Art du XVIème siècle/16th century Art

Cornelia toe Boecop (Kampen after 1561 – probably Sint-Michielsgestel 1630 – 1634), Portrait of Ott van Bronckhorst, three-quarter length, wearing a cape, signed, inscribed and dated lower left on the book: ÆTATIS / SVÆ. 52 / ANNO: / 1606 : ~ (left sheet); J. Cornelia / toe Boecop genamt / Hrderúijck heft / Sÿt gemaect : s / ∞  (right sheet). Oil on panel, 37 7/8 x 30 ¼ in.; 96.2 by 76.3 cm.  NEW YORK, NY.- Lawrence Steigrad Fine Art announced the sale of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 120. A rare and important Venetian parade shield, Italy, 16th century; 58cm. diam. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. constructed of wood with leather covering, lacquered with a deep red ground featuring tooled and gilt design of scrolling vines terminating in split palmettes, leaves and flowerheads. Provenance: Ex-private collection, Switzerland, pre-1991. Note: Locked in an enduring bittersweet relationship driven by commerce and trade as much as looting and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 23. After Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, Cameria, or Mihrimah Sultan (1522-1578), daughter of Suleyman The Magnificent; oil on canvas, 57.2 x 45.6 cm. Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Ex private collection, France, until 2017. Note: One of several paintings which reproduces a lost portrait of the powerful daughter of Suleyman the Magnificent (r.1522-66) by Titian, believed originally to have formed part of the collection of Bishop Paolo Giovio (1483-1552). Other versions... [Lire la suite]

Jan Brueghel II (1601 - 1678), Allegory of Tulip Mania, oil on panel, 25.5 x 25.5 cm, estimate € 250,000 - 350,000. © Dorotheum  VIENNA.- The Dorotheum’s spring Auction Week will take place at the end of April and will include auctions of Old Master Paintings, 19th-century Paintings, Furniture, Works of Art and Jewellery.A painting entitled ‘An Allegory of Tulip Mania’ is one of the highlights of the Old Master Paintings sale on 28th April, along with works by Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Jusepe de Ribera, Massimo... [Lire la suite]

 Titian’s epic series of large-scale mythological paintings, known as the 'poesie', will be brought together in its entirety for the first time since the late 16th century at the National Gallery next March. From the original cycle of six paintings, the exhibition will reunite 'Danaë' (1551–3, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House); 'Venus and Adonis' (1554, Prado, Madrid); Diana and Actaeon (1556–9) and Diana and Callisto (1556–9), jointly owned by the National Gallery and the National Galleries of Scotland; and the... [Lire la suite]

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Venus and Cupid © Compton Verney Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was one of the leading German painters and printmakers of the early sixteenth century. Born in the Bavarian town of Kronach, from which he took his name, he became court painter to the Electors of Saxony. A close friend of Martin Luther, Cranach was a key artist of the Protestant Reformation, producing woodcut illustrations for Luther’s texts, and founding a successful publishing business. Cranach’s... [Lire la suite]

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 or 1498–1543) King Henry VIII; King Henry VII, about 1536–7. Ink and watercolour on paper, 257.8 × 137.2 cm. On loan from National Portrait Gallery, London. Accepted in lieu of tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Gallery, 1957.  © National Portrait London, London. Hans Holbein the Younger, 'Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors')', 1533. Oil on oak, 207 x 209.5 cm, NG1314. © The National Gallery, London 2020 LONDON.- The National... [Lire la suite]

Raffaello, Self portrait, 1506-1508, oil on poplar wood panel. Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Galleria delle Statue e delle Pitture Gabinetto fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi - Su concessione del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e del Turismo. ROME - The Scuderie del Quirinale and the Uffizi Galleries present, in collaboration with the Borghese Gallery, the Vatican Museums and the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum, the RAFFAELLO exhibition , curated by Marzia Faietti and Matteo... [Lire la suite]

Left: Studies of the Upper Body of a Man, and Separate Studies of an Arm, a Hand, and an Ear; Sketch of a tree (detail), 1511–12, Michelangelo Buonarroti, red and black chalk. Right: Seated Male Nude, and a Study of His Right Arm (detail), 1511, Michelangelo Buonarroti, red chalk, heightened with white. Both Images: Teylers Museum, Haarlem. Purchased in 1790. © Teylers Museum, Haarlem. LOS ANGELES, CA.- Michelangelo: Mind of the Master brings a collection of rare Michelangelo drawings of the highest... [Lire la suite]

Faces of a Queen, The Armada Portraits of Elizabeth I display at the Queen's House, Greenwich. © National Maritime Museum, London. LONDON.- The three surviving versions of the iconic Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I are on public display together in a free exhibition at the Queen’s House in Greenwich (13 February 2020 until 31 August 2020). The exhibition, entitled Faces of a Queen: The Armada Portraits of Elizabeth I, is the first time the paintings have been displayed together in their 430-year history.One of the most iconic... [Lire la suite]