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The Prado buys a painting by Paolo de San LeocadioIn the foreground, John, Peter and James are dozing, while Christ is praying: "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless, not my will but yours be done". An angel appears…
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A new Monfreid preempted by MontpellierAs we have already mentioned on several occasions, since 2017 the Musée Fabre has been building up a collection of works by Georges Daniel de Monfreid, the latest addition to its collections…
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A masterpiece by Émile Bernard for the Musée d’OrsaySome collections appear to be inexhaustible, despite decades of varied sales: Christie’s was thus able to play it safe by announcing yet more Josefowitz sales this autumn, several years after the…
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Three recent Quimper acquisitions« Elles n’ont pas, en ce moment, de rivales à l’Exposition Universelle. Aucun spectacle n’est plus inattendu ni plus curieux, et nos yeux d’Occidentaux blasés sont hypnotisés par ce troublant…
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A Portuguese Renaissance painting for the LouvreA year ago, the Louvre organised a small but magnificent exhibition devoted to the Portuguese Renaissance. We explained that many works had been lost in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, and that…
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Two drawings by Honthorst acquired by the British MuseumAll lovers of old master drawings will remember the exceptional set of twenty-seven sheets by Gerrit van Honthorst that were the subject of an exhibition at Nicolas Schwed almost nine years ago,…
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The Cleveland Museum buys a painting by ZoffanyIt’s a happy coincidence: when the Cleveland Museum’s English galleries were refurbished in 2018, the curators’ intention was to give visitors the feeling of entering an 18th-century flat. To…
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A Dandré-Bardon for MontpellierIt was a highly attractive image that made a long-awaited reappearance at Delon/Hoebanx & Associés at Hôtel Drouot on Thursday 12 October: this painting by Michel-François Dandré-Bardon,…
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A new Domenico Piola for the Palazzo SpinolaA new painting by Domenico Piola has been added to the collections of the Palazzo Spinola in Genoa, acquired by the Italian Ministry of Culture from the Galerie Canesso in Paris. Kept in private…
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A little-known heritage. Paintings from the diocese of Paris from the 15th to the 20th centuriesAll the works of art recorded in Paris churches before 1905 and the law separating Church and State belonged to the City of Paris, and all those in Notre-Dame belonged to the State. Since then,…
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