NEWS

An Adoration of the Magi attributed to Anthony van Dyck has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) by the Community of Madrid.

This large canvas (150 x 230 cm) from a private collection has just been declared BIC by the Community of Madrid. The work follows the model designed by Peter Paul Rubens in the Musée de Beaux-Arts de Lyon (inv. n.º A118). It is a theme and a composition of which Rubens himself, and his workshop under his supervision, has made versions and copies, so this one from a private collection illustrates the success of the scene. (About the different versions and copies: H. Devisscher y H. Vlieghe, The Life of Christ before the Passion. The Youth of Christ, I, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, London-Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2014, pp. 175-191).

The only work with this subject by Van Dyck of large size in Hispanic collections of the seventeenth century is the one documented in 1647 in the collection of the IX Admiral of Castile. (M. Díaz Padrón, with the collaboration of J. Sanzsalazar and A. Diéguez Rodríguez, Van Dyck en España, vol. II, Madrid: Editorial Prensa Ibérica, 2012, p. 741, B.2). In the communiqué of the Community of Madrid it has not been revealed whether the work has reached the current collectors recently or if it was already in Spain since ancient times.

Philostrato, nº 12.

A new issue of Philostrato. Journal of History and Art, which is edited by the Instituto Moll, is already available. 

Access the table of contents and download them for free by clicking on the following link and choosing the language: http://philostrato.revistahistoriayarte.es/index.php/moll/issue/view/25/showToc

Dr Matías Díaz Padrón.

We are so sorry about sharing that Dr Díaz Padrón, Honorary President of the Instituto Moll, great master and friend of ours, has passed away. We have been so lucky to share with him moments that have allowed us to treasure very pleasant memories and, of course, his teachings, always accompanied by jokes and anecdotes, which have often made us cry, but with laughter and happiness, just like he liked.

Always on our minds, forever in our hearts, Matías.
 

A New Book.

We are back after the summer holidays with great news! The book The Pictor Doctus, between Knowledge and Workshop has been already published by Brepols. It has been edited by the director of the Instituto Moll, Ana Diéguez-Rodríguez, and Ángel Rodríguez Rebollo, from the Fundación Universitaria Española, after two years of intense work.

The book is the result of the International Conference on ‘Artists as collectors: models and variants. From the Modern Age to the 19th Century’, which was held in Madrid from 23 to 24 January 2020. 

Click the following link to get the index and to know more about it: https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503589084-1