Our senior researcher, Pál Ács, gave a presentation at a prestigious international conference. The event was held in Copenhagen, at the National Gallery of Denmark, and focused on the life and work of Melchior Lorck, a versatile Danish Renaissance artist. Lorck is best known for his works depicting life in sixteenth-century Constantinople.
Scholars from around the world sought to explore the sources of Lorck’s art, the style of his works, and the techniques underlying his creative process. The three-day conference was organized to mark the publication of the fifth and final volume of Lorck’s catalogue raisonné.
Melchior Lorck’s art is also significant from a Hungarian perspective, as he painted portraits of Antal Verancsics and Ferenc Zay while serving as a member of the Hungarian embassy in Constantinople. Pál Ács’s presentation analyzed Lorck’s drawing of a detail of the Egyptian obelisk standing in the Hippodrome of Istanbul, also touching on the symbolism of obelisks in the Renaissance.
The conference programme can be read here.
The event was organized by Hanne Kolind Poulsen, Mikael Bøgh Rasmussen, and Ernst Jonas Bencard. Other Hungarian speakers included Éva Gyulai from the University of Miskolc and Robyn Radway from CEU.
