Image: Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk
The Norfolk Society of Arts will present a lecture titled ‘From Rembrandt to Vermeer: The Leiden Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Paintings’ at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. The programme runs from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the museum’s Kaufman Theater, with coffee served in Huber Court from 10:30 a.m. before the lecture itself begins at 11 a.m. Admission is free and registration is encouraged.
The lecture will focus on the Leiden Collection and its holdings of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, as indicated by the program title. Rembrandt and Vermeer are named as the central reference points, placing the discussion within the period associated with major developments in Dutch painting.
The announcement does not identify the lecturer, provide a detailed description of the works to be discussed, or specify whether images or other presentation materials will accompany the talk. It also does not state that paintings from the Leiden Collection will be physically displayed at the event.
The talk is one of six in the Norfolk Society of Arts lecture series listed on the museum’s calendar for the 2026–27 season, running from September to March. The museum states that the lectures are free and open to the public thanks to the society’s membership support. The Norfolk Society of Arts hosts the series; the Chrysler Museum of Art is the venue and publishes the listing.
The Leiden Collection’s name is associated in the announcement with a group of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, while the title’s reference to Rembrandt and Vermeer signals a focus on two of the best-known artists linked to that tradition. No further information is provided about the collection’s ownership, curatorial history, individual paintings or the lecture’s interpretive approach.
The lecture takes place at the Chrysler Museum of Art, One Memorial Place, Norfolk, on September 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free and advance registration is encouraged.
