Arts anciens

Venus, Flora, Mars and Cupid (Allegory) (Detail) Paris Bordone. Oil on canvas, 108x129 cm, Italy, 1550s. © The State Hermitage Museum HOUGHTON HALL (Norfolk) – On attribue à Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) la création de la fonction moderne de Premier ministre. Leader des whigs, animateur de la politique anglaise jusqu’à la malheureuse guerre avec l’Espagne dite de l’oreille de Jenkins, il amassa une considérable fortune et une non moins célèbre collection de tableaux. Son fils, l’écrivain Horace Walpole, la maintint, mais son... [Lire la suite]

Joos van Cleeve, Henry VIII, c.1530-35. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013. LONDON.- A diamond ring given by Charles I to his 19-year-old wife, the armour of a fashion-conscious 13-year-old boy who should have been king, and the diamond-encrusted box in which a queen kept her face patches are among the highlights of a new exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion provides an insight into the world of the rich and famous of the 16th and 17th... [Lire la suite]

The Picture Gallery at Sanssouci Park in Potsdam near Berlin.  POTSDAM.- The Picture Gallery in Sanssouci Park creates a harmonious relationship of figurative decorations, paintings and sculptures. While the building itself has remained largely unchanged, the inventories of painting and sculpture have experienced serious changes since 1786. These include art theft that took place at Napoleon’s command in 1806, a redistribution of works of art connected to the founding of a Royal museum (Altes Museum) on the Lustgarten in... [Lire la suite]

Rembrandt Laughing, about 1628. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Oil on copper. 8 3/4 x 6 5/8 in. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of two exceptional European paintings—a recently rediscovered self-portrait by one of the most celebrated painters in history, Rembrandt, and a light-filled view of the Grand Canal by Canaletto, Venice’s most influential painter. “It is extraordinary to be adding two such rare and outstanding works to the... [Lire la suite]

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1627–1697), Portrait of a Boy holding a Basket of Fruit, 1658. Oil on panel. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund and other funds. Photo: © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. BOSTON, MASS.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has unveiled one of its grandest spaces, the new Dutch and Flemish gallery, which has opened to the public after a nearly year-long renovation. The transformed Art of the Netherlands in the 17th Century Gallery features seven paintings by Rembrandt Harmensz. van... [Lire la suite]

Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses) c. 1590. attrib. Isaac Oliver © National Portrait Gallery, London. LONDON.- A previously unknown painting of Elizabeth I attributed to the famous miniaturist Isaac Oliver has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, London.  The small painting – the size of a postcard – will go on show as part of a major new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Elizabeth I and Her People (10 October 2013 - 5 January 2014), supported by The Weiss Gallery, where it will be... [Lire la suite]

Benedetto da Rovezzano, Saint John the Baptist, c. 1505, terracotta, 19 2/3 x 15 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (50 x 40 x 25 cm). MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Trustees of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts approved yesterday evening the acquisition of a rare Renaissance bust of St. John the Baptist created by renowned Italian sculptor Benedetto da Rovezzano (1474-1554). The terracotta bust is also notable as one of the works bought by the Nazis for Hitler’s never-realized Führermuseum, a massive museum complex for the display of the most important... [Lire la suite]

Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1592-1656), The Duet, 1624 (estimate: $2-3 million). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2013. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced that the Old Master Paintings sale on June 5 in New York will be led by Gerrit van Honthorst’s The Duet, a significant work with an exceptionally distinguished Russian provenance, which includes the collection of Count Alexander Stroganov, art advisor to Catherine the Great, as well as the Hermitage Museum. Painted in 1624 at the height of Honthorst's career, this picture is one... [Lire la suite]

NICODEMO (actif au XVIIIème siècle), Académie d'homme. Photo Tajan Sanguine, 48 x 30 cm. Signé en bas à droite et au verso. Bords irréguliers, petites taches. Estimation : 300 / 400 € Tajan. Jeudi 16 mai 2013. Espace Tajan - 37, rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris. Contact: Romain Monteaux-Sarmiento +33 (0)1 53 30 30 30.

Ecole Française du XVIIIe siècle, Académie d'homme recto-verso. Photo Tajan Sanguine; 60 x 45,5 cm. Manques et déchirures. On joint sept académies. Le lot de huit. Estimation : 800 / 1 000 € Tajan. Jeudi 16 mai 2013. Espace Tajan - 37, rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris. Contact: Romain Monteaux-Sarmiento +33 (0)1 53 30 30 30.