Art du XVIème siècle/16th century Art

Considéré de son vivant comme un génie universel, Albrecht Dürer n’en finit pas de fasciner. Par ses gravures, il a contribué à façonner la Renaissance européenne en se plaçant au cœur des échanges artistiques. Trop rarement exposé en France, cet immense artiste est exceptionnellement mis à l’honneur à Chantilly, à l’aide de plus de 200 œuvres ! Pour la première fois, deux collections majeures d’œuvres de Dürer en France, celle du musée Condé à Chantilly et celle de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, unissent leurs forces pour... [Lire la suite]

  BIRMINGHAM.- To mark the last year of a unique five-year collaboration between the Barber Institute and Royal Collection Trust, a new exhibition - co-curated by eight students studying for an MA in Art History and Curating at the University of Birmingham - showcases a selection of works by the great German Renaissance artist, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). The students have chosen highlights of the Royal Collection’s outstanding holdings of Dürer’s work - including 15 prints, 3 drawings and a rare painting -... [Lire la suite]

  VIENNA - This exhibition, conceived in collaboration with the Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz” in Winterthur (Switzerland), is the first to explore the artistic beginnings of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). Cranach, a native of Franconia, produced his earliest extant works in Vienna, presumably arriving in the city around 1500. These works are celebrated for their remarkable expressive power – radically different from the courtly-elegant manner he was to adopt soon afterwards when he became court painter to the... [Lire la suite]

Cristóvão de Figueiredo, Le Départ des reliques de sainte Auta de Cologne (revers), 1522 - 1525. Huile sur panneau de chêne. Lisbonne, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, inv. 1462 BR. Pint. H. 70,5 x L. 76 cm © DGPC/ADF, Luísa Oliveira / José Paulo Ruas PARIS - Très rarement présentée ou même identifiée dans les musées français, la peinture portugaise mérite d’être mieux connue : cette présentation de treize panneaux peints de très belle qualité, prêtés par le Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga de... [Lire la suite]

Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci, 1452 – Amboise, 1519) (?) Attributions modernes : d’après Leonardo da Vinci (Études de têtes) ; Francesco Granacci (Saint Jean Baptiste) Saint Jean Baptiste enfant. Pierre noire, plume et encre brune, lavis brun, H. 14,3 ; L. 11,5 cm. Complété en partie supérieure. Huit dessins collés en plein sur une feuille du Libro de’ disegni, reprise par Mariette : encadrement ornemental à la plume, à l’encre brune et au lavis... [Lire la suite]

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), The Nymph of the Spring. Painted in circa 1540. Estimate: £6,000,000-8,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022. London – Lucas Cranach the Elder’s (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring (estimate: £6,000,000-8,000,000) and Jan Jansz. den Uyl’s (1595-1639) Pewter jug and silver tazza on a table (estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000) from The Collection of Cecil & Hilda Lewis, will be leading highlights in the Old Masters Evening... [Lire la suite]

Agostino Galeazzi (1523 - 1576/1579), Madonna and Child between Saints Cecilia and Catherine of Alexandria and patrons of the Lugazzo family, oil on canvas, 272 x 186 cm, Brescia, Palazzo Vescovile (Bischop's chapel). BRESCIA - The exhibition, which presents 13 works created by Moretto's main Brescian pupils, such as Francesco Ricchino, Agostino Galeazzi, and Luca Mombello, explores the theme of female representation in painting with a sacred subject. The initiative completes the path of the Women in Art exhibition from... [Lire la suite]

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543), A Member of the Wedigh Family, 1533. Oil on panel. Inscribed on the background, in Latin: The year 1533 / At the age of 39, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie; 586B. Image: bpk Bildagentur / Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin / Photo: Jörg P. Anders / Art Resource, NY. NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum is presenting Holbein: Capturing Character, running through May 15, 2022. Co-organized with the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los... [Lire la suite]

Lavinia Fontana, Mystic marriage of St Catherine, c. 1575. Oil on copper, 48.5 x 33.6 cm. Felton Bequest, 2021. MELBOURNE.- Italian artist Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) is widely recognised as the first woman to become a professional painter in Europe, winning many prestigious commissions and becoming the first woman admitted into the illustrious guild for painters in Rome, the Accademia di San Luca. Generously acquired by the Felton Bequest, Fontana’s Mystic marriage of St Catherine, c. 1575, is the first painting by this... [Lire la suite]

Pier Francesco Foschi (1502 – 1567), “Portrait of a Lady,” ca. 1550. Oil on panel, 101 × 79 centimeters (39.8 × 31 inches). Museo National Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 145 (1935.16). © Georgia Museum of Art ATHENS, GA.- Pontormo, del Sarto, Foschi. One of these names is much less of a household name when it comes to 16th-century Italian art, but the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia aims to change that. “Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence,” organized by... [Lire la suite]