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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Age to the 1930's
Dresden recovers its « Jan Brueghel » lost in 1945 02/01/2008
Acquired in 1708 for the princes’ collections in Saxony (under Augustus II the Strong), inventory number A701 in the inaugural catalogue for the gallery in 1722
Death of Sir Michael Levey 17/01/2009
Born in 1927 of parents who had met during World War I and made an improbable marriage, his father was an Irish Catholic and his mother a depressive English agnostic, Michael Levey passed away last 28 December at the end of a palpitating, (...)
A Guercino donation for Frankfurt 10/02/2011
In late December 2010, Barbara and Eduard Beaucamp[[Eduard Beaucamp was the art critic for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He supported Joseph Beuys’ work in the 60’s, as well as the Documenta fairs in Cassel and the Leipzig school ; Barbara (...)
Guido Cagnacci’s David purchased by the Getty 23/04/2009
Various publications first contributed to a more complete catalogue of Guido Cagnacci fifty years ago, but art lovers have appreciated him for much longer. The Forli exhibition last year reminded those who may have forgotten him of his major (...)
More Fabre works and other recent acquisitions in Montpellier 18/12/2007
Between 1980 and 1990 several major British and American museums acquired the few beautiful Fabre paintings available on the art market.
Some more paintings by Mengs for Madrid 25/11/2007
In his book on Anton Raphael Mengs in 1780, the historian and politician José Nicolás de Azara tells us that of the nine paintings decorating
Recent acquisitions by the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid 28/03/2009
A bit off the beaten track for tourists, the Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes owns one of the most important collections in the Spanish capital, which complements those found in other establishments and is now displayed to visitors on (...)
The Birth of the Virgin by Gaudenzio Ferrari exhibited at the Brera museum 10/08/2008
In 1523, Veronica Cavalcabo, the widow of Erasmo Trivulzio, bequeathed 10,000 imperial lires to decorate the chapel of the Immaculate Conception in the church of the Amadeiti Franciscans of Santa Maria della (...)
From Roelandt Savery to Theodore Rousseau : four new landscapes at the Getty 30/12/2008
Last 10 December the Getty Museum announced the purchase of Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony by Roelandt Savery
The Goya in the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint-Laurent collection donated to the Louvre 07/10/2008
At the press conference announcing the scattering of the art works in the collection belonging to Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé, the latter spoke of the donation
Portrait of Stevenson by Sargent acquired by the Crystal Bridges Museum 04/11/2008
With a population of only 34,000 the town of Bentonville is known mainly for being the headquarters of the retail conglomerate, Walmart.
17th and 18th century French paintings in June sales 17/06/2008
The second half of June and early July represents one of the two busiest moments of the year in auction sales for old masters, with the second occurring six months later, end of December and early January. Catalogues flourish and offer important (...)
Recent acquisitions by the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City 27/05/2008
Carlos Slim was listed as the richest man in the world by Forbes magazine in 2007. Of both Lebanese and Mexican origins, he heads two telecommunications companies Carso and Telmex. Like many other North American magnates, this wealth has allowed (...)
Milan exhibition on the Ligaris, Lombard painters of the 18th century 23/07/2008
Along with Carlo Innocenzo Carlone and Giuseppe Antonio Petrini, Pietro and Cesare Ligari are among the most important painters active in the 18th century in the Valtellina, the small Alpine valley on the border between Lombardy and (...)
Dallas purchases David’s Niobé 27/05/2008
Jacques-Louis David’s early career was toilsome (to be honest, so was the end). A distant relative of François Boucher, a student of Vien and occasional collaborator with Fragonard, we now know that it was only after a long shedding-off of the (...)
Serusier masterpiece for Pont-Aven 30/12/2008
The small town of Pont-Aven knows how to mobilize the business patrons in the region to purchase works worthy of belonging in the greatest museums. Readers may remember, five years ago, the acquisition of a Gauguin (...)
Arria and Poetus by Vincent acquired by the Saint Louis Art Museum 18/02/2009
Francois-André Vincent exhibited two canvases representing Arria and Poetus at the Salon of 1785.
A recently found drawing by Lucas de Leyde acquired by the Met 12/08/2008
At the end of July, the Metropolitan Museum announced the purchase of a rare unpublished drawing by Lucas de Leyde, one of 28 which carry the artist’s signature
The small Pietà by Domenichino acquired by the Met 29/06/2008
On 5 July 2007, Christie’s London presented a small Piet by Domenichino on copper
The wandering Death of Patroclus by Baburen settles down in Kassel 29/03/2009
Although the different European schools are well represented at the Wilhelmshöe castle in Kassel, the collection’s prestige resides in its Dutch holdings, dominated by its nineteen famous Rembrandts.
Restitution of The Young Girl with the Straw Hat by Friedrich von Amerling 29/09/2008
The Young Girl with the Straw Hat), considered to be Friedrich von Amerling’s masterpiece work, is very popular in Germanic countries, often reproduced on different objects, as well as on book (...)
