8 mars 2010

Toujours de Philippe, Anonyme, Ecole Française, Vanité, 1660. Musée des Beaux Arts d'Orléans Marinus Claeszoon van Reymerwaele (1493-1567) , Saint Jérôme dans son oratoire (détail), anc. coll Campana. Musée des Beaux Arts d'Orléans

merci à Philippe qui, lors d'une visite à Orléans, m'a envoyé ces photos de vanités. Denis Laget, "Les plagiaires de la foudre", 1987, Hst et inclusion d'objets divers Denis Laget, "Les plagiaires de la foudre", 1987, Hst et inclusion d'objets divers (détail) Denis Laget, "Les plagiaires de la foudre", 1987, Hst et inclusion d'objets divers (détail) Denis Laget, "Les plagiaires de la foudre", 1987, Hst et inclusion d'objets divers (détail) Denis Laget,... [Lire la suite]

The Walpole Cabinet, designed by Horace Walpole and William Kent, cabinet attributed to William Hallett, figures by J.F. Verskovis and medallions by Andrea Pozzo, 1743. Museum no. W.52-1925 LONDON.- A new V&A exhibition will examine Horace Walpole’s extraordinary collection and evoke the magnificent interiors of his house Strawberry Hill, Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture. Following extensive restoration by the Strawberry Hill Trust the house is set to reopen in 2010. The exhibition will bring... [Lire la suite]

Herman Henstenburgh, Bloemen in vaas met Atalanta AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum is exhibiting its most beautiful prints and drawings of tulips from the 17th and 18th centuries. Individual tulips, tulips in bouquets, in the garden, as the design for a silver ornament, and featured in allegorical scenes. The highlight of the presentation will be the tulip book created by Jacob Marrel between 1637 and 1639. Complete tulip books are extremely rare, and the Marrel is seldom exhibited in public. Jacob Marrel’s tulip book was probably a... [Lire la suite]

Jacob de Gheyn II- Vanitas (1603)

Aelbert Jansz van der Schoor Vanitas Still Life (Skulls on a Table) 1660 Copyright Rijksmuseum Amsterdam