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Printer’s tool(s).
The detail in the picture is taken from a small impression included in an illustrated Bible from 1642. The signature reads: “MHem.In. / CVS” and something. These inscription indicates that Maarten van Heemskerck (1498 – 1574) invented the composition and Christoffel van Sichem (1581‒1658) engraved it on a woodblock. Interestingly, the item designed besides…
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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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#ANN: Convegno Fiamminghi al Sud. Oltre Napoli 20-21 Sept 2018 ROME
#IT: Il convegno apre uno spazio di confronto tra gli specialisti sull’apporto delle opere e degli artisti fiamminghi e olandesi alla cultura figurativa meridionale tra il XV e il XVII secolo, non solo nel suo centro, Napoli, quanto soprattutto nelle sue regioni più periferiche e in Sicilia, aree fin qui oggetto di ricerche parcellizzate e…
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Bouchardon and Geminiani
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 Baroque, Butz Verlag 2014). I wrote a piece on one etching in his collection (TK01747), that I argue is a portrait of Francesco Saverio Geminiani (1687-1742), Italian born…
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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…
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