drawings
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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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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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The theorbist
Among the Niemeijer pictures there was this stunning drawing by a non specified Bolognese artist from the 17th century. Striking are the details of the hands, especially the one striking the strings, in the middle. Pure visual delight. It is now included in the ICONCLASS boxes at the RKD.
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A print and a drawing after Bononi at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
While browsing through the digital collection of the Rijksmuseum, I ran into two reproductions of a painting I was supposed to see in real life last year, namely the Genius of the Arts by Carlo Bononi (1569-1632) that was exposed in Ferrara at Palazzo dei Diamanti in a beautiful and rare monographic exhibition (14.10.2017-07.01.2018). A…
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Veronese docet.
Besides facing the legendary Gioconda in Paris at the Louvre, the Marriage at Cana by Veronese (1528-1588) – way more funny to behold, and definitely much bigger – served as iconographic source for many musical companies from thereafter. The iconic composition is echoed in numerous works by artists worldwide who took inspiration from Veronese’s painting…
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Music Iconography at the Morgan
Here is a selection of images from the online database of the Morgan Library and Museum . The works on paper date from the 17th century. Enjoy.
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Amsterdam International Antiquarian Book Fair 2018 – Catalogue
Here is the pdf fair catalogue of Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur. Amsterdam_6-7Oct The fair will take place in Amsterdam at Mariott Hotel the 6th and 7th of October 2018. For more please visit https://amsterdambookfair.net/home/. Free entrace.
Anna Bianco 