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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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A first painting by Edelfelt for the Petit PalaisA familiar image in French school textbooks, the Portrait of Louis Pasteur by Albert Edelfelt was paradoxically much better known in this country than its author, who was nevertheless the first…
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A donation of Italian drawings from the Ottocento to YaleThe New Haven Museum has just received a major acquisition: an entire collection of nineteenth-century Italian drawings has been donated and sold by New York collectors Roberta Olson and…
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A painting by Cornelis de Baellieur for KasselThe Gemäldegalerie in Kassel received as a gift from a collector last year a painting by the Flemish painter Cornelis de Baellieur depicting the Christ Carrying His Cross, painted on copper and of…
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Two pieces of furniture from Marie-Antoinette return to VersaillesScrutinised with attention by a number of connoisseurs, the astonishing "Jacques Garcia, Intemporel" sale held at Sotheby’s in Paris on Tuesday afternoon certainly disappointed a few hopes -…
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Lyon gets a new Fleury RichardFleury Richard is credited with the invention of a new style that was later called troubadour painting, the first example of which was his Valentine of Milan mourning the death of her husband,…
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A painting by Rachel Ruysch and Michiel van Musscher for the Metropolitan Museum of Art18/5/23 - Acquisition - New York, Metropolitan Museum - At a time when American and European museums have made the acquisition of female artists a top priority, the European Paintings department…
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Two paintings by Sartorio acquired by OrsayA protean Roman artist who was a painter, sculptor, illustrator, architect, photographer, writer and film-maker, Giulio Aristide Sartorio was largely ignored by French critics and remained a…
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A painting by Pedro Orrente acquired by the PradoAdonis is the fruit of incest, born of the union of Myrrha with her own father, Cinyras, king of Cyprus. The arrogant Cinyras had claimed that his daughter’s beauty surpassed that of Aphrodite.…
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Restoration of the Porte Dorée at the Château de FontainebleauWhat remains of the original decoration? The 16th-century frescoes that adorn the Porte Dorée of the Château de Fontainebleau are in a sorry state, victims of the passage of time, climatic…
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The Musée d’Orsay buys a new GérômeWhile Jean-Léon Gérôme is not uncommon on the art market, it was a puzzling effigy that awaited enthusiasts on the Gallery 19C booth at the last Tefaf in Maastricht: this Child with a Mask intrigues…
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The bay horse of Henri IV arrives in Paut was undoubtedly one of the most beautiful paintings of the Talabardon & Gautier sales, which we had already spotted on their gallery stand during the 2017 edition of Tefaf New York devoted…
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A portrait by Gerrit van Honthorst returns to Dessau-WörlitzLong considered lost, a large and beautiful painting painted in 1635 by Gerrit van Honthorst was presented at Oranienbaum Castle a few weeks ago following its "purchase" by the Kulturstiftung…
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A Peasant by Dalou enters the MetAimé-Jules Dalou saw himself as an artisan, belonging to the working class. A fervent republican, his sculptures bore witness to an artistic project in keeping with his human convictions. For him,…
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Three preemptions from Orléans at the Talabardon & Gautier saleOf the 14 museum preemptions at the Talabardon & Gautier sales on 21 and 23 March, we have already dealt with six. Thanks to this news item, and to the once again remarkable activity of the…
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Sargent’s painting donated to the Norton MuseumIt is difficult to perceive the adventuress behind this vaporous woman who poses in her elegant white dress, pearls around her neck, a large flowered hat at the end of her black-gloved arm, while…
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Muriel Barbier on her way to FontainebleauFor the first time, a specialist in the history of the decorative arts has been named "directeur du patrimoine et des collections" ("director of heritage and collections") at "the house of…
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Orsay and CourbetOn 4 June, the Rouillac auction house will be offering a painting, La Grande Baigneuse, described as "the largest nude by Courbet to be presented at auction" and even "his last nude". This work…
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A new painting by Rémond for MontpellierThe Musée Fabre kept the immense historical landscape from the Salon of 1837 - along with its preparatory sketch acquired in 2016 - as well as a picturesque medium-format Italian landscape, but…
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The Mauritshuis buys a painting by Balthasar van der AstIn the 1620s and 1630s, a tulip epidemic swept through the northern part of the United Provinces, driving up prices beyond measure and leading to the "tulip crisis" in 1637. Among the most…
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Two new women artists for WashingtonLike Luisa Roldán, known as La Roldana, Lavinia Fontana, Gretchen Woodman Rogers and Gesina ter Borch, two new 17th-century Italian painters, Fede Galizia and Caterina Angela Pierozzi, have…