Above: Clara Peeters (Flemish, ca. 1587–1636), A Bouquet of Flowers (detail), ca. 1612, Oil on wood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Adam Eaker
Assistant Curator, European Paintings The Metropolitan Museum of Art Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 5PM (EST) Join Elizabeth Weinfield in conversation with Adam Eaker, Assistant Curator of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Eaker will discuss the The Met's recent acquisition of a painting by 17th-century Dutch painter Clara Peeters (ca. 1587–after 1636), and we'll listen to music by Peeters' contemporary, Leonora Duarte (1610–1678). Guests should feel welcome to ask questions at the end of the session via the YouTube chat bar. This event is free and will be streamed live via Sonnambula's YouTube Channel. Please note that only speakers (and not viewers), will be visible. |
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Adam Eaker studied art history at Yale University and Columbia University, where he received his PhD in 2016. A specialist in Northern European and British painting of the sixteenth through the eighteenth century, he was previously a visiting scholar at the Rubenianum Research Institute for Flemish Art in Antwerp.
Elizabeth Weinfield is the Artistic Director of Sonnambula. She holds a PhD in historical musicology from The Graduate Center (CUNY) and teaches on the music history faculty at The Juilliard School.
Elizabeth Weinfield is the Artistic Director of Sonnambula. She holds a PhD in historical musicology from The Graduate Center (CUNY) and teaches on the music history faculty at The Juilliard School.
Spring 2021 speakers will be announced in January.