The Collection of Italian paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 22988 |
| Format | 20 x 26 |
| Détails | 247 p., paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2004 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782850566707 |
The collection of Italian paintings in Rennes is for the first time the subject of a veritable art history lesson, offering a journey that goes from the primitives to the Baroque by way of the Renaissance. In addition to famous masterpieces, such as Perseus and Andromeda by Veronese, Salome Receiving the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Guercino or The Virgin and Child and Saint Martina of Cortona, the reader will discover a group of primitives, around Mariotto di Nardo and the Master of Mercy, little represented in French collections. The art lover will be surprised by the four picturesque pendants of the Travel Disasters recently attributed to Francesco Casanova or by the Grotesque Concerts of the ineffable Master of the Fertility of the Egg, close to Bocchi. This Italian collection, rich in a hundred paintings, with its prestigious provenances rediscovered, its new attributions and often rare works, reveals an exceptional collection of unexpected diversity.
The collection of Italian paintings in Rennes is for the first time the subject of a veritable art history lesson, offering a journey that goes from the primitives to the Baroque by way of the Renaissance. In addition to famous masterpieces, such as Perseus and Andromeda by Veronese, Salome Receiving the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Guercino or The Virgin and Child and Saint Martina of Cortona, the reader will discover a group of primitives, around Mariotto di Nardo and the Master of Mercy, little represented in French collections. The art lover will be surprised by the four picturesque pendants of the Travel Disasters recently attributed to Francesco Casanova or by the Grotesque Concerts of the ineffable Master of the Fertility of the Egg, close to Bocchi. This Italian collection, rich in a hundred paintings, with its prestigious provenances rediscovered, its new attributions and often rare works, reveals an exceptional collection of unexpected diversity.