Denver Art Museum’s new look at Flemish old masters

Colleen Smith | Art and Object | 14th November 2022

Around 1500, and coming into its pomp, Antwerp prized the exquisite detail of Flemish gothic art. That is, until Italians started centering their art on the human figure. Flemish art gradually followed. This, together with newly developed oil paint that enabled greater tonal nuance, set the stage for the golden age of Dutch art. Stars like Rubens, van Dyck and Wautier drew on their traditions of careful observation to produce contemporary art that expressed “the vivid actualities of life”.