Art Historical Consequences of the Recent Cleaning of the Frankfurt Medici Madonna at the Harvard Art Museum

Thursday, December 10, 6pm

Rogier van der Weyden's Later Works: Art Historical Consequences of the Recent Cleaning of the Frankfurt Medici Madonna
Busch-Reisinger Museum Lecture Arthur M. Sackler

Location: Museum Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Jochen Sander, Städel Museum and Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
A recent cleaning and technical analysis has transformed our understanding of this late painting by the early Netherlandish artist Rogier van der Weyden. The speaker will discuss the ways in which new information affects our view of the artist's later development and his place in art history.

For more information, visit http://harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=25214