01 juin 2023
'Gods, Heroes and Traitors The History Image around 1800' from 2 june 2023 at ALBERTINA, Vienna
Robert von Langer, The human race threatened by the element of water, 1804 © ALBERTINA, Wien.
WIEN - History painting has always enjoyed a special status and was long viewed as the capstone of any artist’s career. It encompasses history in a comprehensive sense and deals with human doings, human sentiments, and human passions. It is in classicist works that history painting reached its zenith.
This ALBERTINA Museum exhibition, which features works from the museum’s own holdings, tells of prominent historical occurrences... [Lire la suite]01 juin 2023
Vietnamese ceramics to be sold at Bonhams-Cornette de Saint-Cyr
Lot 45. A green-glazed stoneware vase, hu, Vietnam, Han-Viet period, 1st-3rd century. H. 25 cm. Estimate €500 - €700. Sold for €1,088 inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2023
Provenance: European private collection, acquired in the 1980s.
Note: Vietnam was under Chinese rule for a thousand years until the establishment of the Ngô dynasty (939), the first unified dynasty in North Vietnam. Ash-glazed pottery, such as the offered vase, was produced under the influence of the Han dynasty. Covered with... [Lire la suite]