Renaissance

Stained glass panel from the cloister of the Abbey of Mariawald depicting Esau giving up his Birthright. German, 1521. Museum No. C.120-1945 LONDON.- The V&A’s new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries opened, housing one of the world’s most remarkable collections of treasures from the period, including the Becket Casket, Gothic altarpieces and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. There will also be an outstanding collection of Renaissance sculpture by Italian masters such as Donatello and Giambologna. Ten galleries, occupying... [Lire la suite]

Vase, Biblical Scenes from the Old Testament, Urbino or Turin, c. 1565, workshop of Orazio Fontana, tin-glazed earthenware, 21 1/4 x 11 3/16 inches, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with the Bloomfield Moore Fund and other Museum funds, 1944 Exuberant Grotesques: Renaissance Maiolica from the Fontana Workshop is the latest in a critically acclaimed series of dossier presentations organized by the Frick. The project takes a rare focused look at this family workshop by presenting several outstanding and innovative examples... [Lire la suite]

Albrecht Dürer. The Large Horse, 1505. Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth PROVIDENCE, RI.- The RISD Museum of Art presents The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, featuring 85 objects from the RISD Museum’s outstanding collection of Renaissance and Baroque prints—until now unpublished and rarely viewed—as well as objects from major public institutions such as the National Gallery of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visitors to the exhibition will receive a privileged view into this prized... [Lire la suite]

Camée de la Renaissance. Femme à l'antique. Italie ou France, vers 1600 Camée en sardonyx représentant une femme en buste de trois-quarts à droite. Richement vêtue et parée à l'antique, avec un vêtement drapé et un diadème dans les cheveux. Très grande qualité d'exécution pour ce camée Renaissance, en parfait état. Parfait état. Dimensions : 24 x 17 mmsTravail italien ou français, de la fin du 16e siècle ou du début du 17e siècle pour le camée. Postérieur pour la monture en or à fond clos et serti à gorge. Prix sur demande ... [Lire la suite]

Gold and Renaissance cameo ring Gold ring, the irregular oval shaped bezel set with a nice onyx cameo. The elegant lady, in profile to the right, is richly dressed. The hairstyle points to a french origin. Good condition with a chip on the nose. Probably french, late 16th century, for the cameo. Early 19th century for the mounting. Price 3 800 € Fabian de MONTJOYE - fabian.de.montjoye@club.fr - http://www.fabiandemontjoye.com

Contemporary wood jewelry lies at the intersection of two distinct trends: the vogue for all things eco-chic and the embrace of materials less costly than precious metal. An Arch ring by Anthony Roussel in birch wood. Photo: Rob Popper “We take three things from the earth — metal, stones and wood — and they’re all natural things, which is why they have harmony together,” said Axel H. M. Scheffel, principal of Scheffel-Schmuck in Munich, which began manufacturing a line of wood jewelry using computer-controlled mills. ... [Lire la suite]

Hercules with a Distaff, Surrounded by Putti, late 1620s by Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669), red chalk on laid paper, mounted. On extended loan from Mr. John D. Reilly '63, L1997.012.001 NOTRE DAME, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art opens the exhibition Italian Drawings Seminar Exhibition in the Scholz Family Works on Paper Gallery. This exhibition will present sixteenth-and seventeenth-century drawings by Italian masters that have been studied and investigated by students at the University of Notre Dame. The acknowledgment... [Lire la suite]

Biagio di Antonio and Jacopo del Sellaio, The Morelli Chest and Spalliera, with scenes from Roman history, 1472, wood, gesso, tempera and gilding, 205.5 x 193 cm (overall) The Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) LONDON.- In 1471 Lorenzo di Matteo Morelli, a Florentine patrician aged about 30, married Vaggia di Tanai Nerli, the daughter of another wealthy Florentine. The following year he commissioned a pair of splendid wedding chests to commemorate this event. Now part of The Courtauld Gallery, Lorenzo Morelli’s... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni Battista Scultori (Italian, 1503–1575), Trojans Repelling the Greeks, 1538, engraving, 15 7/8 x 23 in. Madeleine Doran Endowment Fund purchase MADISON, WI.-The Chazen Museum of Art opens today an exhibition of mannerist works, mostly engravings, drawn primarily from its permanent collection. During the fifteenth-century Renaissance, classical antiquity was big news. Artists followed discoveries of Greek and Roman sculpture and visited Rome to see the great antiquities collections, copying and perfecting the techniques... [Lire la suite]

”Venus with an Organist and a Dog,” detail, by Tiziano Vecellio, circa 1550. Photo: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid Two-Handled Vase with the Arms of Medici Impaling Orsini, Florentine region (perhaps Montelupo), 1470–80. Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm), foot damaged and repaired - Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Women's Committee with additional funds from Robert H. Tannahill, 1937 (37.74) Wineglass or Sweetmeat Cup (Confittiera) with Scenes of Virgil and Febilla. Venice, ca.... [Lire la suite]