Art du XVème siècle / 15h century Art

 Hugo van der Goes, The Fall of Man, ca. 1477-1479 © Kunsthistorisches Museum mit MVK und ÖTM BERLIN- Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440–1482/83) was the most important Netherlandish artist of the second half of the 15th century. His works impress with their monumentality and intense colours as well as with their astonishing closeness to life and emotional expressivity. 540 years after the artist’s death, Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie will celebrate a premiere: for the first time, almost all of the artist’s surviving paintings and... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Urbanino da Surso, Crocifisso, Italy, Lombardy, c. 1450. Poplar, with original polychrome, gilding, and silver; H. 97 x W. 25 x D. 15 cm (38 x 9.8 x 5.9 in.). Courtesy MULLANY at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private collection, Milan.  We are grateful to Dr. Luca Mor, Università degli Studi di Udine, for confirming the attribution to Urbanino da Surso based on first hand examination of the work.

Apostle, Burgundy (Dijon?), France, c. 1420-1430. Walnut wood with traces of polychromy; 48.5 x 26 x 10 cm (19.1 x 10.2 x 3.9 in.). Courtesy BRIMO DE LAROUSSILHEat TEFAF Maastricht 2023. Provenance: From a dismembered altarpiece, probably originally in the Cistercian Abbey of Theuley, or nearby, in the Franciscan convent at Gray (Haute-Saône); France, private collection. Literature: 2009, Les Premiers Retables (XIIe-début du XVe siècle). Une mise en scène du sacré. Published in Exhibition catalogue,... [Lire la suite]

PARIS - Au printemps 2023, le Musée Jacquemart-André met à l’honneur l’œuvre du grand maître de la peinture Giovanni Bellini (v. 1430-1516), père de l’école vénitienne à laquelle appartiendront ses élèves Giorgione et Titien. Giovanni Bellini a ouvert la voie à un art de la couleur et du ton qui sera la marque du XVIe siècle vénitien. À travers une cinquantaine d’œuvres issues de collections publiques et privées européennes, cette exposition retrace le parcours de Giovanni Bellini et montre comment son langage artistique n’a eu... [Lire la suite]

Leonardo da Vinci, Grotesque Head of an Old Woman, 1489/1490. Pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down, overall: 6.4 x 5.1 cm (2 1/2 x 2 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Dian Woodner 2022.84.1. WASHINGTON, DC.- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) frequently recorded his ideas and observations in notes and sketches, regardless of subject matter. More of Leonardo’s drawings have survived than those by any other artist of the Italian Renaissance. Dian Woodner, who has donated many works over the years to... [Lire la suite]

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures. Pen and two shades of brown ink, 13 x 7 7/8 in. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022. PARIS.- Christie’s Paris Old Masters sale began with the momentous sale of A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures by Michelangelo, selling for €23,162,000 / £19,645,462 / $24,380,019, establishing it as the most expensive work by the artist to have ever sold, the highest price ever achieved for a work on paper offered... [Lire la suite]

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures. Pen and two shades of brown ink, 13 x 7 7/8 in. Estimate on request. Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd. 2022. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announced the sale of a previously unknown drawing by Michelangelo, A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures, executed early in his career. This exceptionally rare work, one of the very few drawings by Michelangelo still in private hands, will be auctioned on 18 May... [Lire la suite]

Carlo Crivelli, The Vision of the Blessed Gabriele (c. 1489). Egg and oil on poplar, 141 × 87 cm. © The National Gallery, London. NG668. Ikon presents the first exhibition in the UK dedicated to the work of Renaissance artist Carlo Crivelli. Shadows on the Sky highlights his experimental use of perspective, trompe l’oeil (optical illusion) and sculptural relief to create illusions of illusionism. Such cleverness was conveyed with consummate craftsmanship and foiled by an extraordinary elegance. Crivelli’s paintings both... [Lire la suite]

Lot 26. A group of five gilt-brass-mounted agate boxes, French or German, late 19th-early 20th century; The largest: 2. 3/4 in. (7 cm.) high; 5. 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) wide; 3. 1/4 in. (8 cm.) deep. Price Realised GBP 4,375 (Estimate GBP 3,500 - GBP 4,500). © Christie's 2022 Of various sizes and colours and comprising various specimens including Tiger's Eye, all of rectangular form with ball feet. Christie's. The Collector, 27 Jan - 10 Feb 2022

PARIS - À l’automne 2021, le musée Jacquemart-André célébrera le génie créatif de Sandro Botticelli (1445 – 1510) et l’activité de son atelier, en exposant une quarantaine d’œuvres de ce peintre raffiné accompagnées de quelques peintures de ses contemporains florentins sur lesquels Botticelli eut une influence particulière. La carrière de Botticelli, devenu l’un des plus grands artistes de Florence, témoigne du rayonnement et des changements profonds qui transforment la cité sous les Médicis.  Botticelli est sans doute l’un... [Lire la suite]