Back in 2014 I was asked to write an article for the Festschrift dedicated to Prof. Ton Koopman for his 70th birthday (ed. Albert Clement, Studies in…… Read more “Bouchardon and Geminiani”
Category: Discoveries
Pieces and Pieces
Social media are a great tool to help discover new things, and this is the (yet) short story of a painting that I saw for the first…… Read more “Pieces and Pieces”
The Neimeijer Archive pt.2: notes on a portrait
The Neimeijer archival boxes contain mainly excerpts from auction catalogues. The works of art documented, belong to any age and are realized with any technique, from painting…… Read more “The Neimeijer Archive pt.2: notes on a portrait”
The frontispiece of Il Colombo
Il Colombo overo l’India riscoperta, is a ‘dramma per musica’ written by cardinal Pietro Ottoboni in 1690 [link to Googlebook], published under the pseudonym of Crateo Pradelini…… Read more “The frontispiece of Il Colombo”
The plate and the painter: on a little discovery in late 2017
Countless are the ways music and visual arts meet. Here is the short account of what was recently discovered behind a painting on copper.* This tale begins…… Read more “The plate and the painter: on a little discovery in late 2017”
