Anna Bianco

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  • Press release Going South

    5 April 2023

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    Research in Progress
    cantata, drawings, master of the Roman Songbook, research, RKD, Rome
  • Finally, the Master of the Roman Songbook

    I am so glad the proceedings of the 2019 RKD Symposium Going South have been published today. Chapter 8 looks into the oeuvre of this unknown artist we have given the name of Master of the Roman songbook. There is a long list of people I have to thank for this piece. First and foremost,…

    31 March 2023

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    Research in Progress
    drawings, Manuscripts, Music, Music iconography
    Finally, the Master of the Roman Songbook
  • RKD Studies: Going South

    The proceedings of the 2019 symposium Going South : Artistic Exchange Between the Low Countries and Italy are about to be published. Chapter 8 is my paper on the Master of the Roman Songbook. Stay tuned for the official publication here: https://rkdstudies.nl/all-rkd-studies/

    21 March 2023

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    Research in Progress
    drawings, Music, Music iconography
    RKD Studies: Going South
  • A detail

    It’s been a while since my last post, but things get a bit complicated with motherhood. Anyways, it has come to my attention today a beautiful drawing held at the Cabinet du Dessins du Louvre, namely inv 34508, Recto by Louis Tocqué (1696-1772), a very refined portrait painter. This drawing is titled Etude de main…

    8 July 2022

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    Before I forget, Research in Progress
    drawings, Music, Music iconography
    A detail
  • Catalogus 45 Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur/ New Year Wishes and other Wish Cards

    I am very delighted to share this intriguing catalogue. These are combinations of prints and manuscripts, documenting a popular and yet private exchange of dedication and love.

    25 March 2022

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    Events
    Antiquariaat van der Steur
  • Design for Journal ad

    25 March 2022

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    Before I forget
    Antiquariaat van der Steur, Design
  • Catalogus 44 Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / Antique Games

    12 December 2021

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    Nonsense
    Catalogus 44 Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / Antique Games
  • Trevisani reworked

    The above drawing is for sale at Bubb Kuyper’s 75 upcoming auction as lot 5120. It is presented as Anonymous from the late 17th to- beginning of the 18th century. As the images below show, it is a sketch inspired by the frontispiece to the Opus VI by Arcangelo Corelli. Francesco Trevisani, an artist and…

    4 November 2021

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    Discoveries
    Design, drawings, Music, Music iconography
    Trevisani reworked
  • A “walking man” that has lost his “cello”.

    Here is a wonderful sculpture at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (inv. BK-16083): it represents a walking man with a raised left arm and the right protrunding outwards. The description of the item in the museum’s website reads: De man staat met het linkerbeen voor het rechter, met even naar buiten gedraaide voet. De rechterarm houdt…

    7 May 2021

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    Before I forget, Discoveries
    Amsterdam, details, Music, Music iconography, old masters, work in progress
    A “walking man” that has lost his “cello”.
  • Rosa’s lid

    This fascinating painting is known to be a piece of a harpsichord lid, notably the flap covering the keyboard. Salvator Rosa, other than an extremely talented draughtsman and painter, was also a poet and a musician. I had the fortune of holding in my hands a manuscript of vocal music (Paris, Bibliotheque National, Music Department)…

    18 April 2021

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    Before I forget, Research in Progress
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