27-404: Savoyen can refer to: Carel van Savoyen (1620/21–1665), a Flemish painter Mondeuse noire , a red French wine grape variety Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Savoyen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
54-684: A Scottish anatomist and physician who studied at the University of Glasgow , died in London . His will stipulated that his substantial and varied collections should be donated to the University of Glasgow. Hunter, writing to William Cullen, stated that they were "to be well and carefully packed up and safely conveyed to Glasgow and delivered to the Principal and Faculty of the College of Glasgow to whom I give and bequeath
81-399: A flower to a lady sitting at a table in a garden with classical statues. An Interior with a Music Party (oil on canvas, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery , Glasgow ), currently attributed by the museum to 'circle of Gillis van Tilborch ' is likely also by the hand of Carel van Savoyen. In this painting the lady holding a music score and the man standing behind the harpsichord appear to be
108-638: A large number of the works of James McNeill Whistler and the majority of the watercolours of Charles Rennie Mackintosh . The Hunterian Art Gallery reopened in September 2012 after a refurbishment, with an exhibition dedicated to Rembrandt , Rembrandt and the Passion . The gallery has held three major Mackintosh exhibitions: Architecture (2014), Travel Sketches (2015) and Unbuilt (2018), as well as two based on their Whistler collection Watercolours (2013) and Art and Legacy (2021). The Mackintosh House
135-549: A partnership with Glasgow City Council Glasgow Life and the National Library of Scotland . Most of the zoology collections, including those of William Hunter, are displayed in a separate museum within the Graham Kerr building, which also houses most of the university's zoological research and teaching. This is also open to the general public. The insect collections are particularly important and extensive, and have been
162-685: A surgeon, also founded a museum; the London museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England , also known as the Hunterian Museum, is based on his collection. The museum displays thousands of anatomical specimens, including the Evelyn tables and the skeleton of the "Irish giant" Charles Byrne , and many surgical instruments. It underwent a major refurbishment in 2003 and 2004, creating a new "crystal" gallery of steel and glass. Both brothers were celebrated in
189-800: Is a complex of museums located in and operated by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland . It is the oldest museum in Scotland. It covers the Hunterian Museum , the Hunterian Art Gallery , the Mackintosh House, the Zoology Museum and the Anatomy Museum, which are all located in various buildings on the main campus of the university in the west end of Glasgow. In 1783, William Hunter ,
216-506: Is a modern concrete building, part of the gallery-library complex. It stands on the site of one of two rows of terraced houses which were once sections of Hillhead Street and Southpark Avenue, demolished in the 1960s to make room for the university's expansion across the residential crown of Gilmorehill. One of the buildings lost, 78 Southpark Avenue, was (between 1906 and 1914) the home of Glasgow architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (although Mackintosh himself did not design it) and his wife,
243-849: Is part of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. The story behind the painting is that Jan de Doot, a Dutch blacksmith, reported to have performed a successful kidney stone removal on himself in 1651. Carel van Savoyen works can be found in the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt , the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux , the Greek orthodox chapel in Leipzig and in the old Catholic church of Zaandam . Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery The Hunterian
270-711: The Allen Thomson Building and his pathological preparations at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. Housed in large halls in George Gilbert Scott 's University buildings on Gilmorehill, the museum features extensive displays relating to William Hunter and his collections, Roman Scotland (especially the Antonine Wall ), geology, ethnography, ancient Egypt, scientific instruments, coins and medals, and much more. The museum contains many donated collections, such as
297-573: The Begg Collection of fossils donated by James Livingstone Begg in the 1940s. The museum contains a high number of scientific instruments owned by or created by Lord Kelvin and other 19th century instrument makers. In September 2016, the new Hunterian Collections and Study Centre, embracing the full range and activities of the museum and the art gallery, opened in the transformed Kelvin Hall in Phase 1 of
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#1733105815633324-674: The Graham Kerr Building, the art collections in The Hunterian Art Gallery, and Hunter's library containing some 10,000 printed books and 650 manuscripts, finally received in 1807, in Glasgow University Library . Lady Shep-en-hor 's coffin and possible mummy were donated to the museum in 1820 by Joshua Heywood. The university's Librarian Professor Lockhart Muirhead became the first Keeper of the Hunterian Museum in 1823. Hunter's anatomical collections are housed in
351-407: The artist, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh . The university rebuilt the form of the house (using modern materials) approximately 100 metres from the site of the original. Due to its displacement, the former front door is now located in the façade of the gallery, some distance above the ground over Hillhead Street. The Mackintosh House comprises the principal interiors of the original house (including
378-516: The commission for these two altarpieces may have had something to do with the connections of his wife's wealthy Catholic family, which made him the brother-in-law of an Amsterdam priest. The prestige of Flemish art with the Amsterdam elite of the day may also have played a role. One of his paintings representing Venus and Adonis was reportedly the subject of a poem by the Dutch poet Jan Vos . His work
405-476: The core of the collections, but have grown considerably, and now include some of the most important collections of work by artists such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh and James McNeill Whistler , as well as superb geological, zoological, anatomical, archaeological, ethnographic and scientific instrument collections. The museum first opened in 1807 in a specially constructed building off the High Street, adjoining
432-461: The dining room, studio-drawing room and bedroom), largely replicating the room layout of the old end-of-terrace building. It features the meticulously reassembled interiors from the Mackintoshes' home, including items of original furniture, fitments and decorations. The exhibits strikingly demonstrate Charles Rennie Mackintosh's concept of the room as a work of art. William Hunter's brother John ,
459-514: The important portrait painter Gonzales Coques . In Amsterdam his work became influenced by local artists such as Rembrandt and Gerard de Lairesse . His portrait drawing of Frans Koerten was engraved by Theodor Matham . A painting by Carel van Savoyen of Jan de Doot holding a kidney stone in the shape of an egg hangs in the Portrait Collection of the Laboratory of Pathology , which
486-448: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Savoyen&oldid=767990991 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Carel van Savoyen Carel van Savoyen or Carel van Savoy (1620/21–1665) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker who
513-551: The museum moved too. In 1870, the Hunterian collections were transferred to the university's present site and assigned halls in Sir George Gilbert Scott 's neo-Gothic building. At first, the entire collection was housed together and displayed in the packed conditions common in museums of that time, but significant sections were later moved away to other parts of the university. The Zoological collections are now housed within
540-405: The original campus of the university. For this, Hunter ensured funds for its building and design by architect William Stark through his three trustees: his nephew Matthew Baillie; his Scottish lawyer Robert Barclay of Capelrig House ; and John Millar, cousin of William Cullen . When the university moved west to its new site at Gilmorehill (to escape crowding and pollution in the city centre),
567-505: The period from 1643 to 1645. The artist was recorded in Amsterdam on 20 April 1649 when he marries Catharina Wandelman, the daughter of a wealthy Catholic merchant in Amsterdam. He stated at the time that he was 28 years of age. He became citizen (poorter) of Amsterdam on 1 September 1649. He is known to have worked on two large paintings, both dated 1659, for churches in the Northern Netherlands. That Carel van Savoyen received
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#1733105815633594-488: The same as the two figures depicted in the signed An elegant couple courting in a formal garden . A near-contemporary Amsterdam inventory also lists an allegory by his hand. An example of an allegorical painting by van Savoyen is the composition entitled An allegory of abundance (Signed and dated 1651, at Jean Moust). During his period of activity in Antwerp van Savoyen followed the style of his master Jan Cossiers and of
621-592: The same to be kept and preserved by them and their successors for ever... in such sort, way, manner and form as ... shall seem most fit and most conducive to the improvement of the students of the said University of Glasgow." As well as Hunter's medical collections, which arose from his own work, Hunter collected widely, often assisted by his many royal and aristocratic patrons. He and his agents scoured Europe for coins, minerals, paintings and prints, ethnographic materials, books and manuscripts, as well as insects and other biological specimens. Hunter's eclectic bequest forms
648-513: The subject of exhibitions of note in the 2010s. The Gallery is now housed in a modern, custom-built facility that is part of the extensive Glasgow University Library complex, designed by William Whitfield . This displays the university's extensive art collection, and features an outdoor sculpture garden. The bas relief aluminium doors to the Hunterian Gallery were designed by sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi . The gallery's collection includes
675-485: The text underneath the selfportrait of Carel van Savoyen, which was included in Cornelis de Bie 's Het Gulden Cabinet , the artist is described as being skilled at painting small figures, mainly of nude women. Carel van Savoyen also painted genre scenes such as the composition An elegant couple courting in a formal garden (signed, formerly at Galerie Jan de Maere). This painting depicts an elegantly dressed man offering
702-590: Was active in Antwerp and Amsterdam. He is mainly known for his history paintings and portraits but he also painted allegories and genre scenes. The artist was born in Antwerp. He was the older brother of Philips van Savoy (or 'Philips van Savoyen') who was also a painter and later was active in Amsterdam. He was registered in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a pupil of the history and portrait painter Jan Cossiers in 1634–35. He left for Italy where he stayed in Rome in
729-499: Was also lavishly praised in Cornelis de Bie 's 1662 book of artist biographies entitled Het Gulden Cabinet . This shows that his work was held in high esteem by other artists of his time. Subsequently, it fell, however, into oblivion. He remained active in Amsterdam until his death in 1665. Carel van Savoyen's small extant oeuvre comprises only a dozen portraits and history pieces. He was known for his paintings of religious and mythological subjects as well as for his portraits. In
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