Colloque : « Giusto di Gand Reconsidered », Rome/Urbino/en ligne, 13-16 mai 2024

On the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the Communion of the Apostles (Urbino, Palazzo Ducale), scholars from all over the world will convene in Rome and Urbino to reconsider the oeuvre attributed to its enigmatic Flemish painter, recorded as Giusto di Gand in Urbino and likely synonymous with the Ghent painter Joos van Wassenhove. Over the course of history the number of paintings attributed to this master has grown, to include works such as the magnificent Triptych of the Calvary (Ghent, Cathedral) and the Adoration of the Magi (New York, Metropolitan Museum). Recent research has offered new insights on their context of creation, dating and attribution. There is no better place to discuss new thoughts and theories about this painter than Urbino, the home of the painter’s principal work of reference made in 1473-1474. The attributed works will be studied in depth and discussed within the broader context of panel and manuscript painting in Ghent and of the arts at the ducal court Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino.

Lundi 13 mai, Rome, Academia Belgica

13:30 – 14:00 Registration and welcome coffee
14:00 – 14:15 Welcome by the Cécile Evers, Director of the Academia Belgica
14:15 – 14:30 Introduction by Anne Laure Léger, General Representative of Flanders
14:30 – 14:45 Welcome words and chair: Francesca Bottacin (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo)

14:45 – 15:15 Paula Nuttall (Victoria and Albert Museum, London): The Enigma and Phenomenon of ‘Giusto da Guanto’
15:15 – 15:45 Tommaso di Carpegna Gabrielli Falconieri (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo): The Ducal Court of Federico da Montefeltro: History and Historiography
15:45 – 16:15 Erik Eising & Stephan Kemperdick (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin): Hugo van der Goes, Joos van Wassenhove & Giusto da Guanto
16:15 – 16:45 Bart Fransen (KIK-IRPA, Brussels): The Ghent Calvary Triptych and the History of Attributions
16:45 – 17:00 Discussion

Mardi 14 mai, Urbino, Aula Magna del Rettorato

Meeting point for departure by bus from Rome to Urbino
9:00 Departure from Best Western Globus Hotel, Viale Ippocrate 119.
13:45 Arrival in Urbino.

15:00 – 15:10 Welcome by Giorgio Calcagnini, Rector of the Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo

Session on the Ghent Triptych of the Calvary
Chair: Maryan Ainsworth (Metropolitan Museum, New York)

15:10 – 15:30 Dominique Deneffe (KIK-IRPA, Brussels): Laureins De Maegh, Louise Van Hove and the Commission of the Ghent Calvary Triptych
15:30 – 15:50 Danny Praet (Ghent University): Medieval anti-Judaism and the Siege of Jerusalem. Theological Links between the Ghent Calvary Triptych and the Predella (Ghent, Museum of Fine Arts)
15:50 – 16:10 Thomas Kren (J. Paul Getty Museum): The Ghent Calvary Altarpiece and Manuscript Illumination at the Burgundian Court
16:10 – 16:30 Livia Depuydt & Françoise Rosier (KIK-IRPA, Brussels): The Painting Technique of the Ghent Calvary Triptych
16-30 – 16:50 Steven Saverwyns, Alexia Coudray (KIK-IRPA, Brussels) and Frederik Vanmeert (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam): Non-invasive Pigment Identification on the Ghent Calvary Triptych; Pascale Fraiture, Christophe Maggi (KIK-IRPA, Brussels): Dendrochronological Analysis of the Ghent Calvary Triptych and the Predella Supports
16:50 – 17:00 Discussion

17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break

Session on the Communion of the Apostles
Chair: Mari Pietrogiovanna (Università degli Studi di Padova)

17:30 – 17:50 Francesca Bottacin (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo): “The only known and authentic one of Justus of Ghent”: considerations on Giusto di Gand’s Communion of the Apostles and its critical reception in Italy
17:50 – 18:10 Gianluca Poldi (Università degli Studi di Udine): The truly special underdrawing of Giusto in Urbino.
18:10 – 18:30 Maria Letizia Amadori (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo): Justus of Ghent in Urbino: painting materials and technique
18:30 – 18:45 Discussion

19:30 Conference Dinner

Mercredi 15 mai, Urbino, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche

10:00 Welcome by Luigi Gallo, Director of the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche
Welcome by Maurizio Gambini, Mayor of the City of Urbino

Study of the Communion of the Apostles and visit to the Palazzo Ducale.

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break (on your own)

Session on the artists in Urbino and Ghent
Chair Luigo Gallo (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche)

14:00– 14:20 Laura Baratin (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo): Digital technologies to support art-historical analysis: a comparative research of Giovanni Santi’s Communion of St Peter and Giusto di Gand’s Communion of the Apostles.
14:20 – 14:40 Fernando Marías (Universidad Autónoma, Madrid): From “Petrus Hispanus“ to “Magister Petrus Spagnuolus”: Pedro Berruguete?
14:40 – 15:00 Maryan Ainsworth & Sophie Scully (The Metropolitan Museum, New York): The Met Adoration of the Magi and its Relationship to the Giusto di Gand/Joos van Wassenhove Group
15:00 – 15:20 Machtelt Brüggen Israëls (Universiteit van Amsterdam): Purposing and Painting the Studiolo in Urbino
15:20 – 15:40 Discussion

15:40 – 16:10 Coffee break

Chair: Bart Fransen (KIK-IRPA, Brussels)

16:10 – 16:30 José Juan Pérez Preciado (Museo del Prado, Madrid): The Calvary with Donors by a Ghent painter c. 1475
16:30-16:50 Nicola Christie & Lorne Campbell (The Royal Collection Trust): Federico da Montefeltro and others listening to a discourse
16:50 – 17:10 Till-Holger Borchert (Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen): The design of landscape in Ghent painting at the time of Joos van Wassenhove and Hugo van der Goes

17:10 – 17:30 Discussion

17:30 – 17:45 Closing Remarks by Maximiliaan Martens (Ghent University)

Jeudi 16 mai
10:00 Departure by bus from Urbino to Rome
Approx. 13:30 Arrival in Rome Termini Train Station

Comité d’organisation: Francesca Bottacin (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo); Bart Fransen (Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels) with the assistance of Alessandro Antonini (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo); Veronica Tronconi (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo)

Scientific direction: Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo; Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels

In collaboration with
Academia Belgica, Rome
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
Confraternita del Corpus Domini & Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista
Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell’Arte in Roma
Brepols Publishers

With the generous support of
Government of Flanders
Caretto & Occhinegro
Belgian Science Policy
Comune di Urbino
Embassy of Belgium in Rome

Informations pratiques
Program and Registration: https://giustodigand.eventbrite.be
Deadline for registration ends 31 March 2024. Places are limited.
Questions? giustodigand@gmail.com

The conference is streamed live on YouTube and will remain available afterwards. No registration required. Participating in the discussions will not be possible. For 13 May in Rome click: www.youtube.com/@academiabelgica7217. For 14 and 15 May in Urbino click: www.youtube.com/@uniurb-live.

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