International Art Treasures: January 2008


From Bruegel to Rubens

 The Genius of Tiffany

The Borroemo Collection

Excavating Egypt

The Hodroff Porcelain Collection

Bronze and Boxwood

Devotional Prints

Picturing the Bible

IATWM January 2008 Edition Cover Page Image Credits:

Main Cover Image Tiffany:
Title: Detail, Necklace, 1900
Artist: Tiffany & Co. (established 1837)
Collection of D’Elegante, Inc.
United States
Medium: Gold, enamel, diamonds, pearls
Image Courtesy: Cincinnati Art Museum

Masters of Flemish Painting Image:
From Bruegel to Rubens Masters of Flemish Painting Image:
Title: Winter, 1618-19
Artist: Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish 1577-1640)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 121.3 x 223.6 cm
Image Courtesy: The Royal Collection © 2007,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

The Borromeo Collection Image:
Title: The Virgin and Child with Angels,
Saint John the Baptist and Saint Justine
, c. 1483/86
Artist: Bernardino Butinone (Italian ca. 1450–1507)
Medium: Oil on Wood
Dimensions: H 43 cm, W 30 cm
Permanent Collection: Commissioned by the Borromeo family for private devotions
Collezione dei Principi Borromeo, Isola Bella
Photograph ©: The Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, Austria
Image Courtesy: The Liechtenstein Museum

Excavating Egypt Image:
Title: Mummy mask, Egypt,
Early Roman Period, AD 40-60
Medium: Cartonnage, gilt, bronze and glass
Permanent Collection: ©Petrie Museum of Egyptian
Archaeology, University College London
Photo by Mary Hinkley
Image Courtesy: Columbia Museum of Art

The Hodroff Porcelain Collection Image:
Title: Charger, circa 1730
Unknown maker. Chinese (Jingdezhen)
Medium: Porcelain
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
Permanent Collection: Winterthur
Image Courtesy: The Mint Museums

Bronze and Boxwood Image:
Title: Saint George and the Dragon, c. 1632-1639
Artist: Francesco Fanelli (Italian active 1608/1665)
Medium: Brass
Dimensions: 19.6 cm (7 11/16)
Robert H. Smith Collection
Image Courtesy: National Gallery of Art, Washington

Devotional Prints Image:
Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Medium: Woodcut on Paper
Dimensions: 5 x 3 3/4 inches
Permanent Collection:
Image Courtesy: The Georgia M Georgia Museum of Art,
University of Georgia; Patrons' Fund Purchase
GMOA 1971.2666
Image Courtesy: The Georgia Museum of Art

Picturing the Bible
Title: Reliquary Cross of Justin II, the Crux Vaticana,, Constantinople, 568-74;
Medium: Gilded Silver over a Bronze Core, with inlaid Gems
Permanent Collection: Treasury of Saint Peter’s
(Capitolo di San Pietro in Vaticano), Vatican City.
Image Courtesy: Kimbell Art Museum

The Toronto Consort Image:
Title: The Toronto Consort
left to right, back row: Paul Jenkins, Alison Melville, Laura Pudwell, David Fallis, John Pepper, Terrry McKenna;
front row: Katherine Hill, Ben Grossman, Michele DeBoer
Image Courtesy: The Toronto Consort

Masterpieces from the MFAH Image:
Title: Taxi Cab I, 1959
Artist: Al Held (American, 1928-2005)
Medium: Acrylic on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Permanent Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Gift of Caroline Wiess Law, 2002.3
© Al Held/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Image Courtesy: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

A Sense of Place Image:
Title: Landscape with Roadway ca 1890
Artist: Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell (American 1865-1915)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 24.75 x 29.5 in
Gift of Ms. Laura Endell Thomas in memory of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas Kerry #1949.12
Permanent Collection: The Saginaw Art Museum

Queen Victoria: Art on Board Image:
Title: Cunard Crest from the Grand Lobby of the Queen Victoria
Artist: Ian G. Brennan (British)
Medium: Marble, Gilt
Image Courtesy: Ian G. Brennan

Designed to Dazzle Image:
Title: Dragonfly Brooch, 2006
Artist: Tiffany & Co. (established 1837)
Anonymous Loan
United States
Medium: Gold, plique-a-jour enamel, opals, cabochon sapphires, emeralds
Image Courtesy: Cincinnati Art Museum

Allegories of Love Image
Title: Front Cover of Fragonard's Allegories of Love
Author: Andrei Molotiu, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 978-0-89236-897-6
Image Courtesy: Getty Publications

Coming Next Month Frida Kahlo Image:
Title: Still Life with Parrot and Fruit, 1951
Artist: Frida Kahlo (Mexican 1907-1954)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 10-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches
Permanent Collection: Nikolas Muray Collection, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
© 2007 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust. Av.
Cinco de Mayo No. 2, Col. Centro, Del. Cuauhtémoc 06059, México, D.F.
Image Courtesy: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Exhibit: Frida Kahlo at the Philadelphia Museum of Art February 20 - May 18, 2008

Coming in February

Frida Kahlo  

The Toronto Consort
Masterpieces from the MFAH

A Sense of Place

Queen Victoria: Art on Board
Designed to Dazzle
Fragonard's Allegories of Love

 

January 2008:

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