Bernard van Orley

Abstract

"Bernard van Orley was one of the pivotal figures of the Renaissance in the Low Countries. BOZAR and other prominent Belgian institutions are teaming up for the first major monographic exhibition devoted to this 16th century artist. Van Orley was a painter at the court of Margaret of Austria and Mary of Hungary and was inundated with commissions. As a young man he was already at the head of one of the biggest workshops of his time. He painted religious subjects and also designed wall tapestries and stained glass windows. In this exhibition special attention is paid to his portraits that place him at the centre of an important network of political advisors, influential clergymen and humanist thinkers. His work was in constant dialogue with that of contemporaries such as Albrecht Dürer and Raphael"--Bozar website.

Contents

Biographie / Alexandre Galand -- Bernard van Orley et Bruxelles. Un peintre dans sa ville / Cecilia Paredes et Stéphane Demeter -- Bernard van Orley. L'artiste et son milieu artistique à Bruxelles / Véronique Bücken -- Van Orley dessinateur / Maryan W. Ainsworth -- Bernard van Orley et la tapisserie / Ingrid de Meûter -- Van Orley et l'art du portrait / Cécile Scailliérez -- Bernard van Orley et l'art du vitrail / Isabelle Lecocq -- Les commandes religieuses -- Les influences -- La cour -- Les nobles et les patriciens -- Le vitrail -- Les collaborateurs.