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…
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A gallery talk on the exhibition “Treasures from the Nationalmuseum of Sweden: The Collections of Count Tessin” at the Morgan Library. Ilona van Tuinen, Annette and Oscar de la Renta Assistant Curator, Drawings and Prints All gallery talks and tours are free with museum admission; no tickets or reservations necessary. From the Morgan Library.
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…
Surrealism and politics meet in The Last Days of New Paris.