MICHIEL COXCIE The Flemish Raphael

MICHIEL COXCIE
The Flemish Raphael
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Jan Gossaert & Michiel Coxcie, right wing of the St. Luke Altarpiece © National Gallery Prague 2013
MICHIEL COXCIE
The Flemish Raphael
31.10.13 >< 23.02.14
Michiel Coxcie (1499 - 1592) was one of the most influential painters in the sixteenth-century Netherlands. He was
dubbed the “Flemish Raphael”, which just goes to show how highly rated he was by his contemporaries. During his lifetime
he was compared to the greatest renaissance artist Raphael and some even saw him as his equal.
Coxcie was trained in the studio of Bernard van Orley in Brussels in the 1520s. During a seven-year stay in Italy, Coxcie rose
to prominence as an artist, painting (among other things) the frescoes for the old St Peter’s Church in Rome. On returning
home, Coxcie introduced a style of painting based purely on that of the Italian High Renaissance, thereby bringing
about an artistic revolution in the Netherlands. He was one of Charles V’s favourite painters and quickly rose to become court
painter to Philip II. In that capacity, he had the honour of working with Titan on frescoes for the Imperial Palace in Binche.
As well as producing paintings for the Spanish court, he also designed many tapestries and stained-glass windows.
Few Flemish painters gained such respect and had so much influence on their contemporaries as Michiel Coxcie. Artists went
on reworking his inventions until well into the seventeenth century. Even Rubens drew inspiration from them.
M – Museum Leuven pays tribute to Coxcie with the very first monographic exhibition devoted to this previously
little-known but brilliant artist. Coxcie’s impressive body of work comprising numerous paintings, monumental stained-glass
windows, famous series of graphics and tapestries testifies to his extraordinarily wide-ranging talent. The monographic exhibition entitled Michiel Coxcie. The Flemish Raphael covers the various aspects of the master’s life and work, from his youth
and time in Italy to his greatest realizations in the Low Countries. As well as important paintings like the Hosden Triptych and
the Morillon Triptych from its own museum collection, M will be showing numerous loans from great art-historical museums
elsewhere in Europe. Portions of his famous copy of Van Eyck’s Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, commissioned by the
King of Spain, will be brought together from several foreign collections. With Michiel Coxcie. The Flemish Raphael, for
the very first time M – Museum Leuven is presenting an important cross-section of the master’s varied output.
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LENDERS
Museo del Prado, Madrid
British Museum, London
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
El Escorial, Madrid
Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Alte Pinakothek, München
HAUM, Braunschweig
Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten,
Brussels
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten,
Antwerp
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels
National Gallery, Prague
Stiftgalerie, Kremsmünster
Michiel Coxcie, David and Goliath © Patrimonio Nacional
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Michiel Coxcie, Triptych with the triumph of Christ and the donor’s family Morillon (detail) © M- Museum Leuven | photo : Paul Laes
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Michiel Coxcie, The Holy Kinship © Stift Kremsmünster | photo: Fotostudio Leemans
Michiel Coxcie, Saint John the Baptist, private collection © photo : Fotostudio Leemans
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
TICKETS
Visiteurs individuels
Consessions
< 26 year Children ≤ 13y. € 12*
€ 10*
€5
free
* AUDIOTOUR INCLUDED
Available in EN, D, FR, G
GUIDED TOURS FOR GROUPS
≥ 15 pers.
€ 70 for the guide EN
+ € 6 / ticket
< 15 pers.
PUBLICATIONS
Various publications in EN, NL and FR | available from
the M-shop
B-EXCURSIONS TRAIN + TICKET
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Group excursion:
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+ € 8 / ticket
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ABOUT M – MUSEUM LEUVEN
M – MUSEUM LEUVEN
M – Museum Leuven opened in September 2009 with the prestigious exhibition Rogier van der Weyden 1400 | 1464 – Master of Passions. The impressive museum building designed by leading Belgian architect Stéphane Beel, integrates historical
and contemporary architecture around a tranquil garden. The museum houses a permanent historical collection pivoting
on the late Gothic – marvellous fifteenth and early-sixteenth-century paintings and sculptures – and boasting nineteenthcentury chef-d’oeuvres by Constantin Meunier, Jef Lambeaux and Georges Minne. M also mounts temporary exhibitions of both old masters and contemporary artists.
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© Jan Kempenaers
© Karel Rondou
© Marco Mertens
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© Jan De Vijver
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ABOUT LEUVEN
Leuven is located right in the heart of Belgium. Whether you land at Brussels airport, arrive at Brussels Midi by train or
tour Belgium by car, you are never far from Leuven. Leuven’s accessibility is one of its attractions, but there are many more
good reasons to visit this beautiful city on the Dyle.
LOVE LEUVEN!
Few other places in Flanders capture the imagination as much as this Burgundian university city. Whatever floats your boat
– whether it’s arts and culture, historical and contemporary architecture, shopping or gastronomy – you’ll find it in Leuven
- a city on a human scale, a city with its finger on the pulse!
Stroll along the shopping streets in the city centre and you’ll automatically come to the world-famous Town Hall, the museums and other temples of culture. Follow the walking and cycling trails and you’ll soon discover the city’s fascinating nooks
and crannies.
Walk the streets where Erasmus, Vesalius and Mercator once walked. Soak up the atmosphere of a city steeped in history
and culture, the city that boasts Belgium’s oldest and arguably most prestigious university, not to mention countless restaurants and cafés. Everything is within walking distance so you can easily explore Leuven on your own, but if you would
rather be accompanied, you can book a guide through Tourism Leuven.
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TOURISM LEUVEN
Naamsestraat 3, B-3000 Leuven
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MICHIEL COXCIE IN LEUVEN
COXCIE WALK
Coxcie was active during the Counter-Reformation, the sixteenth-century reform movement within the Roman Catholic
Church. He painted propaganda for and religious scenes commissioned by the Catholic Church. On their walk in Leuven
city centre visitors will find traces of this fascinating period. The route takes in churches, several of which will be open specially for the exhibition at M. Find out how a church service was conducted at the time of the Counter-Reformation and
about the humanist tradition of Guy Morillon, secretary to Charles V and Coxcie’s main patron in Leuven.
INDIVIDUAL VISITORS
Map of the Coxcie Walk
€1
available from Tourism Leuven | available in EN, NL, FR, D and SP
GROUPS
Coxcie Walk accompanied by a guide
€ 60
EN, NL, FR and D | max. 25 people
Reservation essential, no later than 3 weeks in advance: Tourism Leuven, +32 (0)16 27 22 76 of visit@leuven.be
DAY TRIP FOR GROUPS
Tourism Leuven is offering day trips to tie in with the Michiel Coxcie. The Flemish Raphael exhibition. A visit to the exhibition can be combined with a guided Coxcie Walk in historic Leuven and lunch in a convivial restaurant.
PRICE depending on the chosen formula (transport not included) | min. number of participants: 20
VALID every day; a surcharge of €40 per group is payable on Wednesdays (museum closing day)
INFORMATION & BOOKINGS Tourism Leuven, T. +32 (0)16 27 22 73 - trips@leuven.be | reservation essential, no later
than 3 weeks in advance
Michiel Coxcie, after Jan and Hubert van Eyck, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (detail) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie | photo: Jörg P. Anders
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MICHIEL COXCIE IN BRUSSELS
CATHEDRAL OF ST MICHAEL AND
ST GUDULA
Discover the monumental stained glass windows
and altarpieces by Coxcie in Brussels Cathedral.
A small exhibition focuses attention on four
sixteenth-century stained glass windows, still in
their original location in the Chapel of the Miracle of the Holy Sacrament. Coxcie designed them
at the request of the mighty sovereign Charles V,
who saw them as an excellent propaganda tool.
Among the master’s three triptychs is his last,
known work, The legend of St Gudula.
Parvis Sainte-Gudule
B-1000 Brussels
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Naar ontwerp van Michiel Coxcie, Glasraam met Maria van Hongarije en Lodewijk, H. Sacramentskapel, kathedraal Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele, Brussel
© KIK-IRPA, Brussels
ROYAL MUSEUMS OF FINE ARTS
OF BELGIUM
Oldmasters Museum
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
house two very large triptychs by Michiel Coxcie
which cannot travel to Leuven. The monumental
masterpieces Triptych with Scenes from the Life
of Christ and Triptych of the Brussels Crossbow
Guild will be on show by way of exception in a
temporary presentation of works from the Royal
Museums’ collection.
Rue de la Régence 3
B-1000 Brussels
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Michiel Coxcie, Triptiek met taferelen uit het leven van Christus © Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussel | foto: Grafisch Buro Lefevre,
Heule
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INFORMATION
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B-3000 Leuven
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OPEN ON MONDAYS!
Thu: 11:00 >< 22:00
Closed on Wednesdays
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PRESS CONTACT
M - MUSEUM LEUVEN:
Tourism Flanders-Brussels
1a Cavendish Square
London W1G 0LD
Press Service
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TOURISM LEUVEN:
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Michiel Coxcie, detail (self portrait), Story of Saint George © KMSKA
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With the support of the King Baudouin Foundation, Fonds Léon Courtin-Marcelle Bouché