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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
The Lady With an Ermine by Leonardo photographed with multispectral camera 15/11/2007
We had presented the demonstration of the multispectral camera at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille by Lumière Technology and explained its contributions to the work of art historians and (...)
Multispectral digitization is demonstrated at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille 22/09/2007
We met the director of Lumière Technology, Jean Pénicaut a few months ago. The photographic process marketed by this company struck us as being absolutely revolutionary. During the European Heritage Days last weekend, Alain Tapié, director of the (...)
A Leonardesco Portrait of a Woman published as an authentic Leonardo 22/06/2008
Next 5 July, Alessandro Vezzosi is publishing a work entitled Leonardo infinito in which he ascribes the Portrait of a Woman on parchment, held in a private Swiss collection, to Leonardo.
Interview with Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski, founder of The Princes Czartoryski Foundation 15/11/2007
Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski granted us an interview at the time of the presentation in Cracow of the multispectral photography and its results for the Lady with Mink by Leonardo da Vinci, a masterpiece in the collection at the Czartoryski (...)
Poussin and research : Serisier The Flight into Egypt under discussion 22/06/2008
Nicolas Poussin never painted the moon, I would venture to say. Just like Philippe de Champaigne, he knew how to paint the spiritual in art, but unlike the latter who dared, and successfully so, to represent celestial phenomena, Poussin’s world (...)
Close Examination : Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries 20/08/2010
When he was first appointed as head of the National Gallery, Nicholas Penny had stated that he planned to limit the number of blockbuster exhibitions, notably for economic reasons. After Delaroche, the London museum continues to pursue this (...)
Three David works exhibited at the Galerie Turquin 18/09/2008
The exhibition which opened yesterday at the Turquin Gallery consists of only three paintings. But it is sure to be at the center of an intense discussion in museum and art history circles.
