MADRID.- Patrimonio Nacional and the Museo del Prado today signed a collaborative agreement for the technical study and restoration in the Museum’s studios of The Crucifixion by Rogier van der Weyden. This is one of the masterpieces from the outst…
Museo del Prado to Collaborate on the Study and Restoration of The Crucifixion
MADRID.- Patrimonio Nacional and the Museo del Prado today signed a collaborative agreement for the technical study and restoration in the Museum’s studios of The Crucifixion by Rogier van der Weyden. This is one of the masterpieces from the outst…
Paintings Not Seen for More than Half a Century Now on View at Alte Pinalothek
MUNICH.- To mark the anniversary year, a number of paintings from the rich
holdings in the Alte Pinakothek collection, that have seldom been displayed, are on show. Several have not been seen for more than half a century, others have been exhibited ove…
National Gallery Opens Exhibition by One of the Most Versatile Artists of the Renaissance
LONDON.- Jan Gossaert (active 1503; died 1532) was one of the most startling and versatile artists of the Northern Renaissance. A pivotal Old Master, Gossaert changed the course of Flemish art, going beyond the tradition of Jan van Eyck and charting ne…
Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World’s Most Coveted Masterpiece
NEW YORK, NY.- Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece is, without any question, one of the most important paintings ever made. Finished in 1432, it was the first piece to demonstrate the astounding versatility of oil painting, which would become the pref…
Artistic Revolution Triggered by the Flemish Primitives is the Subject of Exhibition
BRUGES.- For a number of generations Flemish art influenced artistic Europe in the fields of painting, sculpture and illuminated manuscripts to a degree that rivalled the innovations of the Italian Renaissance. The exhibition sheds light on this period…
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Presents First Exhibition Devoted to Hans Holbein in 45 Years
STUTTGART.- Hans Holbein the Elder: The Grey Passion in its Time opened at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart on 27 November as part of the Große Landesausstellung Baden-Wurttemberg is the first exhibition devoted to the artist in 45 years. At the heart of t…