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Une sculpture de la Renaissance et une peinture de Barbizon acquises par la Huntington Library

1. Giovan Angelo del Maino (vers 1470–1536)
Saint Georges et le dragon, vers 1522–1527
Bois polychrome et doré - 71 x 40,6 x 17,8 cm
San Marino, The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Photo : The Huntington Library,
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21/5/12 - Acquisitions - San Marino, The Huntington Library - Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) était un magnat des chemins de fers et un collectionneur invétéré, de livres essentiellement, de peintures également, et c’est en 1927 que sa collection fut ouverte au public. La Huntington Library, en Californie, conserve aujourd’hui un bel ensemble de tableaux anglais et français des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, notamment des portraits parmi lesquels on retiendra le bien beau Blue Boy de Gainsborough, ainsi…

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