Focus on Willem Key
25/01/2026
KBF ART TALK at 2 pm
Koenraad Jonckheere, full professor in Northern Renaissance and Baroque Art at Ghent University
Language > Dutch
Flemish painter Willem Key worked for some of the most prominent patrons of his time and was deeply embedded in the heart of Antwerp’s sixteenth-century art scene. His portraits and history paintings reveal superb technical mastery and keen psychological insight. On the occasion of the King Baudouin Foundation’s acquisition of one of his masterpieces, visitors are invited to take a closer look at this remarkable yet little-known artist, and to delve into his oeuvre as well as the turbulent times in which he lived and worked.
Join us on the stand of the King Baudouin Foundation n°151
Willem Key, Lamentation of Christ with Donors, 1553, oil on panel, 171.5 cm x 131.5 cm.
Collection King Baudouin Foundation. Acquired by the King Baudouin Foundation and the Charles Vreeken Fund in 2025, entrusted to the M Museum, Leuven.
© Vincent Éverard
Koenraad Jonckheere, full professor in Northern Renaissance and Baroque Art at Ghent University
Language > Dutch
Flemish painter Willem Key worked for some of the most prominent patrons of his time and was deeply embedded in the heart of Antwerp’s sixteenth-century art scene. His portraits and history paintings reveal superb technical mastery and keen psychological insight. On the occasion of the King Baudouin Foundation’s acquisition of one of his masterpieces, visitors are invited to take a closer look at this remarkable yet little-known artist, and to delve into his oeuvre as well as the turbulent times in which he lived and worked.
Join us on the stand of the King Baudouin Foundation n°151
Willem Key, Lamentation of Christ with Donors, 1553, oil on panel, 171.5 cm x 131.5 cm.
Collection King Baudouin Foundation. Acquired by the King Baudouin Foundation and the Charles Vreeken Fund in 2025, entrusted to the M Museum, Leuven.
© Vincent Éverard
