Jeudi 23 mai 2019
Last update on 2/11/2016
Last update on 2/11/2016
The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
Another painting by Nicolas Poussin belonging to the Duke of Bedford and exhibited at Woburn Abbey, will be exported from the United Kingdom if a museum - or a private individual since British law allows this option - does not find the 14 (...)
There is a fine line between bravery and ignorance. A contemporary artist who dares to stand alongside the old masters in any case comes across as being almost foolhardy. The Palais des Beaux-Arts wished to pay tribute to Jean-Baptiste Wicar, (...)
Although Paris-Tableau closed today, shows are still open at certain art dealers, making Paris the capital of old masters. While works are obviously available for purchase, Hubert Duchemin has made an exception by exhibiting only one item, from (...)
The Fitzwilliam Museum has just announced on its site that it finally succeeded in acquiring Extreme Unction, one of The Seven Sacraments painted by Poussin for Cassiano del Pozzo which the Duke of Rutland decided to put up for sale last year. A (...)
Since the sale of Nicolas Poussin's Ordination to the Kimbell Art Museum we now know alas that the Seven Sacraments painted for Cassiano del Pozzo will inevitably be scattered far and wide. The dispersion first started over 70 years ago with the (...)
After Rome and Bordeaux (see article in French), it is now Paris' turn to welcome the tapestry series The Story of Moses after eight paintings by Poussin and two by Le Brun, now on display to the public at the Galerie des Gobelins. The visit (...)
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The four paintings which had been stolen from the Musée Fesch in Ajaccio, Corsica last February 2011 were recovered on the evening of 4th May 2012 in a city parking lot, after the investigating magistrate was notified that the works had been left (...)
We had learned of this rather large painting (338 x 200 cm) through Thierry Bajou who, while at the INHA (2003-2006) had started working on several French paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries, held in non-Germanic countries of Central (...)
The theft which took place a few days ago in the Corsican museum is not only incredible in the way it was carried out but also now quite dramatic in its consequences : four paintings, including Nicolas Poussin’s famous Midas, were stolen between (...)
The theme of the influence of Antiquity on the art of the second half of the 18th century, what is commonly called Neoclassicism, is treated often. This does not however detract from the fact that the exhibition at the Louvre is a resounding (...)
Nicolas Poussin’s painting, Ordination, part of the Seven Sacraments series (of which only five were still together in the Duke of Rutland’s collection), did not sell at the auction held on Tuesday, 7 December at Christie’s (...)
The first series of the Sacraments commissioned by Cassiano del Pozzo from Nicolas Poussin today resides in the Duke of Rutland’s collection, except for Penance which was lost in a fire in 1816, and Baptism purchased in 1939 by the National (...)
Anyone familiar with the Musée Fesch – rebaptized Palais Fesch-Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Ajaccio – already knows that it houses one of France’s most important art collections, second only to the Louvre for its Italian paintings. The recent renovation, (...)
The Biennale des Antiquaires is traditionally dominated by Decorative Arts. Just after entering, visitors will notice the Galerie Vallois stand, specialized in 30’s furniture, with several pieces remarkably enhanced in an understated (...)
Exhibitions are quite often the perfect occasion to assemble not only works but also researchers by bringing them together usually for two or three days, be it at times in a fishbowl, close to the paintings. This is known as a colloquium. It is (...)
The museum in Lyon managed to obtain the deposit of The Flight into Egypt by Nicolas Poussin, in danger of being sold abroad, after the Ministry of Culture listed it as a “national treasure” and as a result of Sylvie Ramond’s patient fundraising (...)
The Poussin exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, which arrived here from Bilbao, cannot be reduced to its title alone. First of all because it is a veritable retrospective given the continuous presence of nature and landscapes throughout the (...)
The Flight into Egypt by Nicolas Poussin, recently acquired by the Musée de Lyon with significant financial assistance from the Louvre
Whereas the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon is still not sure of successfully acquiring The Flight Into Egypt by Nicolas Poussin, England is today faced with a much more serious challenge after the recent announcement by the Duke of Rutland (...)