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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

  • News Items : Leonardo’s Belle Ferronnière To Leave for Abou-Dhabi 03/02/2014

    The list remains confidential and is to be released by the Emirates but we can already reveal here that Leonardo's La Belle Ferronnière will be sent by the Louvre to Abou-Dhabi for the grand opening of its satellite. Once again, we feel it is (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • Heritage : The Affair of the Battle of Anghiari 13/06/2012

    "Mister Mayor, be careful what you do at the Palazzo Vecchio in the Salone dei Cinquecenti !..." These were the words pronounced last 28 May, during the social event organized for the presentation of the restored Saint Anne at the Louvre, by (...)

    Lire la suite par Stéphane Toussaint

  • Exhibitions : Saint Anne, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Masterpiece 04/06/2012

    We generally think that the world's greatest masterpieces have all been thoroughly studied, leaving nothing more for us to discover. In fact, this is not true as is masterfully demonstrated by the current exhibition now showing at the Louvre on (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : A Follow-up to the Debate on the Restoration of Leonardo’s Saint Anne 07/01/2012

    The restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's Saint Anne has once again sparked off a debate, when in fact nothing new has happened since the month of October. We had known since the beginning about Jean-Pierre Cuzin’s opposition to this restoration, (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • Exhibitions : Leonardo da Vinci. Painter at the Court of Milan 13/11/2011

    Nicholas Penny had announced there would be no more blockbuster exhibitions. The one now highlighting Leonardo da Vinci at the National Gallery is thus a bit paradoxical as one would be hard put to imagine a restrospective drawing larger crowds (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci restored in London 19/07/2010

    he National Gallery in London has just finished restoring the Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci which is now once again on display to the public since Wednesday, 14 July 2010.

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : Drawings discovered on back of Leonardo’s Saint Anne 18/12/2008

    During a recent removal of The Virgin with the Child Jesus and Saint Anne for examination by the C2RMF, Sylvain Laveissière, général curator at the Département des peintures at the Louvre noticed the presence of drawings on the back of the (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : A Leonardesco Portrait of a Woman published as an authentic Leonardo 22/06/2008

    Next 5 July, Alessandro Vezzosi is publishing a work entitled Leonardo infinito in which he ascribes the Portrait of a Woman on parchment, held in a private Swiss collection, to Leonardo.

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • Editorial : Get a hold of this beauty ! 02/04/2008

    The Louvre is still offering great deals. If you are a millionaire and would like to organize an exhibition, this is definitely the place to come : ask for a couple of masterpieces and it will see you get them on condition you pay the right (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner

  • News Items : The Lady With an Ermine by Leonardo photographed with multispectral camera 15/11/2007

    We had presented the demonstration of the multispectral camera at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille by Lumière Technology and explained its contributions to the work of art historians and restorers

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  • News Items : Madonna with the Yarnwinder recovered 06/10/2007

    Having passed away last month, the Duke of Buccleuch was not able to witness the return of the Madonna with the Yarnwinder, which was stolen four years ago and which has just been recovered by the (...)

    Lire la suite par Didier Rykner