Colnaghi is proud to present Less is More: Redefining the Kunstkammer, a pop-up exhibition opening in Brussels on 19 April and running until 30 April, 2023. This temporary presentation will aim to redefine the concept of the Kunstkammer, which appeared in Flanders in the early 17th century, contrasting with the aesthetic canons of today.
The exhibition will be hosted in an exceptional space in the heart of Brussels. The minimalist architecture of the building will enable the viewer to take a fresh look at a concept that has evolved over the past 300 years.
From richly ornated collectors' cabinets to the simplicity of post-war void spaces, the exhibition aims to question the way our interaction with art and architecture is changing over time. A selection of the finest old and modern masterworks will be on view, including a masterpiece by the Antwerp Baroque painter Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts, After the Falcon Hunt. This work is a perfect example of Northern trompe l’oeil painting, illustrating the rich iconography of Flemish kunstkammers. This remarkable large-scale painting will generously be loaned by the Musée d'Ixelles for the exhibition, consequently highlighting the quality of the museum's art collection.
The exhibition is generously supported by Banque Transatlantique Belgium.
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Installation Shots
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Artworks available
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CORNELIS NORBERTUS GYSBRECHTS, After the Falcon Hunt , 1671 -
JACOB TOORENVLIET, Woman with a Hare, 1675
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BARTOLOMEO CAVAROZZI, Still life with a basket of fruits and pears, grapes, apples, pomegranates, strawberries, medlars, and figs, 1624 – 1625
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FRANCISCUS GYSBRECHTS, A trompe l'oeil of a wall cabinet with a violin, a hunting horn, writing implements, silver gilt dishes and engravings, the glass doors half opened
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CORNELIS LIEFRINCK, The Departure of Puritans from Delft Harbour to join the ‘Speedwell’ to the New World, 1620
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NICOLAS BION, Armillary sphere, c. 1704
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MASSIMO STANZIONE, Allegory of Geography
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ANDREAS CELLARIUS, Hemisphaerium stellatum boreale cum subiecto haemisphaerio terrestri
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ANDREAS CELLARIUS, Planisphaerium Braheum, sive structura mundi totius, ex hypothesi Tichonis Brahei in plano delineata
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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR, Bald old man facing an old woman, c. 1645
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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR, Figure study of a bald man, 1648
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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR, Grotesque profile, c. 1644 – 1652
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WENCESLAUS HOLLAR, Three heads in profile , c. 1644 – 1652
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A Group of Six Masks, Greek, Hellenistic Period, c. 3rd – 2nd century B.C.
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LEON SPILLIAERT, Le sculpteur de masques, 1907
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Pair of eyes, Egypt, Late Period, 716 – 332 B.C.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE BALTIMORE PAINTER, Rhyton in the Shape of a Bull’s Head, Greek, Apulian, Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Period ca. 330 – 320 B.C.
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Black-glazed Kalpis, Attic Greek, c. 450 – 400 B.C.
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Black-glazed Mug, Greek, 5th – 4th century B.C.
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Black-glazed Lidded Jug, Attic Greek, mid-4th century B.C.
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Black-glazed Oinochoe, Attic, Greek, ca. 450 B.C.
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Black-glazed Sessile Kantharos, Attic Greek, c. 450 – 425 B.C.
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Black-glazed Single-handled Cup, Attic Greek, 5th century BC
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CY TWOMBLY, Mushrooms No. III, 1975 – 76
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CARL WILHELM DE HAMILTON, A 'sottobosco' forest floor still life with a lizard, a snake, snails, a bird's nest and a beetle in front of a tree-covered landscape
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ÉTIENNE DELAUNE, Combat of the centaurs and the lapiths, circa 1570
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FRANS FRANCKEN THE YOUNGER, The Rape of the Sabine Women
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JOHANNES BRONCKHORST, A Study of an Emperor Moth
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NETHERLANDISH SCHOOL, Study of a Dromedary, after Gentile Bellini (?), mid 16th century
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JOHANNES BRONCKHORST, A Study of a Cricket from Two Sides
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GEORGIUS JACOBUS JOHANNES VAN OS, Still life with shells and coral, 1813
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JOHANNES BRONCKHORST, Study of butterfly
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Arm of a young ruler, c. 1st – 2nd century A.D.
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ATTRIBUTED TO HUBERT LE SUEUR, Hercules and Telephus, c. 1630
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JAN BAPTIST XAVERY, Bacchus & Pan, 1730
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GOVERT FLINCK, The Penitent Saint Jerome, c. 1635-39
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