Art Study Center Seminar: Jacques de Gheyn II

Published on July 10, 2026

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

A drawing of a woman wearing a cloak kneeling next to a small child.

This talk follows the remarkable career of Jacques de Gheyn II, a Flemish-born draughtsman and printmaker who arrived in the Northern Netherlands in the 1590s as part of a broader wave of artists fleeing war and upheaval in the south.

Looking at prints and drawings in the Art Study Center, we will explore what it took for artists to reinvent themselves in one of Europe’s most dynamic and rapidly changing art markets.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Susanne Bartels, Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Curatorial Fellow, Division of European and American Art
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: secure.touchnet.net…
Contact Info: [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: harvardartmuseums.org…

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