Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges
Articles
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Strasbourg’s Vouet restoredIt is one of the masterpieces of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, but visitors were desperate to be able to admire the Saint Catherine by Simon Vouet, acquired in 2019. A delicate…
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A painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister for WorcesterSlavery had been abolished for almost thirty years when Edward Mitchell Bannister painted this work, which at first sight seems to depict an idyllic nature or at least a picturesque country…
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A painting by Carlos Luis de Ribera for the Museo del Romanticismo in MadridBoth a history painter and a portraitist, the Spaniard Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve enjoyed success during his lifetime and led a brilliant career. His work is often compared with that of…
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A painting by Niccolò Betti donated to the UffiziIn memory of his father, Alfredo Moretti, a famous Tuscan art dealer, Fabrizio Moretti, Secretary General of the Florence International Biennial of Antiquaries, has donated to the Uffizi Museum a…
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A painting by Jacques Stella given to the LouvreJacques Stella depicted the Saint Family on several occasions, varying the number of figures from one version to another. One of his paintings, intended for private devotion, features Mary, Jesus…
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Lyon gets a new Fleury RichardFleury Richard is credited with the invention of a new style that was later called troubadour painting, the first example of which was his Valentine of Milan mourning the death of her husband,…
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A painting by Pedro Orrente acquired by the PradoAdonis is the fruit of incest, born of the union of Myrrha with her own father, Cinyras, king of Cyprus. The arrogant Cinyras had claimed that his daughter’s beauty surpassed that of Aphrodite.…
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Restoration of the Porte Dorée at the Château de FontainebleauWhat remains of the original decoration? The 16th-century frescoes that adorn the Porte Dorée of the Château de Fontainebleau are in a sorry state, victims of the passage of time, climatic…
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Sargent’s painting donated to the Norton MuseumIt is difficult to perceive the adventuress behind this vaporous woman who poses in her elegant white dress, pearls around her neck, a large flowered hat at the end of her black-gloved arm, while…
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The Mauritshuis buys a painting by Balthasar van der AstIn the 1620s and 1630s, a tulip epidemic swept through the northern part of the United Provinces, driving up prices beyond measure and leading to the "tulip crisis" in 1637. Among the most…