Welcome and Opening Remarks, Stephen Bury and Esmée Quodbach

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Welcome and opening remarks from Stephen Bury, Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, Frick Art Reference Library, and Esmée Quodbach, Assistant Director, Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library. This video introduces a series of lectures from the symposium 'America and the Art of Flanders: Collecting Paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Their Circles' presented by the Center for the History of Collecting at The Frick Collection on Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, 2016.

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America and the Art of Flanders: Collecting Paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Their Circles

Link to video of Arthur Wheelock lecture
45:34

Arthur Wheelock: "Pleasure and Prestige: The Complex History of Collecting Flemish Art in America"

Link to video of Lance Humphries lecture
32:00

Lance Humphries: "Before Modern Connoisseurship: Robert Gilmor, Jr.'s Quest for Flemish Paintings in the Early Republic"

Link to video of Margaret Laster lecture
30:02

Margaret Laster: "The Taste for Flemish Art in Early Nineteenth-Century New York"

Link to video of Adam Eaker lecture
24:02

Adam Eaker: "The American Van Dyck"

Link to video of Inge Reist giving welcoming remarks for symposium
3:07

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Inge Reist

Link to video of Adam Eaker lecture
20:32

Adam Eaker: "Building a Flemish Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art"

Link to video of Esmée Quodbach lecture
25:13

Esmée Quodbach: "Never a dull picture": John G. Johnson Collects Flemish Art

Link to video of George Keyes lecture
29:01

George Keyes: "Collecting Flemish Paintings in the Midwest, from Detroit to Minneapolis"

Link to video of Dennis Weller lecture
31:16

Dennis Weller: "Creating an Acquired Taste: The Influence of Wilhelm Valentiner and Others"

Link to video of Louisa Wood Ruby lecture
25:54

Louisa Wood Ruby: "A Family Affair: Bruegel and Sons in America"

Link to video of Betsy Wieseman lecture
28:21

Betsy Wieseman: "Collecting Rubens in America"

Link to video of Alexandra Libby lecture
27:52

Alexandra Libby: "From Personal Treasures to Public Gifts: Building the Flemish Painting Collection at the National Gallery of Art"