Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges
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Musée de la Marine in Paris: fluctuat et mergiturTwo accessories seem to be essential for visiting the Musée de la Marine in Paris, as the new scenography aims to "encourage total immersion in the sea": flippers and snorkels. But that’s not all.…
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A Gerard David for the GettyIn 2023, the Getty Museum acquired a Holy Family by Gerard David, purchased directly from a private collector. The painting had previously been sold twice at Christie’s, first in 2003 - its…
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The Bilbao museum acquires a painting by BouguereauA history painter first and foremost, William Bouguereau knew how to "complete a great mythological ceiling and make a whole Olympus stand up in the air - which is not as easy as it seems". But…
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Two Parisian sales: Tajan and Sotheby’sIt is a great pity that the two Pietro Lorenzetti paintings to be auctioned by Tajan on December 13 are being sold separately (ill. 1 and 2). They come from the famous collection of Alfred Ramé,…
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The Regency in Paris (1715-1723). The dawn of the EnlightenmentOne Christmas evening at Versailles, the Duc d’Orléans appeared to be absorbed in reading a book that the congregation mistook for a prayer book; the chambermaid of the Duchesse d’Orléans later…
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A painting by Melchior de la Mars for GandThe works of Melchior de la Mars combine the influence of Caravaggio with late Mannerism. Almost nothing is known about this Flemish painter, except that he was active in Ghent around 1620,…
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A drawing by La Fosse for LilleA late painting by Charles de La Fosse, The Handing over of the Keys to Saint Peter is kept at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille. It was recently joined by a preparatory drawing, which sold for…
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A work by the Master of the Corsi Crucifix for FlorenceThis Christ on the Cross took pride of place on dealer Fabrizio Moretti’s stand at the 2022 Florence International Biennial of Antiquities. The Florentine gallery owner, based in London, Monaco…
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A Cassatt for the Fondation BembergThis young girl portrayed by Mary Cassatt in 1879 is inevitably reminiscent of the famous portrait of Berthe Morisot with a bouquet of violets, Édouard Manet’s masterpiece of 1872. Finally, the…
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Exhibitions in Paris galleries: Bordes, Poncelin de Raucourt, Néouze"A woman with a fan is stronger than a man with a sword", as Anne-Françoise-Hippolyte Boutet, known as Mademoiselle Mars, liked to say. The famous actress was portrayed by the greatest artists,…
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