens, art collections, masquerades, "saraos", town halls, cathedrals and funerary monuments.

The details of these studies will be published by the journal Intersections belonging to Brill: https://brill.com/view/serial/INTE