Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges
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A Manfredi for the MetA single solemnity for two saints: Peter and Paul are celebrated on the same day, considered to be the two pillars of the Church, one the stone on which it is built, the other the apostle to the…
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Interview with Mathilde Augé, Executive Director of WMF FranceThe World Monument Fund is an international organisation dedicated to safeguarding architecture and heritage. It had an affiliate office in France that took part in numerous restoration projects…
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A relief by François Du Quesnoy for BostonFrançois Du Quesnoy’s plump, chubby putti made his reputation, sometimes to the point of overshadowing the rest of his work, or tarnishing it with numerous replicas and copies that were widely…
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The Frans Hals Museum buys a painting by Cornelis Van HaarlemThis kitchen scene is an exception in the work of Cornelis van Haarlem. Along with Karel Van Mander and Hendrick Goltzius, he was one of the leading figures of Haarlem Mannerism, producing mainly…
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Fundraising to restore the Bulliot VirginThe hoped-for sum has almost been raised! Last June, a fundraising campaign was launched to finance the restoration of the so-called the Bulliot Virgin, a Gothic masterpiece from the Musée d’Autun…
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A Liotard for ChicagoNoticed at the last TEFAF, where it was exhibited on the stand of the London gallery Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, this portrait by Jean-Étienne Liotard has finally joined the collections of…
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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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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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