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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
Exclusive Report : the Caravaggio Drawings Are in fact by Strozzi, Mignard and Elsheimer ! 09/07/2012
Articles repeated a hundred times over, thousands of tweets, the information concerning the discovery of Caravaggio’s pseudo drawings fell like a bomb in the art world, spreading its ripple effects particularly on internet. Fortunately, some (...)
The Bimba Dormiente by Carlo Marochetti : A Funerary Portrait 27/06/2012
The Bimba dormiente or Bimba addormentata , a work by Carlo Marochetti (1805-1867) belonging to the collections of the Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAM) in Turin had remained a mystery until now. Acquired in 1902 by the Museo (...)
A Phaethon by Noël Coypel for Monsieur ? 05/04/2012
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 (...)
A New Proposed Attribution for the Saint Cecilia in Dulwich 10/01/2012
The recent unveiling of the Dulwich Picture Gallery’s newly-restored Saint Cecilia has aroused much interest because of its uncertain attribution. ‘Dulwich Picture Gallery saves St Cecilia from ruin – but who painted her ?:as the rescued baroque (...)
A Proposed Attribution for the Saint Cecilia in Dulwich 07/01/2012
From what we can see in the photograph published by The Art Tribune, the Saint Cecilia in Dulwich proves its Ferrara origins rather than Bologna. The painting should be studied in connection with the production of Carlo Bonone (1569-1632), an (...)
An indirect, and unexpected, consequence of the French-Spanish exchanges of 1941, the transfer to Spain of a large part of the Visigoth crowns from the Musée de Cluny resulted in another case of potential deaccessioning which is well worth (...)
Caravaggio and Loches. An Andalusian Footnote to the Debate 23/12/2011
The affair has been discussed and the debate now closed : in nearly six years, none of the Caravaggio specialists has considered or published the two paintings from Loches as originals despite their prestigious pedigree, a logical consequence of (...)
A painting by Claude Deruet in Montivilliers (France) 10/12/2007
Founded in 684 by Saint Philibert (who also started Jumièges), the Benedictine abbey for women in Montiviliers near Le Havre owns an interesting art collection, mostly seventeenth century, with works painted for it (Sacquespée, La Court) or (...)
Sculpture by Carpeaux, Dalou and Carriès at The Petit Palais 12/09/2007
During the nineteenth century beginning with the art of David d’Angers and François Rude, in particular, and continuing through the work of Rodin a small number of independent-minded sculptors in France who were committed to an art of their own (...)
A Benediction Scene from the workshop of Simon Vouet 22/06/2007
1. Here ascribed to Michel Dorigny (1617-1665) Benediction Scene Oil on canvas - 200 x 150 cm (about) Droué, church Photo : M. Weil-Curiel This painting (ill. 1 and 2) which hangs in the parish church in Droué (Loir-et-Cher, France) was (...)
Two Bonnassieux works for the church of Saint-Medard in Tremblay-en-France 14/05/2007
The church of Saint Médard in Tremblay-en-France is getting a face lift. It has just undergone a complete restoration of its architecture as well as some of its furnishings, a project under the scientific supervision of Serge Pitiot, head curator (...)
