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A painting by Stanzione donated to WashingtonPaintings that do not depict slaves or that are not painted by women can enter the National Gallery in Washington, but this is now quite rare. Fortunately, there are still donors who are not…
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A terracotta by Vinache donated to the National Gallery of Art in WashingtonLargely forgotten nowadays, Jean Joseph Vinache was nevertheless one of the fine sculptors of eighteenth-century France, even though he first made his career in Saxony, where his most famous work…
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The Vallayer-Coster acquired by the National Gallery of Art in WashingtonThe painting is superb, that’s for sure. It is painted by a woman, no less. This still life by Anne Vallayer-Coster was therefore the perfect choice for acquisition by the National Gallery of Art…
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A painting by Mattia Preti enters the National Gallery in WashingtonAt the end of January 2023, Sotheby’s New York sold several 17th century paintings, notably Italian, from the Fisch-Davidson collection. Some of them have found their way into museums: we reported…
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Two new women artists for WashingtonLike Luisa Roldán, known as La Roldana, Lavinia Fontana, Gretchen Woodman Rogers and Gesina ter Borch, two new 17th-century Italian painters, Fede Galizia and Caterina Angela Pierozzi, have…
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The National Gallery in Washington acquires a work by ter BorchJust for once, the attribution of this painting is based on the identification of the model. Exhibited at Tefaf in 2022 by the Salomon Lilian Gallery in Geneva, it was acquired by the National…
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A painting by Gretchen Woodman Rogers for WashingtonWe underlined it again last autumn, the entry of works by women artists in its collections has been a priority axis of the acquisition policy of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in…
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The National Gallery of Washington buys a nautilusExplorers and merchants brought back exotic objects from their travels to grace the cabinets of curiosities in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; the nautilus shell, in particular, was…
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Un dessin de Léonard offert à la National Gallery de Washington«Il est vrai que les traits du visage manifestent en partie la nature des hommes, leurs vices et leurs complexions» écrivit Léonard dans son Traité de la peinture, exprimant pourtant une certaine…
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Une sculpture de Luisa Roldán achetée par la National Gallery of ArtDans la foulée de notre dernier éditorial, nous pouvons signaler que le musée de Washington a récemment communiqué, en même temps qu’il annonçait la création d’un fonds dédié à l’achat d’œuvres d’artistes…
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