LONDON.- Estimated to sell for £70,000 to £100,000, this oil painting by Lucas Gassel shows the grounds of a Renaissance palace with episodes from the story of David and Bathsheba, an extensive landscape with mountains and a harbour beyond. On a tenn…
Bonhams to Sell Old Master Painting by Lucas Gassel that Shows Importance of Tennis
LONDON.- Estimated to sell for £70,000 to £100,000, this oil painting by Lucas Gassel shows the grounds of a Renaissance palace with episodes from the story of David and Bathsheba, an extensive landscape with mountains and a harbour beyond. On a tenn…
Florence Wants Mona Lisa Back for a Visit
FLORENCE (AP).- Florence officials are launching a campaign to bring the “Mona Lisa” back for a visit. Leonardo da Vinci brought the painting of a Renaissance woman with an enigmatic smile to France in 1516, and it has mostly hung in the Louvre Museum…
Louvre – DNP Museum Lab Presents Sevres Porcelain, an Art of Living in the 18th Century
PARIS.- Feast your eyes on the beauty of 18th-century Sèvres porcelain in the Louvre’s magnificent Napoléon III Apartments. Cuttingedge multimedia resources, designed in the context of the Museum Lab project, will help you discover how these por…
Louvre – DNP Museum Lab Presents Sevres Porcelain, an Art of Living in the 18th Century
PARIS.- Feast your eyes on the beauty of 18th-century Sèvres porcelain in the Louvre’s magnificent Napoléon III Apartments. Cuttingedge multimedia resources, designed in the context of the Museum Lab project, will help you discover how these por…
Janet Jackson ‘Nasty’ in the Louvre, with Fab Show to Benefit "Liaisons au Louvre"
PARIS (AP).- It’s a safe bet that the Louvre Museum, that hallowed sanctum that houses the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa and countless other priceless artistic treasures, has never seen moves quite like Janet Jackson’s. The Grammy-winning pop princess …
Janet Jackson ‘Nasty’ in the Louvre, with Fab Show to Benefit "Liaisons au Louvre"
PARIS (AP).- It’s a safe bet that the Louvre Museum, that hallowed sanctum that houses the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa and countless other priceless artistic treasures, has never seen moves quite like Janet Jackson’s. The Grammy-winning pop princess …
Louvre Museum to Create Elahé Mir-Djalali Omidyar Fund to Underwrite New Program
NEW YORK, NY.- American Friends of the Louvre announced that it has received a $3 million grant through the generosity of Pierre Omidyar, a member of Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute’s Board of Directors and the founder and Chairman of eBay Inc…
Hyde’s Rembrandt on Loan to Louvre, Detroit Institute of Arts Loans Painting by Rubens
GLEN FALLS, N.Y.- The Hyde Collection announced today that its prized Christ with Folded Arms by Rembrandt van Rijn will be on display in the Louvre in Paris beginning April 18, 2011 as part of a landmark exhibition titled Rembrandt and the Face of Je…
Musée du Louvre and Teylers Museum Present Exhibitions of Claude Lorrain
PARIS, FRANCE – Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first comprehensive exhibition in the Netherlands on Claude Lorrain, master of the golden light. This autumn, Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first comprehens…