LONDON.- This exhibition of 42 paintings draws on the Royal Collection’s rich holdings of Dutch 17th-century landscapes, including works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Jan van der Heyden and Meyndert Hobbema. By the 17th century, landscape …
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Reaches Purchase Agreement for 17th-Century Tapestries
BOSTON, MA.- Provenance research conducted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has resulted in new discoveries about the history of ownership of four 17th-century tapestries in the MFA’s collection. The Museum’s research revealed that …
Duelling Pistols at Bonhams: Objects of Beauty and Death
LONDON.- Today a gentleman no longer needs a set of duelling pistols, which means that Bonhams Antique Arms and Armour sale on April 20th is free to offer twelve sets of pistols estimated to sell for between £2,500 to £60,000, as items of historical …
Prado Museum Presents an Exhibition of a Previously Unknown Period in Ribera’s Career
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado presents The Young Ribera, a survey of Ribera’s activity during his period in Rome and in the years following his arrival in Naples in 1616. The exhibition runs from April 5 through July 31, 2011. This is a period of …
A Fascinating Collection of Modern & Contemporary Art ~ The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) was established by the Government of Ireland in 1990 as Ireland’s first national institution for the presentation and collection of modern and contemporary art. The museum was officially opened on 25 May 1991 b…
Giant Silk China Scroll Goes for $30 Million Plus to Anonymous Hong Kong Collector
PARIS (AP).- A giant 18th-century Chinese silk scroll painting of a military troop review has been sold at auction for more than euro22 million ($30.8 million), the highest auction price for a Chinese work in France. The work, found in a Paris attic a…
Lust & Vice: Major Exhibition Filling Three Rooms and Five Display Cases at The Nationalmuseum
STOCKHOLM.- The Nationalmuseum presents Lust & Vice, a major exhibition filling three rooms and five display cases. The exhibition runs from 24 March to 14 August 2011. Over 200 works from the 16th century to the present day, mostly little-known treasu…
Lust & Vice: Major Exhibition Filling Three Rooms and Five Display Cases at The Nationalmuseum
STOCKHOLM.- The Nationalmuseum presents Lust & Vice, a major exhibition filling three rooms and five display cases. The exhibition runs from 24 March to 14 August 2011. Over 200 works from the 16th century to the present day, mostly little-known treasu…
Rijksmuseum Exhibits a Selection of Its Most Beautiful Drawings and Prints of Dune Landscapes
AMSTERDAM.- The Dutch landscape was largely created by man, except for the sandy beaches and dunes along the coast, which were mostly created by nature. In the seventeenth century, when the Netherlands was the most urbanised region in Europe, the dunes…
Specialist in Dutch 16th and 17th-Century Drawings, Jane Turner, to Head Rijksmuseum Print Room
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum announces that Jane Turner will become Head of the Print Room as from 1 September 2011. She is the fourteenth international expert to strengthen the Rijksmuseum in the run-up to the reopening in 2013. Turner (1956, US) is an…