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Making stones speak. Medieval sculptures at Notre-DameNotre-Dame is in the news, sometimes for the worse with Emmanuel Macron’s plan to remove Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows and also for the better: the reopening of the cathedral, first of…
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Marvellous treasure of Oignies: 13th-century fragmentsFor lovers of medieval silverware and good stories, a visit to the Musée d’Histoire in Namur, which houses the Treasure of Oignies, is almost a pilgrimage. The treasure is housed in a room…
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A 15th century cameo for the Musée de ClunyDisplayed alongside illustrious manuscripts in a showcase between the Aix Annunciation and the Dreux Budé Triptych reconstructed for the exhibition "The Arts in France during the times of Charles…
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Arts in France during the times of Charles VII (1422-1461)Twenty years after the rich exhibition "Paris 1400. Arts under the times of Charles VI" organised at the Louvre in 2004, the Musée de Cluny has been able to take up the torch by offering as broad…
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Journey into crystalA key material in medieval treasures, rock crystal has its rightful place at the Musée de Cluny, where this rich exhibition is displayed as comfortably as possible under the centuries-old vaults…
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Marie-Madeleine classified as a National TreasureHere is a work of immediate appeal, whose rarity and historical importance for medieval sculpture have often been hailed by specialists: proposed at Azur Enchères in Cannes on June 14th,…
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Cluny buys the Christ by Giovanni PisanoThe dismaying exhibition of Dresden masterpieces at the Palais du Luxembourg called into question the very mission of museums by suggesting that they should sort out the art objects: "Can we…
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Cluny préempte une enluminure de Jean Colombe«Veillez donc et priez en tout temps [1]» répète le Christ dans l’Évangile. Afin que l’oraison des chrétiens ne s’arrête jamais, l’Église a mis en place la liturgie des heures. Huit heures canoniales…
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Une souscription pour l’achat par Cluny d’un crucifix de Giovanni PisanoC’est incontestablement un chef-d’œuvre absolu. Certes fragmentaire, puisque ce Christ en croix n’a plus ni jambes (à partir des genoux), ni bras, ni croix ! Mais la qualité exceptionnelle de ce qui…
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Un objet préempté à l’origine incertaineDans la vente Pierre Bergé & Associés du mercredi 27 janvier 2021 à l’hôtel Drouot, le Musée de Cluny a préempté pour 44 000 € (sans les frais) une plaque ornementale en cuivre champlevé, gravé,…
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