ANN: Art, Diplomacy and Intrigue: Peter Paul Rubens and Balthazar Gerbier – Lecture by Lucy Whittaker (Collecting & Display – online / Inst. of Historical Research, London – 29 June, 6pm)
The successful collaboration of Peter Paul Rubens and Balthazar Gerbier, seemingly artists but also political agents, culminated in an Anglo-Spanish peace treaty signed on 15 November 1630. The treaty was the high point…
ANN: The Gaddi Gallery in 1636. A rediscovered source for the History of Florentine Collections (Collecting & Display, 2 Dec 2024, 18:00 GMT)
Mariaelena’s PhD project – Overcome the Loss. Rebuilding Gaddi Collection 1500-1800 – aims to reconstruct the Antiquarium, Quadreria and Libreria of one of the most prominent patrons in Florence at the Medici court…
ANN: Emerging from the Shadows – The Curious History of a Forgotten Painting by Nicolas Poussin. Lecture by Prof. dr. Jelena Todorović (Collecting & Display / online – 19 Feb 2024, 18:00 GMT)
When Nicolas Poussin created the sensual image inspired by the myth of Venus and Adonis in 1627/28, he produced it in several identical replicas, of which three have been recognised by European scholarship….