5 mai 2018

Eugène Delacroix, Le 28 juillet 1830. La Liberté guidant le peuple. 1830. Salon de 1831. Huile sur toile. 260 x 325 cm. Musée du Louvre © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado PARIS - Il est l’un des géants de la peinture française et pourtant Paris ne lui a pas consacré de rétrospective complète depuis 1963, année du centenaire de sa mort. Le musée du Louvre, en collaboration avec le Metropolitan Museum  of Art de New York, rend aujourd’hui hommage à l’ensemble de la carrière artistique d’Eugène Delacroix... [Lire la suite]

Bowl, Iran, 12th century. Fritware, incised, pierced and glazed. Height: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm); Diameter: 7 1/4 in. (18.41 cm). The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.153) © LACMA

Bowl, Iran, first half of 14th century. Fritware, molded and glazed. Height: 2 3/4 in. (6.99 cm); Diameter: 6 in. (15.24 cm). The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.271) © LACMA

Bowl, Iran, first half of 14th century. Composite body, molded and glazed. Diameter: 8 1/2 in. (21.59 cm); The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.117) © LACMA

Vanity case 'Persian Mosque', ca. 1929, by Vladimir Makovsky for Black, Starr and Frost Co., New York. Mother-of-pearl, hardstone, enamel, gold, diamonds, platinum. L x W x D: 8.2 × 5.8 × 1.8 cm. Black, Starr & Frost; mosaic signed "M" for Makovsky. Lent by private collection. Accession Number 13.2016.57 © Cooper Hewitt Museum.

Vanity case, ca. 1930, by Henri Lavabre for Cartier. Gold, enamel, diamonds, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 8 × 4.5 × 1.2 cm. French assay marks; Cartier, Paris, Londres, New York; 1006. Lent by private collection. Accession Number 13.2016.36 © Cooper Hewitt Museum.

Vanity case, 1926, by Strauss, Allard & Meyer for Van Cleef and Arpels. Amber-covered snakeskin, amethyst, lapis lazuli, rubies, jadeite, diamonds, enamel, hardstone, gold, platinum, mirrored plate glass. L x W x D: 9.5 × 4.5 × 1.5 cm. Stamped "Van Cleef & Arpels"; 27830. Lent by private collection. Accession Number 13.2016.18 © Cooper Hewitt Museum.

Bowl with Four Phoenixes, Iran, 14th century. Fritware, green-gray slip, underglaze-painted, 8 1/2 x 4 in. (21.5 x 10.2 cm), The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.215) © LACMA The Mongol invasions of Iran, beginning in 1220, and the subsequent period of Ilkhanid rule by the descendants of Genghis Khan (1256–1353) had an important impact on the technique and decoration of Persian pottery, as is demonstrated by this vessel. Such underglaze-painted bowls, which are often designated as Sultanabad wares... [Lire la suite]

Canteen, Iran, 14th century. Earthenware, unglazed, 12 x 9 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (30.48 x 23.50 x 10.80 cm). Gift of Andrew Hale and Kate Fitz Gibbon (AC1998.223.1) © LACMA

Bowl, Iran, Kashan, 14th century. Fritware, underglaze-painted in black, blue and turquoise, 4 x 8 1/2 in. (10.16 x 21.59 cm). Gift of Mr. Joseph M. Upton (55.66.2) © LACMA