Stockholm

A gallery talk on the exhibition Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin. Jennifer Tonkovich, Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator, Drawings and Prints John Marciari, Charles W. Engelhard Curator and Department Head, Drawings and Prints Presented in conjunction with the Morgan’s Swedish Festival. All gallery talks and tours are free with museum admission; no tickets or reservations necessary.…

It is generally acknowledged that Boucher’s Triumph of Venus, painted in the summer of 1740 for Count Carl Gustaf Tessin, is the artist’s greatest mythological painting. Brilliant and ambitious in conception and organization, its complex interlocking figures modeled with supreme assurance, this large-scale cabinet picture constitutes Boucher’s signal achievement. Colin B. Bailey, Director of the Morgan Library & Museum, traces Boucher’s process in…

The art collection of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, is a unique example of the prevalent taste during the rococo period in Paris. Magnus Olausson, Director of Collections and Research at the Nationalmuseum, explores the ideals that shaped Tessin’s collecting. The exhibition Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin will open at 5:30 pm for program…