Giovanni Bellini

Vierge à L'Enfant entourés de Saint Pierre et Saint Antoine provenant du château de Serrant. Atelier de Giovanni Bellini (Venise, entre 1525 et 1533 - Venise, 1516). Italie, début du XVIe siècle. Photo Kohn Panneau transposé sur toile. H. 67,5 cm, L. 96,5 cm. Restaurations Classé monument historique. Arrêté de classement en date du 29 mars 2001 Provenance Collection Prince de Ligne-La Trémoïlle, Château de Serrant, La Vierge apparaît au centre de la composition, la tête légèrement... [Lire la suite]

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) - Venus, 1532(1.5MB). Photo: Städel Museum - ARTOTHEK. FRANKFURT.- The reopening of the Main River wing with the new presentation of the Städel’s "Old Masters” (1300–1800) collection on December 15, 2011 marks the conclusion of the comprehensive refurbishment measures in the old museum building. Developed by Prof. Dr. Jochen Sander, chief curator of the "Old Masters” collection and Deputy Director of the Städel, the new presentation benefits essentially from the recovery of the historical main... [Lire la suite]

Bono da Ferrara, Saint Jerome in a Landscape, about 1440. Egg tempera on poplar, 52 x 38 cm. The National Gallery, London. Bought, 1867 LONDON.- This summer, the history of the National Gallery comes alive in Room 1. Art for the Nation introduces the first Director of the Gallery: Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793–1865), a man described by one contemporary as the ‘Alpha and Omega’ of the Victorian art world. The exhibition shows a handful of Eastlake’s purchases of Italian Renaissance art and also demonstrates, using little-known... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni Bellini, Ritratto di giovane (detail), 1470. Bergamo, Accademia Carrara BRUxELleS.- Après une première rencontre autour de la collection des Savoie, en 2009, les musées de Flandre et du Nord de l’Italie mettent à nouveau leurs écoles en perspective dans une ébouriffante sélection picturale. Du 15e au 18e siècle, quatre siècles de confrontations entre 15 chefs-d’œuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Anvers et une cinquantaine de toiles de l’Accademia Carrara de Bergame, l’une des plus belles collections de peintures... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni Bellini (?1431/6-1516 Venice) The Madonna and Child in a landscape. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 signed 'IOANNES BELLINVS ·' (lower centre) tempera and oil on panel, 25 7/8 x 19 in. (65.8 x 48.2 cm.) - Estimate £2,500,000 - £3,500,000 Provenance: William Ward, 11th Lord Ward and, from 1869, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817-1885), Dudley House, Park Lane, by whom probably acquired after Dr. Waagen's visit in 1851, by 1871, and by inheritance at Dudley House to his son,William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley... [Lire la suite]

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Portrait of a commander, three-quarter-length, being dressed for battle. Estimate: £8 million to £12 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010 LONDON.- Christie’s Old Masters and 19th Century Art Evening Sale will take place on 6 July 2010 and will offer a rich array of 68 paintings, drawings and watercolours spanning 600 years of European art history. Leading the sale is A Commander being armed for Battle, a highly important portrait by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) which is offered from... [Lire la suite]

Tullio Lombardo (Italian, c. 1455 - 1532), Bacchus and Ariadne, c. 1505, marble overall: H. 56 cm, W 71.5 cm, D 22 cm (22 1/16 x 28 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Kunstkammer WASHINGTON, DC.- In the first exhibition dedicated to Venetian Renaissance sculptor Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455–1532), his romantic approach to portraiture is revealed in four of his greatest marble carvings, which are joined by eight related works from his closest circle. On view at the National Gallery of Art's Italian galleries in the... [Lire la suite]

Andrea Mantegna (Isola di Carturo, vers 1431 - Mantoue, 1506). La Prière au jardin des oliviers. 1457-1459. Bois; H. : 71,1 cm ; L. : 93,7 cm. Tours, Musée des Beaux-arts, Inv. 803-1-24 © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours Les collections françaises, à commencer par celle du Louvre, possèdent un ensemble remarquable d'œuvres de Mantegna que viendront compléter des prêts exceptionnels, venus du monde entier. Le visiteur pourra suivre les étapes clé du parcours de ce génie, né vers 1430-1431 à Isola di Carturo, une petite... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni Bellini, Allegoria sacra, circa 1485-1488, tavola. Firenze, Galleria degli Uffizi. Photo: Gabinetto fotografico Soprintendenza P.S.A.E. e per il Polo Museale della città di Firenze ROME.- The major monographic exhibition on "Giovanni Bellini" that Mauro Lucco and Giovanni C. F. Villa are organizing at Rome's Scuderie del Quirinale exhibition center, putting together a scientific committee of immense international prestige comprising the world's leading experts on the painter, is an operation that is going to... [Lire la suite]