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  • An ugly painting? Yes, but by a woman! So it’s fine...

    Le Rijksmuseum a acquis d’autres œuvres à la TEFAF dont nous parlerons ultérieurement, mais la seule pour laquelle elle s’est fendue d’un communiqué triomphal est le Portrait de Moses Ter Borch à l’âge…

  • A portrait by Mary Beale acquired by Boston

    Elle fut l’une des premières femmes anglaises à mener véritablement une carrière de peintre dans la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle. Influencée par Peter Lely, Mary Beale s’imposa dans le genre du…

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  • A Divisionist painting acquired by Orléans

    Acquired from the Terrades gallery in Paris, the painting by Orléans-born Louis Bouglé has taken its place on level -1 of the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans. Linked to the city by its creator but also…

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  • Two Pietro Lorenzetti make their debut at the Louvre

    Although announced at the end of November, the rediscovery of two previously unseen panels by Pietro Lorenzetti by the Tajan auction house and the experts at Turquin immediately raised the hopes…

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  • Armand Point, from Oise to Los Angeles

    The bloody head of Saint John the Baptist remains invisible, though it is suggested by the look, smile and gesture of the cruel Salomé, who holds out a silver basin to receive it. Armand Point…

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  • An amber Madonna returns to Portugal

    Most often worked on the cold shores of the Baltic Sea, the amber that enchanted connoisseurs in the autumn was bound to excite the interest of museum curators too. There were all kinds of…

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  • A double portrait by Serangeli for the Musée Fabre

    The charming effigy looks familiar, while Gioacchino Serangeli’s Portrait of the Twin Sons of Pierre Seriziat by Gioacchino Serangeli has just joined a public collection after spending just over…

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  • A Giaquinto for Spain’s National Heritage

    In 2023, through Christie’s Iberica, Spain’s National Heritage acquired a painting by Corrado Giaquinto, which is now in the Royal Collections. It is probably a sketch for the ceiling or vault of a…

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  • An early Goya for the Museo del Romanticismo

    The work has not been allowed to leave Spanish territory since 2014, having been declared an Work of Cultural Interest (BIC). Originally attributed to Francisco Bayeu, this Pietà was attributed…

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