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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Age to the 1930's
A few sites on Victorian England 18/11/2009
Internet is a veritable goldmine for art historians. The following are links to sites specialized in English Art during the Victorian era.
The Odiot holdings join the Musee des Arts Decoratifs 04/01/2010
Last January (see news item of 26/1/09) we had already spoken of the fund drive launched by the Ministry of Culture in its search for a patron to help in the acquisition of a series of 176 drawings from the Manufacture of Jean-Baptiste-Claude (...)
Three Louvre miniatures recently attributed to Isaac Oliver 20/09/2008
The current events room of the Departément des Arts Graphiques at the Louvre is offering an exhibition devoted to 16th century and early 17th century miniature portraits.
Electoral Reserve Period : DRAC Officials Silenced by a Legally Unfounded Order 23/04/2012
With several investigations related to cultural heritage and museums currently underway, we find that all of the questions we have addressed to Directeurs Regionaux des Affaires Culturelles or their deputies are mysteriously answered in the same (...)
Several preemptions at the sale of Lefuel collection architectural drawings 20/07/2008
On 26 June, Millon & Associés sold an exceptional collection of architectural drawings at the Hôtel Drouot, the whole accompanied by a luxurious catalogue.
Two Perino del Vaga works for the Metropolitan Museum 10/03/2011
In just two days, the 26 and 27 January 2011, the Metropolitan Museum acquired a drawing by Perino del Vaga, one of Raphael’s most important pupils, at Sotheby’s auction in New York, then also a painting by the same (...)
Maastricht 2012, TEFAF’s Twenty-fifth Anniversary 19/03/2012
The Maastricht Trade Fair is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. This year, however, the section on old masters which we highlight annually in our review seems a trifle less attractive than usual. An excellent level of quality of course, (...)
The Façade of the Hôtel Lambert Overwhelmed by Reconstituted Pots à Feu 07/04/2012
Six months ago we expressed our concern for the lack of communication now surrounding the restoration project at the Hôtel Lambert, contradicting the promises made by the owner of increasing access to journalists. We are perhaps not the only (...)
Acquisition of a seascape by Jan van de Cappelle for the Mauritshuis 15/04/2008
The Dutch museum acquired a masterpiece by the seascape artist Jan van de Cappelle late last year. Canvases by van de Cappelle are relatively rare as he divided his time between painting and running the (...)
The Stables of the Palais du Rhin no Longer for Sale 06/07/2012
We have often said here that although certain historical monuments belonging to the State did not necessarily have to remain property of the government (notably private residences), other listed buildings should continue to belong to everyone (...)
The Metropolitan Museum recently acquired a painting representing a Head of Christ by a Spanish artist from the early 16th century, Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina. The information was pointed out by Guillaume Kientz on the blog site, Afición, (...)
Fragonard : "La Guimard" Is Madame de Grave and "Diderot" Is Meu(s)nier 04/12/2012
The Fragonard portrait which has, almost, always been known as Portrait of Diderot is in fact not a likeness of the philosopher as proven by the drawing recently auctioned off and published for the first time on 17 July on The Art Tribune by (...)
Drawings and sculptures recently acquired by the Petit Palais 29/10/2009
Although the acquisition budget for Parisian museums has suffered drastic cuts, the Petit Palais has recently enriched its collections with several works through donations, bequests or purchases
The Tate finally purchases Rubens study for Banqueting Hall 10/10/2008
Our readers may remember that the Tate Gallery had attempted to save Rubens study for Banqueting Hall from being exported after having been exhibited at the National Gallery since 1981
The Molitor Pool, an Art Deco Masterpiece, Has Disappeared 13/06/2012
We had mentioned it in our recent webcast L’Art sur un plateau : the Molitor swimming pool, an Art Deco masterpiece still in use in 1989, has been entirely destroyed to favor real estate development by the City of Paris, which owns the site and (...)
The Threats to Patronage Funding Apparently Removed according to Le Canard Enchainé 28/06/2012
In the column, La Mare aux Canards in Le Canard Enchainé dated 26 June 2012, readers were told that the reform planned by the French Ministry of Economy to cut tax deductions for patronage funding (see here) has apparently "failed". According to (...)
Two Terracottas by Moitte Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum 16/12/2013
The Metropolitan Museum recently added two terracotta sculptures by Jean-Guillaume Moitte acquired on the art market in Paris from the Perrin Gallery. The works are preparatory for groups which apparently were never produced but were supposed (...)
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 (...)
Preposterous Theories Continue to Surface about Caravaggio... 06/07/2012
Following the discovery of the so-called remains of Caravaggio and their "85% probability", the recurring apparitions of paintings with incredibly imaginative attributions for each, once again, Caravaggio "experts" have made a stunning find : (...)
Antoine Rivalz painting purchased by the Musée des Augustins de Toulouse 22/12/2008
Last 12 December at Drouot (Cornette de Saint Cyr SVV sale), the museum in Toulouse preempted a canvas by Antoine Rivalz, a native of that city, representing
Some new websites on Internet 08/03/2010
More and more museums are posting their collections online. Our links page is therefore not always up to date but we will continue to add new databases as they become available. However, we must say that it is unfortunate that some of them do (...)
A Painting by Martinus Rorby Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago 04/05/2013
Following its rediscovery a few years ago, 19th century Danish painting is now systematically acquired by major European and American museums. While Christoph Eckersberg remains the most familiar name, he is not the only great artist of the (...)
Saint Peter’s Denial by the Le Nain brothers joins the Louvre 04/06/2009
We have already mentioned Saint Peter’s Denial by the Le Nain brothers several times and its ongoing acquisition by the Louvre. Until now we only had a poor black and white photograph dating from its rediscovery at an auction in eastern (...)
The collections of the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts available online 24/05/2008
The collections of the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts are made up of works from the Royal Academies, of works produced by students from the 19th and the first half of the 20th century(notably the Prix de Rome winners) and of various (...)
Courrier test 20/04/2006
The Portrait of the Marchioness of Miramon by Tissot acquired by the Getty Museum 31/08/2008
We recently pointed out (see news item of 28/8/08) the Orsay’s acquisition of the marvellous
No Funeral Wreaths 11/09/2012
The abandonment of the project for the Maison de l’Histoire de France, announced on France-Inter Radio by Aurélie Filippetti, French Minister of Culture, and confirmed by her on 10 October in Le Monde obviously comes as no surprise. The lack of (...)
Ingres and Gericault for sale in Paris 24/03/2010
Although sales for drawings are down this week in Paris as compared to the same period in the last few years, several very important 19th century French drawings came up for auction on Wednesday, 24 (...)
Projects at the Louvre until 2020 17/02/2008
Christine Albanel, French Ministry of Culture and Henri Loyrette, Director of the Louvre presented a few days ago this museum’s projects for the coming years until 2020 to the press gathered at the auditorium in the (...)
A painting at the Musée de Montargis ascribed to Géricault 08/10/2007
Besides the exhibitions on the sculptor Triqueti in Orleans and Montargis, and which we will soon talk about, the Musée Girodet has published a short work by Bruno Chenique in which he ascribes a canvas (...)
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 Assemblée Nationale Rejects Including Art Works in the French Wealth Tax 21/10/2012
As expected since the government expressed its opposition and the Socialist Party its decision to vote it down, the amendment to article 9 of the 2013 Finance Law bill which provided for the inclusion of art works in the ISF or French wealth tax (...)
An excellent vintage at the Maastricht Fair 15/03/2009
The Maastricht Fair opened its doors last Thursday. Half a day is unfortunately not enough to take it all in thoroughly even within the limits of
A Listing Application for Saint Gemmes d’Andigné 11/06/2013
We are often critical of the French Ministry of Culture when we find there is reason to do so but we also wish to commend its initiatives when warranted. Hence, we have just learned that a listing application was pronounced last 1st March for (...)
A Painting Attributed to Pierre Mignard Donated to the Musée Calvet 16/08/2012
Every once in a while, we have an extraordinary story to tell. We are referring to the acquisition last month, by the Musée Calvet, of a very beautiful painting attributed to Pierre Mignard. The news might surprise otherwise observant visitors. (...)
Two XVIthC. French Paintings for Ecouen and the Louvre 02/06/2007
Two XVIthC. French paintings were acquired by the Musée national de la Renaissance in Ecouen (France) and by the Louvre in Paris only a few months apart.
Renaissance faces. Van Eyck to Titian 05/12/2008
Organizing an exhibition on Renaissance portraits is an almost impossible mission. The subject is too general, often highlighted (like recently at Capodimonte in Naples), and the works are difficult to assemble given their fragile status or (...)
An important donation on exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille 21/12/2009
The recent donation of forty-eight works to the museum in Lille, currently highlighted in an exhibition, is absolutely remarkable. The collectors, Philippe Laporte and Yannick Pellegrin, are authentic art lovers with limited financial means but (...)
Pub_Mendes_Portraits 14/04/2006
Links to museum websites 14/04/2005
Armenia Erevan, National Gallery of Armenia Australia Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia Canberra, National Gallery of Australia Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia Queensland, Art (...)
Theft of a painting by Frans van Mieris from the Art Gallery of South Wales 15/06/2007
Last Sunday, June 10, 2007, a painting by Frans van Mieris, representing a Cavalier, probably a self-portrait, was stolen from this Australian museum.
A Painting and Two Sculptures by Carpeaux Acquired by Valenciennes at the Fabius Auction 27/10/2011
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes purchased, without preemptions, three works by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux at the Fabius auction, thus consolidating its already extensive holdings of the artist. The most important of these purchases is a (...)
The Restoration of the Roofs at Vaux-le-Vicomte Ends with the Dome 03/11/2012
Historically and artistically, Vaux-le-Vicomte is certainly the most important private château in France. For over four generations now, the Vogüé family has taken care in maintaining and restoring this immense domain and keeping it open to the (...)
Recent Acquisitions at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes 03/04/2013
Since our last article highlighting acquisitions at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes, the museum has added several more important works, thanks to both donations and purchases. The Carpeaux holdings have thus expanded with a drawing (...)
Two Pastels by Vigée Le Brun Pre-empted by the Louvre 23/03/2014
The Département des Arts Graphiques at the Musée du Louvre this afternoon pre-empted two pastel portraits by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun representing respectively Louis-Philippe d’Orléans and Madame de Montesson for 52,000€ (before charges) at (...)
A 19th century religious masterpiece finally restored 22/12/2008
In the Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’Art français 2001, which appeared in 2002, we published the catalogue of Jean-Louis Bezard’s works
Acquisition of the Banquet of Dido and Aeneas by François de Troy for Sceaux 27/08/2008
Last February, the Ministry of Culture had published an announcement for a fundraising appeal in the Journal Officiel for the acquisition by the Musée de l’Ile-de-France in Sceaux
Philippe Bélaval Leaving the Direction des Patrimoines for the Centre des Monuments Nationaux 15/06/2012
Philippe Bélaval, the Directeur général des patrimoines at the French Ministry of Culture, handed in his resignation and, according to our sources, will become the president of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux as of next 1st July, succeeding (...)
We regularly point out works banned for export temporarily from the United Kingdom ; these usually end up leaving the country due to lack of funds for purchase. Once again recently, a canvas by (...)
A study ascribed to Rubens stolen in Poitiers 28/11/2007
Ascribed to (or after) Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) The Allegory of Good Government Oil on panel - 26 x 21 cm Poitiers, Musée Rupert de Chièvres (work stolen late November 2007) Photo : Ch. Vignaud / Musées de la ville de Poitiers (...)
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