Alsloot painting with caption--A Digital Supplement to the Exhibit at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

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Below you will find additional elements that supplement the exhibit in the gallery at Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library relating to the theatrical significance of Denis van Alsloot’s painting “The Triumph of the Archduchess Isabella” (© Victoria & Albert Museum, London). In partnership with the V&A Museum, we hope to provide cultural & historical context for this 17th century painting, while also showcasing the graduate students’ process of recreating aspects from this extravagant event.

The exhibit runs through May 2019 at the University of Maryland.

Exhibit Extras

Screenshot from Victoria and Albert Museum Web site

Discover the painting by zooming in to see & read details.

This link will take you to the V&A online collection to explore the history and detail of the painting.

UMD TERP Magazine article on TDPS grad students' work with even more photos.

This video shows a closer look at the process of building the ship-wagon model and includes grad student interviews.

Belgian Ommegang history: "All of this may seem just a little bizarre." Click on Beatrice Soetkens' name to read in English!

Here, "Infante Isabella Shoots the Bird at the Tournament of the Grand Serment" is first of the "bookend paintings" which depict events a couple weeks prior and after the six ommegang paintings. Credited to Denis Van Alsloot and Antoine Sallaert.

Alsloot was originally commissioned for eight paintings. Here you can see the final painting entitled "Feast of Our Lady of the Forest" from the Museo del Prado. This "party at the lake" happened well after the ommegang.

The Guilds of the city organized this annual event. Click to see a large image entitled "Procession of the Guilds" from the Museo del Prado.

Videos

This video shows a closer look at the process of building the ship-wagon model and includes grad student interviews.

This video shows what the Ommegang in Brussels looks like today.

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Exhibit Extras

Discover the painting by zooming in to see & read details.

This link will take you to the V&A online collection to explore the history and detail of the painting.

UMD TERP Magazine article on TDPS grad students' work with even more photos.

This video shows a closer look at the process of building the ship-wagon model and includes grad student interviews.

Belgian Ommegang history: "All of this may seem just a little bizarre." Click on Beatrice Soetkens' name to read in English!

Here, "Infante Isabella Shoots the Bird at the Tournament of the Grand Serment" is first of the "bookend paintings" which depict events a couple weeks prior and after the six ommegang paintings. Credited to Denis Van Alsloot and Antoine Sallaert.

Alsloot was originally commissioned for eight paintings. Here you can see the final painting entitled "Feast of Our Lady of the Forest" from the Museo del Prado. This "party at the lake" happened well after the ommegang.

The Guilds of the city organized this annual event. Click to see a large image entitled "Procession of the Guilds" from the Museo del Prado.

Videos

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