Dimanche 19 mai 2013
Last update on 17/05/2013
Last update on 17/05/2013
The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Age to the 1930's
Tintoretto 28/05/2012
While Titian and Veronese have been featured in several monographic exhibitions in the recent past, Tintoretto, the third figure of the 16th century Venitian "Trinity" seems to have been overlooked. Perhaps due to the difficulties, even the (...)
A Daniele da Volterra redisplayed at the Louvre 02/12/2007
In the last few days, the Louvre has put up for display in the Grande Galerie the
The Temptation of Saint Francis by Simon Vouet Restored 11/05/2009
Vouet’s Italian production has been highlighted recently in more than one spot. After Nantes, Besançon is honoring him with a brilliant retrospective
Baccio Bandinelli. Paintings and drawings from the Louvre 13/04/2008
Only a few weeks after the exhibition on Polidoro da Caravaggio’s drawings ended, the Louvre is opening a new presentation of an Italian Renaissance master who was just as “fascinating but difficult”, to use Carel van Tuyl’s very accurate expression (...)
Mantegna 1431-1506 16/12/2008
In 2006, various exhibitions and events were organized in Northern Italy to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of Andrea Mantegna, in particular in the actual locations where the artist showed what his talent was capable of over the (...)
Fundraising appeal for The Three Graces by Lucas Cranach 21/07/2010
After having been banned for export by a decree published in the Journal Officiel of 13 July 2009, a painting by Lucas Cranach representing The Three Graces was then listed as a national treasure (Journal Officiel of 23 July 2009). The Louvre (...)
Arcimboldo 16/10/2007
Heaps of flowers, animals or objects tracing human figures, is a way of summarizing Arcimboldo’s unique art. A native of Milan, his name forever associated to these “composed heads ???, he worked principally at the Habsburg imperial court in the (...)
Recent Acquisitions by the Museo Poldi Pezzoli 26/09/2012
In 1881, the Milanese aristocrat Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli transformed his wealthy residence into a museum in order to present his extensive collections of paintings and decorative arts to the public. This example was instrumental in the (...)
A study by Carlo Carlone acquired by Tokyo 14/04/2009
Inaugurated in 1959 in a Le Corbusier building, Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art was first constituted of a private Japanese collection
