Petrus Christus

image of Jan van Eyck and workshop's The Virgin and Child with St. Barbara, St. Elizabeth, and Jan Vos, ca. 1441–43
The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan Vos
Emma Capron: “Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and the Charterhouse of Bruges”

Emma Capron, 2016–18 Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow, The Frick Collection

In the 1440s, Jan Vos, the prior of the Charterhouse of Bruges, commissioned two panel paintings from Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus. Now considered masterpieces of early Netherlandish painting, these works are reunited at The Frick Collection for only the second time in their history. The curator of the special exhibition examines the panels in their Carthusian context, highlighting how images shaped devotional life and funerary practices in late medieval Europe.

Link to introductory video for the exhibition Charterhouse of Bruges
The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan Vos
Emma Capron, Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow at The Frick Collection, provides an introduction to the current exhibition, The Charterhouse of Bruges: Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, and Jan Vos, on view at The Frick Collection from September 18, 2018 through January 13, 2019.