Krannert Art Museum acquire Willem Bartsius
February 1 2025
Picture: Krannert Art Museum
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
I missed this news story at the end of last year that the Krannert Art Museum in Illinois acquired Willem Bartsius's Samson and Delilah. The work was purchased through the London dealer Ben Elwes.
According to the article linked above:
One major work acquired this spring is an oil painting of Samson and Delilah by Dutch painter Willem Bartsius, who like Rembrandt moved to Amsterdam in the 1630s. Few works by Bartsius survive, and this one is considered his best, said Maureen Warren, KAM’s curator of European and American art. It is a history painting, a category that includes stories from mythology, literature and the Bible. The museum has a fine collection of early modern European paintings, but not many history paintings.
