‘Rembrandt’s Light’: an evening with Jennifer Scott

Thu 31 January 2019

Lucy Cavendish College

Jennifer Scott the Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery will reveal the research and concept behind her forthcoming exhibition marking the 350th anniversary of the death of Rembrandt. The exhibition (2 October 2019 – 2 February 2020) focuses on the 19 years when the great Dutch master lived in his ‘dream house’ on the Breestraat in Amsterdam. Through paintings, etchings and drawings she will explore the ideal conditions for creating art, and the ideal conditions for viewing within the world’s oldest purpose-built public art gallery.

Biography:

Jennifer Scott has been The Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery since April 2017. She was formerly Director of the Holburne Museum, Bath (2014-2017) where she managed the Museum’s 2016 centenary celebrations, led a high profile acquisition campaign, developed a successful city-wide partnership (Bath Museums Partnership), achieved funding for innovative outreach and community engagement projects and initiated new research leading to the re-attribution of previously overlooked works by Brueghel the Younger and David Teniers the Younger.

From 2004-2014 she was Curator of Paintings at Royal Collection Trust, having previously worked in the curatorial departments of the National Gallery, London and National Museums Liverpool.

She has curated numerous exhibitions including Bruegel: Defining a Dynasty; Impressionism: Capturing Life; Dutch Landscapes and Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting. She has published widely on the Dutch and Flemish golden age and her book The Royal Portrait: Image and Impact (2010) is the first survey of state portraiture from within the British Royal Collection.

Jennifer took her BA and MA in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, University of London. She is a Member of the Board of the Living Paintings Trust, Governor of Alleyn’s School, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow Commoner of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge.

All are welcome to attend this free event.

This event will take place before Formal Hall. Although College members are very welcome to attend Formal Hall, there is no requirement to do so. If you do wish to attend Formal Hall too, please ensure that you book through the online booking system.

Cost: Free