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Just published: books received from 1st April to 26 July 2023
We regularly put online the books we receive. The aim here is to report on their publication, possibly adding a brief description explaining what the book is about (or publishing the information…
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Jacobus Vrel. Forerunner of Vermeer
The biography of Jacobus Vrel, to whom the Fondation Custodia is devoting a remarkable retrospective, is a quick one to write: we know almost nothing about the artist, apart from his works (only…
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A portrait of Lessing by Hübner for Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Art Museum is adding to its rich collection of nineteenth-century European paintings a portrait of the German painter Karl Friedrich Lessing by his fellow painter Rudolf Julius…
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Sarah Bernhardt. And the woman created the star
"I’m not sure that Madame Sarah Bernhardt, at the point she’s at, is still able to find the right intonation to say "Good morning Sir, how are you?" She needs the extraordinary to be herself" The…
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An exhibition on the Alps as a frontier
It was 2012: the plans-reliefs were the subject of a high-profile and very expensive exhibition at the Grand Palais. At the time we wrote an article: "Musée des Plans-Reliefs: an exhibition. After…
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The rebirth of the Museo di Capodimonte e Real Bosco
Une allée en face du Museo di Capodimonte surnommée l’allée aux seringues, de la prostitution infantile, le cadavre d’un jeune homme drogué découvert dans un bosquet, des pelouses en mauvais état, un…
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Two George Minne for Chicago
It was undoubtedly one of the most striking sheets on offer at the last Salon du Dessin: on the stand of the young gallery owner Ambroise Duchemin sat a large drawing by George Minne, which was…
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Promenades on paper
There’s nothing like a summer on the banks of the Loire to restore your strength after a harsh American winter, even if you might prefer "Promenades on Paper" to "Promenades de papier", especially…
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The Musée Fragonard acquires two Mallet
The subject of these two compositions is almost identical: in both cases, a young woman - one in white, the other nude - prepares to receive a man - one standing, dashing and undoubtedly…
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Tate Britain: Burlington Magazine’s opinion
After writing our first news item about Tate Britain’s rehanging and acquisitions, we received the July issue of Burlington Magazine, whose editorial is devoted to precisely this subject. Those…
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Orsay acquires its first Fernand Pelez
Jean-Léon Gérôme’s tondo was not the only work to attract the attention of the Musée d’Orsay on the stand of Gallery 19C at the last Tefaf in Maastricht. The Musée d’Orsay also acquired Fernand Pelez’s…
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Sculptures from the rood screen at Notre-Dame: obstruction from the body responsible for archaeological digs
We know that the salvage excavations at the transept crossing of Notre-Dame have found, as might be expected, some of the sculptures from the 13th-century rood screen destroyed in the 18th…
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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 Mauritshuis
Adriaen 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 2023
Italian 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 Bayeux
Le 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 fire
It’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 nationale
With 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 Wautier
She 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 2023
Liotard, 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-Aven
It 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 France
The 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-Paul
This 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 Dordrecht
Perspectiefstuk: 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 Versailles
The 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 limbo
At 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 Assisi
Devoting 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 Bordeaux
I 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 Getty
Two 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’s
Four 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 sales
Unlike 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 purchases
Since 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 arts
The 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 2023
Editorial 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 Crozatier
A 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 explosion
While 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 Custodia
Ger 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 fundraisings
When 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 Louvre
We 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 meridionale
We 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 debate
The 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 Orsay
Acquired 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 Tours
Since 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 Anguier
It 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 Museum
This 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.…