The Art Tribune

A New Acquisition for the Ashmolean : a Portrait of Ruskin by Millais

Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges — 2013-05-23T15:25:46Z

The painting recently received as acceptance in lieu by the Ashmolean Museum is important for three reasons : the model, the artist and the context in which it was created. This portrait of Ruskin by John Everett Millais was in fact on view at the exhibition on the Pre-Raphaelites at the Tate Britain not long ago. Millais started work on it during the summer of 1853 when invited by Ruskin to accompany him on a trip to Scotland

- News Items / Acquisitions, John Everett Millais (1829-1896), Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Versailles Acquires a Louis XVI Clock and Sèvres Vases

Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges — 2013-05-22T15:01:00Z

The château de Versailles pre-empted a Louis XVI clock decorated with an Offering to Cupid depicted by bronze figures, at an auction in Metz on 24 March 2013. It was probably produced by Charles Leroy or his son Etienne-Augustin who became clockmaker to the king and signed with his father's name

- News Items / Acquisitions, Versailles, Musée et domaine national du château, François Boucher (1703-1770), Charles Nicolas Dodin (1734-1803)

The Church in Gesté Vandalized and still Threatened

Didier Rykner — 2013-05-16T14:23:10Z

Is the city of Gesté above the law and the authority of the courts which judged this case ? This is at least the impression given by the mayor and his municipal council who once again voted, Monday 6 May, their determination to partially demolish the church and, in passing, asked for bids from competing companies for this destruction

- News Items / Threats to heritage, Gesté, Church

The Cour de Bar in the Palais Ducal, Dijon Victimized by Yves Lion

Didier Rykner — 2013-05-15T15:09:07Z

The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon which has been under renovation work since 2008 (but which had the excellent idea of not closing and proceeding in stages), will open a new itinerary for its Medieval and Renaissance collections on 7 September. We will return in due time to this inauguration. Although what we glimpsed during the news conference held today in Paris

- News Items / Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Threats to heritage

Essays in Memory of Adrienne Fontainas Published in New York

Jean-David Jumeau-Lafond — 2013-05-13T13:18:48Z

We all remember that The Art Tribune published an obituary for Adrienne Fontainas (1929-2010) following her death in December 2010, detailing the achievements of this eminent researcher whose knowledge encompassed several fields (books, art, music) and was highly respected by museums, collectors as well as biobliophies which she represented as vice-president

- News Items / Adrienne Fontainas

A Rembrandt (perhaps) and a Canaletto for the Getty Museum

Didier Rykner — 2013-05-13T12:53:12Z

We had recounted the story of this amazing discovery here : a presumed portrait by Rembrandt, on copper, which appeared on the auction block in England in October 2007 with the attribution, "follower of Rembrandt", had sold for 2.2 million pounds, suggesting that the buyer (and at least one other bidder) had detected an authentic work by the master. Less than a year later, the Rembrandt Research Institute

- News Items / Acquisitions, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto (1625-1713), Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)

Good News for the rue du Temple

Didier Rykner — 2013-05-13T12:45:00Z

There appears to be positive news concerning the discovery of architectural elements at the corner of rue du Temple and rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie in Paris. We were able to reach the owner of the cosmetics store Huygens as well as the Architecte des Bâtiments de France, Sophie Hyafil

- News Items

A Landscape by Robert Seldon Duncanson Acquired by the Amon Carter Museum

Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges — 2013-05-13T12:32:00Z

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art recently announced the acquisition of a work by Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821-1872), presented as the first Afro-American artist to have gained international stature. Entitled The Caves and painted in 1869, the painting belonged to Reverend Sutton Rust (1815-1906), a Methodist minister

- News Items / Acquisitions, Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art , Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821-1872)

Acceptance in Lieu of Ary Scheffer for the Louvre

Didier Rykner — 2013-05-13T12:17:00Z

Thanks to a donation of "acceptance in lieu", the Musée du Louvre has just added a superb tableau by Ary Scheffer, representing Ruth and Naomi to its collections. This panel still has its beautiful original frame showing quotes from the book of Ruth illustrating the subject, that is the moment when Ruth, after the death of her husband Malchon, decides to follow her mother-in-law to Bethlehem

- News Items / Acquisitions, Ary Scheffer (1795-1848), Paris, Musée du Louvre

Péristyles, the Journal of the Amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy

Didier Rykner — 2013-05-13T11:21:00Z

An art history journal, especially one which has been around for some time, is so rare that we would like to point out a very discreet bulletin founded in 1992 which has appeared since then at regular intervals, twice a year. The title of the journal is Péristyles and is published by the Association des Amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. Its goal is to cover happenings at the museum, both exhibitions as well as changes in museum layouts or acquisitions

- News Items / Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts