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      Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks

      On view December 14, 2024 to May 4, 2025

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      10 am–5 pm

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      10 am–5 pm

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      10 am–5 pm

      Friday

      10 am–5 pm

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      10 am–5 pm

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      10 am–5 pm

      Tuesday

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      10 am–5 pm

      Friday

      10 am–5 pm

      Saturday

      10 am–5 pm

      Sunday

      10 am–5 pm

      Explore a major presentation of exquisite medieval, Renaissance and baroque paintings, sculptures and decorative arts created between the 15th and 17th centuries in the Southern Netherlands.

      Better known today as Flanders, this region was home to an array of visionary artists who explored new ways to depict reality, portray humanity, and tell stories that continue to resonate with viewers today. Masterpieces on display include works by Hans Memling, Jan Gossaert, Catharina van Hemessen, Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens, Clara Peeters, Frans Francken, Michaelina Wautier, and Anthony van Dyck, among many others.

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      Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks is co-organized by the Denver Art Museum and The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp, Belgium. This exhibition at PEM is made possible by the Richard C. von Hess Foundation, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Carolyn and Peter S. Lynch and The Lynch Foundation. We thank Jennifer and Andrew Borggaard, James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes, Chip and Susan Robie, and Timothy T. Hilton as supporters of the Exhibition Innovation Fund. We also recognize the generosity of the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.

      The Phoebus Foundation
      TOP IMAGE: Jacob Jordaens, Serenade (detail), about 1640–45. Oil paint on canvas. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.
      Michaelina Wautier, Everyone to His Taste, about 1650. Oil on canvas. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Michaelina Wautier, Everyone to His Taste, about 1650. Oil on canvas. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Peeter Neefs II and Gillis van Tilborgh II, Portrait of an Elegant Couple in an Art Cabinet, 1652 and about 1675. Oil on canvas. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Peeter Neefs II and Gillis van Tilborgh II, Portrait of an Elegant Couple in an Art Cabinet, 1652 and about 1675. Oil on canvas. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Jan Gossaert, The Virgin and Child, about 1520. Oil on panel. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Jan Gossaert, The Virgin and Child, about 1520. Oil on panel. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Jan Massijs, Rebus: The World Feeds Many Fools, about 1530. Oil on panel. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Jan Massijs, Rebus: The World Feeds Many Fools, about 1530. Oil on panel. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Jan Cossiers, A Young Man Lighting His Pipe (Allegory of Smell), about 1650. Oil on panel. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Jan Cossiers, A Young Man Lighting His Pipe (Allegory of Smell), about 1650. Oil on panel. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Artist in the Southern Netherlands, Portrait of a Woman, 1613. Oil on panel. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

      Artist in the Southern Netherlands, Portrait of a Woman, 1613. Oil on panel. © The Phoebus Foundation, Antwerp.

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      Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks makes its East Coast debut at PEM December 14, 2024–May 4, 2025

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      Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks makes its East Coast debut at PEM

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      Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools: 300 Years of Flemish Masterworks makes its East Coast debut at PEM

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