03 janvier 2016

David Le Marchand, , John Somers, 1st Baron Somers of Evesham (1651 – 1716), 1706

David Le Marchand (1674-1726), John Somers, 1st Baron Somers of Evesham (1651 – 1716), 1706. Ivory, 411 mm (Height) x 90 mm (Depth); 494 mm (Height); 189 mm (Diameter). NT 208766. Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire © National Trust Photo Library

03 janvier 2016

The Hongs Bowl, 1786 - 1788, Guangzhou workshop

The Hongs Bowl, 1786 - 1788, Guangzhou workshop. Hard-paste porcelain with enamel, 150 mm (Height); 370 mm (Diameter). NT 959642. Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire © National Trust / Robert Thrift Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
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03 janvier 2016

Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain octagonal pear-shaped vases, 1700-1730

Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain octagonal pear-shaped vases, 1700-1730, Erddig, Wrexham, NT 1145621.1&2. © National Trust Collections/Susanne Gronnow Chinese blue and white porcelain octagonal pear-shaped vase, 1700-1730, Erddig, Wrexham, NT 1145621.1. ©National Trust Collections/Susanne Gronnow Chinese blue and white porcelain octagonal pear-shaped vase, 1700-1730, Erddig, Wrexham, NT 1145621.2. ©National Trust Collections/Susanne Gronnow ... [Lire la suite]
03 janvier 2016

Balenciaga, 1950s Photo by Philippe Pottier

Balenciaga, 1950s. Photo by Philippe Pottier
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03 janvier 2016

Dovima wearing Balenciaga, 1950

  Model Dovima wearing Balenciaga, 1950. Photo by Richard Avedon
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03 janvier 2016

Recently restored composition by Hans de Jode on view at Kunst Historisches Museum

Hans de Jode, View of the Tip of the Seraglio with Topkapı Palace, 1659. Canvas, 135 x 221 cm © KHM-Museumsverband. VIENNA.- Kunst Historisches Museum in Vienna's Point of View # 14 presents a painting with a highly unusual subject matter that has not been on show to the public for several decades. The large-scale, recently restored composition by Hans de Jode (c. 1630 – c. 1663) depicts the tip of the Seraglio with Topkapi Palace (Turkish “Topkapi Sarayi”) in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Signed and dated 1659, this... [Lire la suite]
03 janvier 2016

Exhibition presents more than thirty important works of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods

Bernardo Bellotto (Venice 1722 - 1780 Warsaw), Architectural Capriccio with a Self-Portrait in the Costume of a Venetian Nobleman, c. 1762 - 65. Oil on canvas, 61 1/2 x 44 1/4 inches (Courtesy of Otto Naumann, Ltd.) NEW YORK, NY.- Otto Naumann and Robert Simon jointly announce that their exhibition “In Light of Venice: Venetian Painting in Honor of David Rosand,” will open on January 11th, 2016 at the Otto Naumann Gallery, 22 East 80th Street in New York. More than thirty important works... [Lire la suite]