- The human fight for justice as illustrated by prestigious
masterpieces from the Burgundian Netherlands, featuring a stunning
collection of prestigious master pieces - Contributions from some twenty
academics and experts Call for Justice highlights the rich and
fascinating interaction between art, the practice of law and the idea of
justice in the territories governed by the Great Council of Mechelen
when at the height of its powers. Works of art from the Burgundian Low
Countries dating from the mid-fifteenth to mid-seventeenth century are
situated within the turbulent legal, political and cultural context in
which they were created: the unification of the Netherlands, the
increasingly absolutist administration of Emperor Charles V, the
Reformation and the uprising against Spain. Call for Justice reveals how
these artworks make visible, and in a powerful way, one of the most
universal of all human desires: the pursuit of justice. Including
prestigious masterpieces by, amongst others, Quinten Matsys, Maarten van
Heemskerck, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Maarten de Vos, Peter Paul Rubens,
Anthony van Dyck and Philippe de Champaigne. The publication accompanies
the exhibition of the same name at the Museum Hof van Busleyden in
Mechelen (23 March - 24 June 2018), which forms part of the city
festival OP. RECHT. MECHELEN. The exhibition is organized in
collaboration with the KMSKA., and is one of the most important
exhibitions of spring 2018.
