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Houston buys a painting by Marguerite Gérard and FragonardThe story of this painting, acquired by The Museum of Fine Arts from the galerie Éric Coatalem, is surprising and fascinating. We can summarise it here from the note written by Carole Blumenfeld,…
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A neo-Gothic prie-Dieu acquired by OrsayWhile the Musée d’Orsay’s decorative arts collections from the 1848-1889 period should soon - in 2024 most likely - benefit from new rooms, located opposite the Salle des Fêtes, they have been…
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A new Thomas Couture for Senlis"If you take models, [...] surprise them; let them not know that you are looking at them. A few quickly drawn lines, your observations and a few notes taken on the fire of your impressions will…
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A miniature by Jean Cotelle for the Musée du Grand SiècleIt had been the subject of a research announcement by the Château de Versailles on La Tribune de l’Art in 2017 ahead of the exhibition "Jean Cotelle (1646-1708), gardens and gods" then in…
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A Roman terracotta for the Getty MuseumIt was one of the most seductive sculptures presented in June at the last edition of the Maastricht Fair (see article): the superb terracotta Saint Jerome proposed on the stand of the Lullo…
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Two Ary Scheffer for the Musée de la Vie romantiqueHoused in the former home of the painter Ary Scheffer, the Musée de la Vie romantique has a remarkable collection of the artist’s works, which has recently been enriched by a new painting and a new…
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The Dallas Museum of Art buys a Luca GiordanoSitting in the center of Galerie Colnaghi’s beautiful stand at the last edition of the Maastricht fair, this grandiose Triumph of Galatea by Luca Giordano already seemed destined to be snapped up…
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Bordeaux buys a painting by GervexHenri Gervex’s most famous painting entitled Rolla caused such a scandal at the 1873 Salon that it was excluded. It was included in the somewhat too light exhibition that Orsay devoted to…
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A Virgin and Child for the Crozatier MuseumStrategically located in the heart of the Auvergne, the Crozatier Museum in Le Puy-en-Velay, however, remains poor in medieval sculpture, despite the region’s wealth in this area. As Marie-Blanche…
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A drawing by Gibelin preempted by the Musée des Arts décoratifsAs we mentioned in the preamble to the series of news items we devoted to recent acquisitions by the Musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris, the latter preempted on November 24 at Millon a rare drawing…
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