Teylers Museum acquires 21 Koenigs drawings
9 June 2001 | Haarlem
Teylers Museum in Haarlem has received an extraordinary group of 21 Old Master drawings which once formed part of the so-called Second Koenigs Collection. The drawings include important sheets by various …
Drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder discovered
18 April 2001 | Rotterdam
During the preparations for the large Bruegel-exhibition (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, The Metropolitan Museum New York, 2001/2002) OMD-expert Martin Royalton-Kisch of the British …
Ger Luijten appointed Head of the Amsterdam Print Room
Ger Luijten
9 February 2001 | Amsterdam
The chief curator of prints in the Rijksprentenkabinet (a department of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam) Ger Luijten has been appointed its Head (director). He will succeed Rembrandt specialist Peter Schatborn, who …
Fondation Custodia launches new website
6 February 2001 | Paris
The renowned Fondation Custodia, a Swiss-based institution housed in the Institut Néerlandais (Dutch Institute) in Paris, keeper of the Frits Lugt collection of old master drawings, now has its own website (refer to our links-page Institutions & Sites). The new website contains a wealth of information on various aspects, including the Collectors Marks Project.
Franz Koenigs sale fetches $ 4,4 million
23 January 2001 | New York
106 prints and drawings from the so-called ‘Second’ Franz Koenigs Collection, owned by his late daughter Christine van der Waals Koenigs, were sold at auction (Sotheby’s) in New York. The highlight of the sale …