Guido Reni

Parmigianino. Antea. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. Per gentile concessione del MIC-Ministero della Cultura, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. PARIS - Réaffirmant l’importance des collaborations entre les institutions muséales européennes, le musée du Louvre a noué pour l’année 2023 un partenariat d’une envergure inédite avec le musée de Capodimonte.Ancienne résidence de chasse des souverains Bourbon, le palais (la Reggia en italien) abrite aujourd’hui l’un des plus grands musées d’Italie et l’une des plus... [Lire la suite]

Guido Reni (1575–1642), Bacchus and Ariadne, ca. 1614-16. Oil on canvas, 96,5 × 86,4 cm,Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photo: © Museum Associates / LACMA Frankfurt am Main - With a large-scale exhibition opening to the public on 23 November 2022, the Städel Museum is rediscovering the former star painter of the Italian Baroque: Guido Reni (1575–1642). In his day, Reni was one of the most successful and celebrated painters in all of Europe, coveted by the most important patrons, including the... [Lire la suite]

Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-1642), Country Dance, c. 1601-02. Photo: C. Giusti. ROME.- The Galleria Borghese announces its acquisition of the painting Country Dance (c. 1601-02). After a series of intensive studies, the restoration of its attribution to Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-1642) – together with its documented provenance from Cardinal Scipione Borghese’s collection – constitutes one of the most important and unexpected discoveries of the last few years.In addition to its art-historical value, its documented... [Lire la suite]

LONDON.- Spectacular paintings widely recognised as among the highlights of the Royal Collection – including works by Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Van Dyck and Canaletto – have gone on display together in a gallery exhibition for the first time. Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace, opening at The Queen’s Gallery in London tomorrow (Friday, 4 December), brings together 65 of the most treasured paintings that usually hang in the Picture Gallery, one of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace. The exhibition gives... [Lire la suite]

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598 – 1680 Rome), Medusa, 1638–1640. Marble with traces of original patina, h. 46 cm, Rome, Musei Capitolini, Palazzo dei Conservatori © Sovrintendenza Capitolina, Musei Capitolini – Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome. AMSTERDAM - In the first decades of the 17th century a new generation of ambitious artists led by the brilliant painter Caravaggio and sculptor Bernini shook the eternal city of Rome from its slumber. They introduced a new language to art that dispensed with elegance and... [Lire la suite]

SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum presents Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum (October 17, 2019–January 26, 2020), featuring 40 Renaissance and Baroque works of art (39 paintings and one sculpture) drawn from the collection of one of the largest museums in Italy. Traveling from the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see works by significant Italian, French, and Spanish artists who worked in Italy including Artemisia Gentileschi, El... [Lire la suite]

Guido Reni, Umkreis, Jesus und Maria, first half of 17th century. Oil on wood, 33,5 x 26,5 cm © Sammlung Werner Nekes. VIENNA.- Of all the groundbreaking art movements of the 1950s and 60s, Op Art has received the least amount of attention to date. It has often been discounted as too spectacular and showy and therefore not very profound. But this attitude fails to recognize Op Art’s unique ability to raise our awareness for the ambivalence of reality as it tangibly demonstrates that perception is far from objective but rather... [Lire la suite]

PARIS - La vente de Sculpture et d'objets d'art européens organisée le 19 juin chez Christie's à Paris a rencontré un franc succès avec 83% des lots vendus et 94% en valeur. Le top lot de la vente est une plaque en émail peint polychrome représentant l'empereur Auguste. Estimée initialement €20.000-30.000, la plaque attribuée à Colin Nouailher s'est vendue €125.000. Autre beau prix atteint lors de la vente, un couple de maures réalisé en Italie au XIXe siècle qui a trouvé preneur pour €122.500. Lot 80. Attribuée... [Lire la suite]

Cosmè Tura, Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1470s, miniature on vellum, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1946.21.14. WASHINGTON.- One of the most innovative Italian books of the early baroque period, the Descrizione del Sacro Monte della Vernia, published in 1612, illustrates the experiences of Saint Francis and the buildings of the Franciscan community at La Verna. Drawing from the National Gallery of Art's rich holdings of works with Franciscan imagery, Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint... [Lire la suite]

Guido Reni (1575-Bologna-1642), Saint Jerome, Circa 1605-1610. Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 50 cm (25 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.) © Galerie Canesso The work was painted early in the artist’s career, during the artist’s Roman sojourn. Reni arrived in Rome at the end of 1601. In 1605 he paid early tribute to Caravaggio (1571-1610) in the Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Rome, Vatican Picture Gallery) painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini. This is the language used for the Saint Jerome, at a point when Reni, struck by the... [Lire la suite]