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“Zen and the Art of Lute Maintenance”
Among the images collected by J.W. Niemeijer there is a stunning portrait of an unknown man stringing a lute. According to the inscription the artist’s name is also obscure, however, he might have been active in Northern Italy in the 1520s. Great care was dedicated to the depiction of the tools in the foreground. Particularly…
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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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MI at Bonhams’auctions – a selection
A selection of works of art with auctioned at Bonhams throughtout the late years. The images are drawn from their online catalogues. This gallery will be updated with more images soon.
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(pieces of) Italian Music Iconography on show…
During my last trip to Italy I visited local collections – namely in Venice the Gallerie dell’Accademia and the Palazzo Cini Galleria, in Vicenza the Gallerie di Palazzo Chiericati, Villa Valmarana ai Nani with an incursion in the small Oratorio di St. Chiara, in Verona in the Museo di Castelvecchio – and this is a…
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Quick jump to Berlin
It takes very little time to fall in love with Berlin. Although my visit was very short (one and a half day) I managed to walk around the city a bit and behold its charm. I lodged in Kreuzberg, the southern district, ethnically diverse and, despite the political claims of its being an example of…
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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 time on Facebook. It is a bust portrait of a man, seen from behind, thus giving the shoulders to the beholder. He turns slightly his head towards the…
Anna Bianco 