30 June 2019
Sandro Botticelli (attributed). Profile Portrait of a young Woman ('Profilbildnis einer jungen Frau'), ca. 1475 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Tempera on poplar: 55.4 x 43 cm. Previously thought to be Simonetta Vespucci. The Frankfurt portrait: here.
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29 June 2019
Hermann Reimer. Back Light (‘Gegenlicht’), 2009 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 56 x 68.5 cm.
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Visit > Hermann Reimer at: Galerie Steinrötter, ArtBourse, Galerie Lauth.
27 June 2019
Joan Miró. Woman (‘Femme’), 1972 (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid).
Oil, grease pencil, acrylic and collage on canvas: 92 x 73 cm.
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26 June 2019
Antonio Allegri Correggio. Leda and the Swan ('Leda mit dem Schwan'), ca. 1532 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Oil on canvas: 156.2 x 195.3 cm. Said to be attacked with a knife by Louis, duke of Orléans (1703-1752). Restored (and censored) in the 18th and 19th century.
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24 June 2019
Leona Shanks. Abstract Discourse, 2011 (artist's portfolio).
Oil on linen: 76.2 x 55.9 cm.
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23 June 2019
Luis Egidio Meléndez. Still Life with Plums, Figs, Bread, Barrel, Jug and other Containers (‘Bodegón con ciruelas, brevas, pan, barrilete, jarra y otros recipientes’), ca. 1760 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Oil on canvas: 35 x 48 cm.
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22 June 2019
Michaël Borremans. The Trees, 2008 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: ca. 60 x 50 cm.
Visit > Michaël Borremans at: Zeno X Gallery, David Zwirner.
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21 June 2019
Frans Snyders. Concert of the Birds (‘Concierto de aves’), ca. 1630 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Oil on canvas: 98 x 137 cm.
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20 June 2019
Jeffrey T. Larson. Head of Cabbage, 2014 (private collection).
Oil on linen: 40.6 x 50.8 cm.
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Visit > Jeffrey T. Larson at: Collins Galleries, Helena Fox Fine Art.
18 June 2019
Paul Gauguin. Still Life with Mangoes ('Nature morte aux mangos'), ca. 1895 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 30.4 x 47.4 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby's London, June 2015.
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16 June 2019
Adolph (von) Menzel. Studio Wall (‘Atelierwand’), 1872 (Hamburger Kunsthalle).
Oil on canvas: 111 x 79.3 cm. Preceded by a work of the same title, oil on paper dated 1852 now in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
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Peder Mørk Mønsted. Wooded River Landscape, 1913 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 81.2 x 123.1 cm. Mønsted = guilty pleasure. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, November 2012.
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15 June 2019
Marlene Dumas. For Whom the Bell tolls, 2008 (Dallas Museum of Art).
Oil on canvas: 101 x 87.6 cm. Photo-referenced, copied from a promo/ movie still of Ingrid Bergman in tears. Taken from the 1943 war film by Sam Wood.
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Visit > Marlene Dumas at: Galerie Paul Andriesse, Zeno X Gallery, Frith Street Gallery, Gallery Koyanagi, David Zwirner.
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14 June 2019
John White Alexander. Repose, 1895 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Oil on canvas: 133 x 162 cm.
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13 June 2019
Félix Vallotton. Tulips and a Maillol statuette (‘Tulipes et statuette de Maillol’), 1913 (Villa Flora, Winterthur).
Oil on canvas: 80.5 x 65 cm. From the Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler collection.
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12 June 2019
Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Woods near Oele ('Bosch; Bos bij Oele'), 1908 (Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague).
Oil on canvas: 128 x 158 cm. Update (2019): As of October 2019 known as Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
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11 June 2019
James Ensor. Seashells (‘Coquillages'), 1895 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 65.2 x 88.5 cm. Auctioned at Christie's Paris, March 2016.
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10 June 2019
Sarah Harvey. Auburn Dreams, 2008 (private collection).
Oil on linen: 145 x 115 cm.
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9 June 2019
Karl Hofer. Girl with raised Arms ('Mädchen mit erhobenen Armen'), 1941 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 100 x 65 cm. Auctioned at Van Ham Cologne, June 2015.
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7 June 2019
Nicolaes Maes (attributed). The Flight of Lot, ca. 1680 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 108 x 95.3 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby's New York. February 2018. Previously attributed to Ferdinand Bol.
More > Nicolaes Maes at Wikipedia.
5 June 2019
George Spencer Watson. The Orange Dress, 1926 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 91.4 x 71.1 cm. Auctioned at Christie's London, June 2010. Same model, different orange dress: here.
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4 June 2019
Adriaen Coorte. Still Life with Asparagus (‘Stilleven met asperges’), 1697 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on paper on panel: 25 x 20.5 cm(!).
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