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A drawing by Jean-Baptiste Oudry for the Château de FontainebleauThe third day of the Festival de l’histoire de l’art was brightened by some excellent news: just as the event was drawing to a close, the Château de Fontainebleau sent an emissary to the sale…
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Louvre: paper catalogue also available to download free of chargePublishing books on the internet - we did this recently thanks to Thierry Zimmer who entrusted us with his catalogue raisonné on the nineteenth-century painter Antoine Rivoulon (which you can…
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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 Caravaggesque spring at VersaillesSent to board in Amiens for the duration of the "Louis XV, passions d’un roi" exhibition, the "masterpieces from the King’s bedroom" naturally returned to Versailles in the spring, although they…
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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…