Elisabeth Seldron

Elisabeth Seldron H_Bruno (c) Gemeente Lierde (6)
Elisabeth Seldron H_Bruno (c) Gemeente Lierde (6)
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De Brusselse kunstenaar Elisabeth Seldron (ca. 1681/82-1761) behaalt het allerhoogste niveau. Eerst met haar schilderijen van landschappen, marktscènes en dorpsfeesten, daarna als hofschilder. Je bewondert haar monumentale werk nog steeds in de Sint-Martinuskerk in Lierde.

Hofschilder uit Brussel

De artistieke carrière van Elisabeth Seldron begint in 1702. Dan schrijft ze zich in bij de prestigieuze Sint-Lucasgilde voor kunstenaars in Brussel. Daar krijgt ze haar opleiding en ontwikkelt ze een eigen stijl. Elisabeth specialiseert zich in landschappen en zogenaamde genrestukken: marktscènes en dorpsfeesten. Ook haar privéleven heeft een kunstzinnig randje, door haar huwelijk met beeldhouwer en architect Nicolaas Simons.  

Elisabeths talent blijft niet onopgemerkt. Al gauw dringt ze door tot de allerhoogste kringen. Vanaf 1735 werkt ze als hofschilder voor aartshertogin Maria Elisabeth van Oostenrijk in Brussel. Tijdens die periode creëert ze onder meer een indrukwekkende zesdelige religieuze cyclus voor de Sint-Martinuskerk in Lierde.

Elisabeth Seldron H_Bruno (c) Gemeente Lierde
Elisabeth Seldron - Sint-Martinuskerk, Lierde
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Elisabeth Seldron in Vlaanderen

Het oeuvre van Elisabeth Seldron is grotendeels ondergebracht in privécollecties, maar enkele van haar meesterwerken kun je nog zelf zien.  

  • Je bewondert haar indrukwekkende religieuze cyclus Taferelen uit het leven van de Heilige Bruno nog steeds in de Sint-Martinuskerk in Lierde, de plek waarvoor het werd geschilderd. Daar ontdek je ook twee bovendeurstukken van haar hand, net als het schilderij met Onze-Lieve-Vrouw en Jezus. 
Elisabeth Seldron H_Bruno (c) Gemeente Lierde
Elisabeth Seldron H_Bruno (c) Gemeente Lierde
Gemeente Lierde
Elisabeth Seldron H_Bruno (c) Gemeente Lierde
Elisabeth Seldron H_Bruno (c) Gemeente Lierde
Gemeente Lierde
Elisabeth Seldron H_Bruno (c) Gemeente Lierde
Elisabeth Seldron - Sint-Martinuskerk, Lierde
Gemeente Lierde

Ontdek ook

Sint-Martinuskerk, Lierde, (c) Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen
Sint-Martinuskerk, Lierde, (c) Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen
Herita - Lucid

Bezoek de Sint-Martinuskerk in Lierde

Ontdek hoe de Vlaamse meester Elisabeth Seldron de Taferelen uit het leven van de Heilige Bruno tot leven brengt in zes indrukwekkende schilderijen.
Michaelina Wautier, Twee meisjes als de heiligen Agnes en Dorothea, inv.nr. 599, foto Rik Klein Gotink, KMSKA Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap (public domain)
Twee jonge meisjes in elegante kleding zitten tegen een rood gedrapeerde achtergrond. De ene houdt een palmtak en een fruitmand vast; de andere raakt zachtjes de kop van een lam aan.
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Michaelina Wautier

Michaelina Wautier is de leading lady van de barok. Ze creëert een uitzonderlijk oeuvre. Dat ontdek je in haar thuisstad Brussel, in Antwerpen en Leuven.

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