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The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » M.S. Rau Blog
...’t until the Italian Renaissance that we find the first mentions of pietre dure. In 1588, Grand Duke Ferdinando I de... Read More »
Antique French Furniture, Renaissance period sideboard ~ M.S. Rau Antiques
[from Resource Library] 05/03/2013
...Antique French Furniture, Renaissance period sideboard ~ M.S. Rau Antiques Francis I Renaissance Sideboard A A A This astonishing 16th-century dressoir (or sideboard......) was created in Lyon during the height of the French Renaissance, and is the only one of three known examples of its type created that is not held within a museum collection....... Comparable yet less sizeable examples of great French Renaissance pieces have been in the collections of The British Museum and The Louvre, and are featured in the important treatise on 16th... Read More »The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2011 » June
...! Please click on the image above to learn more about this important object. Posted in M.S. Rau Blog | No Comments » The Rebirth of Renaissance Art June 2nd, 2011......| posted by Bill Rau "Mary, Mary Magdalene, and St. John at the Cross" attributed to Bartolomeo di Giovanni As redundant as it sounds, interest in Renaissance art really is in the midst of a tremendous rebirth......$117 million in sales…and that’s only since January! Within the past few weeks, several important Renaissance works have made headlines in the art world, including a long-forgotten 14th century fresco of Jesus... Read More »
The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2011 » February
...I Renaissance Sideboard February 21st, 2011 | posted by Bill Rau This astonishing 16th-century dressoir (or sideboard......) was created in Lyon during the height of the French Renaissance. As both an antiques dealer and a collector, I’m always actively searching for items that embody the greatest qualities of their type....... Created during the French Renaissance, this Francis I-period sideboard, or dressoir, is over 425 years old, and represents an inconceivably small number of furnishings from this era to exist... Read More »
The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2012 » July
...| posted by Susan Lapene Madonna and Child, Master of Barberino, tempera on panel, ca 1368 Having gained entry into an elite group of Renaissance Masters by exhibiting at the Uffizi Museum....... This lapis pigment was a favorite of fresco painters during Medieval and Renaissance times, it can be seen in the fresco paintings of Giotto and the tempera paintings of Fra Angelico....... Further planting this work firmly in the Early Renaissance period is the tender exchange between mother and child... Read More »
The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » Jim Cottrell
.... Florence is the capital city of Tuscany, a central region of Italy, and the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance... Read More »
The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » Susan Lapene
...group of Renaissance Masters by exhibiting at the Uffizi Museum, this painting is certainly an acclaim-worthy work of art. Painted by the famed Master of Barberino, Madonna and Child, depicts the title figures flanked by two apostles... Read More »
The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2013 » May
...’t until the Italian Renaissance that we find the first mentions of pietre dure. In 1588, Grand Duke Ferdinando I de... Read More »
The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2011 » August
...» Brush Strokes of a Renaissance Man: The Paintings of Winston Churchill August 12th, 2011 | posted by Bill Rau The Tower of Katoubia Mosque, was the only painting Churchill did during World War II (M... Read More »
The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » 2012 » January
.... Rock crystal, or clear quartz, has been revered by nearly every ancient culture in history. It’s clear, ice-like appearance, enhanced by light refracting fissures gave the mineral an air of mystique that carried on well into the Renaissance. The mineral... Read More »
The official weblog of M.S. Rau Antiques » Antiques
...’t until the Italian Renaissance that we find the first mentions of pietre dure. In 1588, Grand Duke Ferdinando I de... Read More »
