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A painting by Beccafumi for the Pinacoteca di SienaSince February, this Italian museum, now run by a Frenchman, the former director of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse, Axel Hémery, has been showing a new painting by the 16th-century Sienese…
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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 first sculpture by Camille Claudel for StockholmAlthough its collections include a fine group of sculptures and drawings by Auguste Rodin, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm previously held no works by his pupil, assistant and companion Camille…
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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 Mattia Preti enters the National Gallery in WashingtonAt the end of January 2023, Sotheby’s New York sold several 17th century paintings, notably Italian, from the Fisch-Davidson collection. Some of them have found their way into museums: we reported…
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A marble by Félicie de Fauveau for the Currier Museum of Art"This marble must say that it was made for the best and noblest servant of the Prince and that a Chouan made it": these words by Félicie de Fauveau about a bust of the Duke of Bordeaux wonderfully…
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A first work by Giuseppe Abbati for the MetropolitanThe Metropolitan Museum’s renowned collection of European paintings has been enriched with its first work by Giuseppe Abbati, one of the leading exponents of the Macchiaioli. Acquired from the…
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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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Orsay acquires a bust by MaillolOn private loan, it was presented during the first two Parisian and Zurich stages of the remarkable Maillol retrospective exhibition which will end in Roubaix in a few days. The terracotta bust…
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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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