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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,…
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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/
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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)…
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