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Tate Britain’s rehang and acquisitions (1/2)The new museum-wide presentation of works at Tate Britain clearly has a thoughtful subtext in which colonial issues, gender and everything else that constitutes the alpha and omega of today’s…
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Two panels by Adriaen Brouwer reunited at the MauritshuisAdriaen Brouwer remains one of the most colourful figures of 17th-century Flemish painting, famous for the debauchery that led to his premature death: it is probably no coincidence that a range…
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The Burlington Magazine - n° 1444 vol CLXV - July 2023Italian art Editorial At Tate Britain Articles Giulio Dalvit, Castiglione Olona: a new chronology for the frescos of the Collegiata Lisa Monnas, A tale of two velvets in works by Jaume…
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News from BayeuxLe Parisien informed us in an article dated 11 July that Nicole Paolini, a resident of Bayeux who died in March at the age of 86 and had no children, had bequeathed assets worth an estimated 2…
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The Drosnay church fireIt’s a tradition we could do without: as soon as a church in France burns down, the extremists go wild on social networks to denounce a supposed Islamist attack on the values of the West. But…
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Manet and Degas, from the Musée d’Orsay (and the Met) to the Bibliothèque nationaleWith its hand on its heart and its mind preoccupied with soaring insurance and transport costs, the Musée d’Orsay swears that we won’t be seeing such a collection again any time soon, brought in…
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Leuven acquires a painting by Michaelina WautierShe was a 17th-century painter whose works were often attributed to her brother, Charles Wautier, or to other male artists such as Jacob van Oost the Elder. However, Michaelina Wautier gained…
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The Burlington Magazine - n° 1443 vol CLXV - June 2023Liotard, Boucher and ‘A woman reading’ Editorial The future of the RIBA Drawings Collection Articles Leen Kelchtermans, Katharina Van Cauteren, A third self-portrait by Gillis Van Tilborgh…
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A new drawing by Émile Schuffenecker for Pont-AvenIt was one of a number of museum acquisitions that punctuated the second part of the sale of the Talabardon & Gautier gallery collection organised by Ader on 23 March, a session that was…
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Acquisitions and fundraising for the Bibliothèque nationale de FranceThe Notre-Dame missal, sold by Christie’s on 5 July, has finally been preempted by the Bibliothèque nationale de France for 56,700 euros (including costs). We can only be delighted to see this…
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Two paintings by Bouguereau restored at Saint-Vincent-de-PaulThis is about the only cause for satisfaction in Paris, but it is real: the restoration of the churches is progressing and we are even late in describing all the operations that have already been…
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A new Samuel van Hoogstraten for DordrechtPerspectiefstuk: it is difficult to translate into English the Dutch word for this splendid perspective view painted by Samuel van Hoogstraten, which we had already noticed last year when the…
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Research announcement: Emile Friant (Dieuze 1863 - Paris 1932)The Association Emile Friant (A.E.F.) is preparing the Catalogue Raisonné des Tableaux, Pastels, Gouaches et Aquarelles d’Emile Friant.
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A mythological portrait by Jean Nocret for VersaillesThe painting was due to be auctioned by Koller in Zurich on 22 September 2022 but was bought in. It was finally purchased by private treaty earlier this year by the Château de Versailles. It is a…
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The Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame begins to emerge from limboAt the first "Assises de l’histoire de l’art" on Friday 7 July, an event organised by the Comité français de l’histoire de l’art at Sceaux during which several round-table discussions were held on a…
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Saint Francis of AssisiDevoting an exhibition to an iconographic theme is a good thing, because our contemporaries are often ignorant of both the religious history and the mythology on which our civilisation is based.…
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A painting by Fleury Richard acquired by BordeauxI was even more displeased than compassionate to see him in Ferrara in such a pitiful state, outliving himself, unaware of both himself and his works, which, without his knowledge, and…
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Two new copper paintings for the GettyTwo new copper paintings have joined the Getty Museum since the recent entry into its collections of Lavinia Fontana’s The Marriage at Cana. The first is a Portrait of a Young Man With a Ruff by…
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A Notre Dame missal for sale at Christie’sFour years after the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, the Musée de l’Œuvre is kind of the Holy Grail. And yet this project represented the only real added value for the heritage of the redevelopment of…
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London’s July salesUnlike last December’s particularly poor sales, the London auctions at the beginning of July were of a very high standard, with a number of major works that amply justified the trip. The most…
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The Petit Palais exhibits its latest purchasesSince nature abhors a vacuum, it seemed a shame to close off part of the lower level of the Paris museum between temporary exhibitions, even if the two rotundas framing the gallery where the…
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Under the gaze of Medusa. From ancient Greece to the digital artsThe Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen’s Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is home to Medusa, the Gorgon with whistling hair and petrifying eyes. The unbearable sight of Medusa has been abundantly depicted…
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The Burlington Magazine - n° 1442 vol CLXV - May 2023Editorial Digitising the Conway and Witt Libraries Articles Ella Ravilious, The Bayeux Tapestry photographed Katharina Günther, ‘Goethe’s house is severely wrecked’:Lee Miller at Buchenwald…
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A new painting by Guy François for the Musée CrozatierA new painting by Guy François has joined the collections of the Musée Crozatier. It fetched €39,360 (including fees) at the Tajan sale on 21 June, thanks to the support of the Fonds régional pour…
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Santiago Rusiñol (1861-1931)After publishing, with J. de C. Laplana, the catalogue raisonné La pintura de Santiago Rusiñol. Obra completa (2004), I am devoting myself to updating it and researching paintings that are still in…
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The heritage damage caused by the Val-de-Grâce explosionWhile we cannot forget the tragic human toll of the explosion that took place at the Val-de-Grâce on 21 June, with at least one dead, four seriously injured and around fifty more slightly injured,…
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Two recent acquisitions by the Fondation CustodiaGer Luijten, the director of the Fondation Custodia, who died suddenly at the end of last year, was such a bulimic of acquisitions that it was difficult for us to keep track of them. He bought…
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Mr Vandal, do you accept the protection of the monument you are about to destroy?The French system for protecting historic monuments, which used to be one of the best in the world, is severely seized up. In addition to the legislative regressions we have witnessed in recent…
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Several successful fundraisingsWhen we talk about fundraising, whether from the individuals or just for companies, we often talk in detail about the work in question, which makes it more difficult to write a new article to…
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A drawing by André Lebrun for the LouvreWe noticed the drawing in an article dedicated to gallery exhibitions last spring. This was also the case for the Louvre’s Department of Graphic Arts, which bought this large sheet by André Lebrun…
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Gli spagnoli a Napoli. Il Rinascimento meridionaleWe only saw the exhibition a few days ago, and it closes this Sunday. We had heard great things about it, which is why we didn’t want to miss it, and the advice we received was excellent, as the…
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Découvertes dans le domaine de la peinture religieuse du XIXe siècle en Île-de-France (V)Hormis un complément à nos notices précédentes sur le Jésus-Christ et la Samaritaine d’Émile Signol, cette nouvelle livraison concerne deux peintres très différents, liés tous les deux à la…
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The liturgical refurbishment of Notre-Dame will calm the debateThe Archdiocese of Paris has just announced its plans for the redevelopment of Notre-Dame de Paris, which will be submitted to the CNPA (National Commission for Heritage and Architecture) on 13…
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A third Millais for OrsayAcquired from the London gallery Bagshawe Fine Art, a third portrait by John Everett Millais has joined the Musée d’Orsay collections. A welcome addition to the British art collection, which until…
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An archangel by Vivarini lands in ToursSince the beginning of May, a very beautiful archangel has appeared among the Tours museum’s collection of Italian paintings, disrupting the hanging to the point of replacing the two famous panels…
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The Louvre preempts the sculpture by AnguierIt would have been appalling if this admirable terracotta had not found its way into French public collections. Fortunately, François Anguier’s model for the funerary monument of Jacques de Souvré…
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Alain Delon disperses his last treasures"Millet is my passion, my god in drawing" declared Alain Delon to our colleague Harry Bellet in an interview back in 2007. So it comes as no surprise to see four works by the artist in the…
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A first Renoir for the Ulster MuseumThis is an exceptional acquisition, the first Renoir for the Ulster Museum, The Lane in the Wood is also the first French Impressionist painting to enter a public collection in Northern Ireland.…
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Several paintings put up for sale by TajanThe shadow of the great masters hangs over the Tajan sale on 21 June in Paris, which brings together several paintings whose attribution is not certain, but whose quality is undeniable. This is…
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Józef Chełmoński (Josef Chelmonski, 1849-1914)The National Museum in Warsaw is preparing the catalogue raisonné of the work of Polish painter Józef Chełmoński (Josef Chelmonski, 1849-1914). The book will accompany the monographic exhibition…
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The Vallayer-Coster acquired by the National Gallery of Art in WashingtonThe painting is superb, that’s for sure. It is painted by a woman, no less. This still life by Anne Vallayer-Coster was therefore the perfect choice for acquisition by the National Gallery of Art…
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A landscape by Patel preempted by the Musée du Grand SiècleThis was undoubtedly one of the finest pictures at Christie’s Paris sale on 15 June, but it was nevertheless sold for less than the low estimate. Such are the vagaries of auctions. Be that as it…
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A Medusa by Böcklin for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtWatching its victims from one fair to the next, from Frieze Masters to Tefaf, this striking effigy of Medusa waited until the last edition of the Maastricht fair to strike the emissaries of the…
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A first painting by Cézanne for the National Gallery of IrelandThe National Gallery of Ireland - which Caroline Campbell took over from Sean Rainbird last November - has acquired its first painting by Paul Cézanne. Life in the Fields was acquired from the…
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Print Quarterly Volume XL - numéro 2 - June 2023Contents Helen Pierce, The Pope and the Grindstone: A Jacobean Satirical Print Kee Il Choi Jr., Watteau and Boucher Conjoined: Imagining China in Marquetry Lesley Fulton, Johann Heinrich…
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Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic PainterFifty three years after the Metropolitan Museum acquired Diego Velázquez’ Portrait of Juan de Pareja at Christie’s in November 1970 for a record price of £2,310,000 ($5,544,000), the museum has…
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Paintings for sale at Christie’s in ParisSometimes painters choose to work without color, playing only with shades of black and white, or brown. Christie’s will be selling a large-format grisaille in Paris on June 15. It depicts the Last…
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Léon Monet, brother of the artist and collectorLéon Monet, brother of the artist and collector. The subject is new, the personality just exhumed. After more than a century of posthumous oblivion, omitted by the teeming bibliography attached to…
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A relief by Armand Point for the Musée des Arts décoratifsPeintre symboliste adepte de la Rose-Croix, Armand Point fut un créateur atypique dont on apprécie bien plus volontiers aujourd’hui les objets d’arts que les tableaux. Après avoir débuté une carrière…
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Paintings auctions at Sotheby’sSeveral 17th century masterpieces will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in Paris on 13 and 14 June, but the most important paintings from different periods will be sold in London in July. Some of them…
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