Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann OON (6 March 1923 – 5 August 2017) was a

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art historian and

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Born in

Naarden Naarden () is a city and former municipality in the Gooi region in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren since 2016. History Naarden was granted its city rights in 1300 (the only ...

, Haverkamp-Begemann spent most of his childhood in

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and

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, where his father worked as an

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. After a year in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...

, the family returned to the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

in the late 1930s. Haverkamp-Begemann finished

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Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

, and initially studied

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, but soon turned to

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, ...

. He completed a

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with

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Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollm ...

in 1958. Haverkamp-Begemann's dissertation was on the

Dutch Golden Age painter Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence. The new Dutch Republi ...

Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech (1591/92 – September 23, 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, draughtsman and etcher. He is one of the early specialists in the merry company type of subject in Dutch genre painting. His contemporaries named him ...

, which was supervised by Jan Gerrit van Gelder. In 1950, Haverkamp-Begemann was hired as Curator of Drawings, and later Curator of Paintings, at the

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located ...

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. In 1959, he moved to the

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to conduct research at the

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, as well as at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

. In the following year, Haverkamp-Begemann was named Curator of Drawings and Prints of the

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, a position which he held until 1974. In his final four years there, he chaired that department. Haverkamp-Begemann also taught

at the school. In 1965, Haverkamp-Begemann received a

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in Fine Arts Research. In 1978, Haverkamp-Begemann began a long tenure at the

New York University Institute of Fine Arts The Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) of New York University is dedicated to graduate teaching and advanced research in the history of art, archaeology and the conservation and technology of works of art. It offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philos ...

. He was named John Langeloth Loeb Professor in the History of Art, which later turned into an emeritus position upon retirement in 1988. He also would become Curator of Dutch and Flemish Paintings at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 100 ...

. From 2001 to 2004, Haverkamp-Begemann served as Acting Head of the Department of Prints and Drawings at

The Morgan Library & Museum The Morgan Library & Museum, formerly the Pierpont Morgan Library, is a museum and research library in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is situated at 225 Madison Avenue, between 36th Street to the south and 37th S ...

. In 1983, Anne-Marie S. Logan and other colleagues published a

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in honor of Haverkamp-Begemann titled ''Essays in Northern European Art: Presented to Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann on his Sixtieth Birthday''. Haverkamp-Begemann was named an Officer of the

Order of Orange Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

. He died in

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in 2017.

Works

* ''Creative Copies: Interpretative Drawings from Michelangelo to Picasso'' * ''Rembrandt, the Nightwatch '' * ''Art And Autoradiography: Insights Into The Genesis Of Paintings By Rembrandt, Van Dyck And Vermeer'' * ''The Robert Lehman Collection'' * ''The Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art''

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External links

New York Times obituary
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