Angela Jager (born 1984) is a

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and

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, known for her research and contributions to the fields of

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and

Flemish painting Flemish painting flourished from the early 15th century until the 17th century, gradually becoming distinct from the painting of the rest of the Low Countries, especially the modern Netherlands. In the early period, up to about 1520, the painti ...

. She is Curator of Dutch and Flemish Old Master Painting at the

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– Netherlands Institute for Art History, in

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Biography

Angela Jager received her PhD in 2016 from the

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, focusing on the mass market for history paintings in seventeenth-century

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. Following her PhD, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Statens Museum for Kunst in

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, where she studied a large private collection of Old Master paintings. From 2019 to 2021, she was a researcher at the

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, contributing to the RKD-database "Visiting the Golden Age". In November 2021, Jager was appointed as Curator of Dutch and Flemish Old Master Painting at the RKD. In this role, she is also working on a collection catalogue of Dutch and Flemish old master paintings from the Nivaagaards Malerisamling in Denmark, alongside Jørgen Wadum. Jager and Wadumn in 2023, found through their research, that two separate portraits by

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were actually once part of a large canvas and were therefore one large portrait that has been separated. The discovery was covered in global news outlets, including

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Research and grants

Jager's research interests include the international art trade in the early modern period, workshop production, and the interpretation of archival sources related to artists and art dealers. She has received significant grants, including a Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant for her research.

Publications

* ''The Mass Market for History Paintings in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam: Production, Distribution and Consumption''. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. * "Selling Paintings to Sweden: Toussaint Gelton’s Correspondence with Pontus Fredrik de la Gardie." ''Oud Holland - Journal for Art of the Low Countries'' 133, no. 2 (2020): 108-127. * With Stephanie Dickey. "New Light on Family Ties: Rembrandt, Vinck, Van Swanenburgh." ''Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis'', 2022. * With Marije Osnabrugge, contributions by Susanna Bartels and Lucie Rochard. ''Op bezoek in de Republiek: Reisverslagen uit de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw''. Zwolle: WBOOKS, 2022. * With Jørgen Wadum and Marta Domínquez-Delmás. "Unraveling a 17th-century North Netherlandish Panel Maker." ''International Journal of Wood Culture'', 2023.

Exhibitions

Jager has contributed to several exhibitions, including: * ''Visiting the Golden Age'' (University of Geneva) * ''Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings'' (Nivaagaards Malerisamling)

Affiliations

Jager is an Associate Member of CODART and the European Liaison of the Historians of Netherlandish Art (HNA). She also co-hosts the HNA Podcast, highlighting new scholarly work in her field.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jager, Angela Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Dutch women art historians Dutch art curators University of Amsterdam alumni 1984 births