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The Bader Collection

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About the Collection

The Bader Collection is the strongest holding of Old Masters in any Canadian university art gallery, and the most comprehensive collection of authenticated paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn and his circle in any institution within Canada. Comprised of over 500 paintings, sculptures and works on paper that span the fourteenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries, the collection contributes fundamentally to the study and enjoyment of early modern European art in Canada and abroad.

A result of the highly discerning eye of Dr Alfred Bader (1924-2018), The Bader Collection has brought international stature and renown to Agnes’s collections.

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Ciro Ferri, Joseph Turning Away from Potiphar’s Wife, around 1675, oil on canvas. Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 1973 (16-031). Photo: Bernard Clark

Featured Works

Rembrandt van Rijn
Head of an Old Man in a Cap, around 1630

Susenier, Abraham
Vanitas Still Life with a Portrait of Rembrandt, a Sculpture, a Skull, Feathers, an Overturned Roemer and a Portfolio of Drawings, around 1669-72

Maes, Nicolaes
Abraham’s Sacrifice, 1653/55

Victors, Jan
Ruth and Naomi, 1653

de Heere, Lucas (circle of)
Portrait of a Girl, around 1565

Bol, Ferdinand
A Man in a Fancy Robe and Tall Cap Strung with Pearls, around 1643

Ferri, Ciro
Joseph Turning Away from Potiphar’s Wife, around 1675

Rembrandt van Rijn
Head of a Man in a Turban (Study for a Rabbi?), 1661

Lingelbach, Johannes
A Garden with an Artist Drawing from Antiquities, Around 1671

Sweerts, Michael
Self-portrait with Skull, around 1660

Doomer, Lambert
A Venetian Courtesan, 1666

Elderly man seated at a desk writing at night, framed by a large pile of backlit books in front of him and a globe.

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Reflections on The Bader Collection

Essays by Dr Jacquelyn N. Coutré, Dr David De Witt and Dr Suzanne van de Meerendonk

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Digital Agnes: screenshot from Reflections on The Bader Collection Digital Publication.

Agnes launches a new Digital Publication in celebration of Bader Day!

15 November 2023

Rembrandt's Circle Network Map

Rembrandt’s Circle: A Network of Artists in The Bader Collection

Discover how forty artists in The Bader Collection are connected to the Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn, socially and artistically through an interactive network map.

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Portrait of a Six-Year-Old Boy Holding an Apple, 1656, oil on canvas. Gift of Isabel and Alfred Bader, 2016 (59-007)

Rembrandt and Company: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Paintings from The Bader Collection

5 September 2020 –15 August 2021

Elderly man seated at a desk writing at night, framed by a large pile of backlit books in front of him and a globe.

The Bader Collection Grows

6 February 2020

A landscape with a boy laid down on a rock next to an older man kneeling and reaching for a knife, above them an angel.

Work from The Bader Collection Travels to The Hague

8 December 2019

Screenshot from the short video A new Rembrandt arrives at Queens

A new Rembrandt arrives at Queen’s

The Bader Collection: Dutch and Flemish Paintings

The Bader Collection: European Paintings

Publication cover from The Bader Collection: European Paintings

Expanding the online presence of The Bader Collection

18 November 2019

Bernardo Bellotto, Architectural Capriccio with a Self-Portrait in the Costume of a Venetian Nobleman, around 1762-65, oil on canvas. Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 2016 (59-006)

The Collection on the Road

David de Witt, Bader Curator of European Art, with Dr. Alfred Bader looking at The Bader Collection: European Paintings, 2014

The Bader Collection

Watch how The Bader Collection is used across faculties to enhance our students' learning experiences.

Jan Victors, Ruth and Naomi, 1653, oil on canvas. Purchase Bader Acquisition Fund, 2015 (58-002) Photo: Bernard Clark

Alfred Bader Collects: Celebrating Fifty Years of The Bader Collection

29 April –3 December 2017

Alfred Bader Collects: Celebrating Fifty Years of The Bader Collection

Dr Jacquelyn N. Coutré

Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo, 1658, oil on canvas. Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 2015 (58-008)

Rembrandt van Rijn’s Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo

Dr Jacquelyn N. Coutré

Singular Figures: Portraits and Character Studies in Northern Baroque Painting

9 January 2016 –4 December 2016

Art history student Madeleine Leisk (Artsci’16) is drawn to Willem Drost’s Self-Portrait as St. John the Evangelist (c.1655). Ms. Leisk assisted in the preparation of the Singular Figures exhibition. Photo: Bernard Clark

Singular figures

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