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A 17th-century chess set donated to the Grünes GewölbeSome birthday presents are more amusing than others: all visitors to the 2022 edition of Tefaf Maastricht (see article) will remember this marvellous ebony and ivory chessboard that seemed to…
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A painting by Rochegrosse acquired by the Petit PalaisIt is difficult to know whether this Japanese from Workshop is really Sarah Bernhardt. The painting is by Georges Rochegrosse, who represented the actress on several occasions. It was bought by…
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Cross in the light of the Var, "the most beautiful country in the world"His name is a sparkling invitation, and yet the beach at Baigne-cul remains deserted, barely animated by three boys, or rather by a single one, depicted three times under a blazing sun. The…
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Hubert-Sauzeau, an exhibition in Niort, Deux-Sèvres departmentHe had benefited in 2017 and again in 2019 from two discreet focused exhibitions organised by the Musée Bernard d’Agesci in Niort at the initiative of its director, Laurence Lamy, who had been…
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A Letourneur sculpture donated to CherbourgFlesh that you cut, old chap, it’s a disturbing thing, you love it and you’re afraid of it, it vibrates so much. But it’s very difficult to work, it’s as hard as a donkey and the tools only go…
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A painting by Pietro Ricchi for VeniceA painting acquired by the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice brings to mind an artist who is difficult to pin down: Pietro Ricchi, nicknamed "il Lucchese". The work, bought on 16 November 2022 at…
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A drawing by Jacob de Wit for ClevelandAlways well present in the aisles of the Salon du Dessin, North American museums rarely miss an opportunity to enrich their collections: quickly reserved on the beautiful stand of the Dutch…
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Three new Eugène Boudins for GivernyA precursor of Impressionism, close to Jongkind and Monet, Eugène Boudin entered the Musée des Impressionnismes in 2020. Acquired from the Galerie de la Présidence, his panel Deauville, le bassin…
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Boston buys the Saint Cecilia by Diana Di RosaIn our review of the last Maastricht Fair, we wrote that a painting presented by the Porcini gallery, Saint Cecilia with an Angel, had been acquired by an American museum. We can now give its…
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A terracotta by Vinache donated to the National Gallery of Art in WashingtonLargely forgotten nowadays, Jean Joseph Vinache was nevertheless one of the fine sculptors of eighteenth-century France, even though he first made his career in Saxony, where his most famous work…
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