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Paolo Scheggi
Shadows and Light Pushing the boundaries of traditional painting on canvas into new dimensions, the neo-avant-garde artist Paolo Scheggi was a key protagonist... Read more -
Giovanni Boldini
Master of Swish Giovanni Boldini’s glamorous portraits conjure the brilliant world of the Belle Époque. Born in Ferrara in 1842, Boldini’s career took... Read more -
Stephen Appleby-Barr
New Work Stephen Appleby-Barr’s paintings juxtapose fantastical and everyday objects, conjuring a dreamlike and romantic world which verges on the uncanny. Drawn... Read more
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George Romney's Brown Boy
Introduced by Count Edmondo di Robilant This portrait of the seven-year-old heir to Sir Joseph Mawbey demonstrates Romney’s supreme skill in painting young sitters. Completed in... Read more -
Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Italy's First Diva Allegorical portrait of Flaminia (Orsola Posmoni Cecchini) as Venus, ca. 1620 Costumed all’antica in a loose white gown trimmed with... Read more -
Robilant+Voena
One of the world's leading Old and Modern Master galleries Learn more about Robilant+Voena, one of the world's leading Old and Modern Master galleries with locations in London, Milan, Paris,... Read more
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The White Slash
Lucio Fontana and the Sublime With its hypnotically white surface sliced with four dramatic vertical incisions, Lucio Fontana’s Concetto spaziale, Attese, is a spectacular example... Read more -
Creation From Destruction
The birth of the new and unique often comes from the destruction of the old Manifested in the wake of calamity or unrest, these works testify to our innate impulse to find beauty, meaning, and... Read more -
The Fontana Phenomenon
The evolution of Fontana's groundbreaking ceramics In the tiny Ligurian town where Lucio Fontana had his ceramics studio, the villagers reminisced about the Fontana Phenomenon. Video... Read more
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Dangerous Women
The Legacy of Caravaggio's Judith In 1610, almost three-hundred years before the invention of the motion picture, Caravaggio's scandalous life ended. Yet his signature style... Read more -
Diplomacy Medici Style
A Crucifixion by Pietro Tacca In the sixteenth century, Grand Duke Ferdinando I commissioned crucifixes to donate to Medici churches and to gift to an... Read more -
Lucio Fontana 1961
An Affair with New York Video produced and directed by Carolyn H. Miner. Videography by Valentin Meneveau. If you would like to use this video,... Read more
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Juan de Pareja (1606-1670)
From Velázquez’s Slave to Painter of the King Video produced and directed by Carolyn H. Miner. Videography Valentin Meneveau. If you would like to use this video, please... Read more -
Procaccini
Italy's First Diva Orsol Posmoni Cecchini (ca. 1580 - after 1633) - better known by her stage name, Flaminia - was one of... Read more -
Giorgio Morandi
Poetic Tranquility Video produced and directed by Carolyn H. Miner. Videography Valentin Meneveau. Images of Morandi’s home in Grizzana by François Halard.... Read more
