Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges
Articles
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Paintings for sale at Christie’s in Paris
Sometimes painters choose to work without color, playing only with shades of black and white, or brown. Christie’s will be selling a large-format grisaille in Paris on June 15. It depicts the Last…
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Paintings auctions at Sotheby’s
Several 17th century masterpieces will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in Paris on 13 and 14 June, but the most important paintings from different periods will be sold in London in July. Some of them…
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Two collections put up for sale by Sotheby’s and Artcurial in Paris
The Paris art market is still buzzing in June. In addition to the sales of paintings, to which we will return later, Sotheby’s and Artcurial will be auctioning two collections, one of sculptures…
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A terracotta model by François Anguier at auction
This is certainly a masterpiece that deserves to be declared a National Treasure and added to French public collections. Designed by François Anguier, the funerary monument of Jacques de Souvré,…
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Strasbourg’s Vouet restored
It is one of the masterpieces of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, but visitors were desperate to be able to admire the Saint Catherine by Simon Vouet, acquired in 2019. A delicate…
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A painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister for Worcester
Slavery had been abolished for almost thirty years when Edward Mitchell Bannister painted this work, which at first sight seems to depict an idyllic nature or at least a picturesque country…
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A painting by Carlos Luis de Ribera for the Museo del Romanticismo in Madrid
Both a history painter and a portraitist, the Spaniard Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve enjoyed success during his lifetime and led a brilliant career. His work is often compared with that of…
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A painting by Niccolò Betti donated to the Uffizi
In memory of his father, Alfredo Moretti, a famous Tuscan art dealer, Fabrizio Moretti, Secretary General of the Florence International Biennial of Antiquaries, has donated to the Uffizi Museum a…
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A painting by Jacques Stella given to the Louvre
Jacques Stella depicted the Saint Family on several occasions, varying the number of figures from one version to another. One of his paintings, intended for private devotion, features Mary, Jesus…
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Lyon gets a new Fleury Richard
Fleury Richard is credited with the invention of a new style that was later called troubadour painting, the first example of which was his Valentine of Milan mourning the death of her husband,…