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Recent Blogs
Botticelli's "Rockefeller Madonna" on sale at TEFAF
By Kunstpedia Administrator| 4 March 2010The Trade in TEFAF tickets
By Kunstpedia Administrator| 3 March 2010From Yachts to Old Masters - How investment helped the art market weather the economic crisis
By Kunstpedia Administrator| 27 February 2010Art & Antique Dealer Website Ranking
By Kunstpedia Administrator| 26 February 2010Recent News
Web Ranking of Museums, Art Galleries and Antique Dealers
- Published 27 February 2010
Curious to know how active museums, art galleries and antique dealers are on the web, we analysed their performance with regard to their link density on the web and different page ranking sources such as Google Page Ranking.
Over 680 museum websites and 3700 art and antique dealers were identified, analysed and ranked accordingly. We plan on updating the ranking lists on a regular basis so that newly initiated Search Engine Optimisation [SEO] strategies by the indexed websites can be viewed.
Over 680 museum websites and 3700 art and antique dealers were identified, analysed and ranked accordingly. We plan on updating the ranking lists on a regular basis so that newly initiated Search Engine Optimisation [SEO] strategies by the indexed websites can be viewed.
Recent Articles
Handleiding voor de beginnende verzamelaar van oude effecten
- By Vereniging van Verzamelaars van Oude Fondsen
- Published 10 March 2010
- Books, Manuscripts and Maps
- Unrated
Waarom verzamelt men oude economisch waardeloze effecten ?Oude effecten zijn zo boeiend om te verzamelen omdat elk stuk niet alleen iets vertelt over de financieel-economische geschiedenis van een land, maar ook over de politiek-economische geschiedenis. Waardeloze effecten zijn de zichtbare bewijsstukken van de wisselvalligheden van de financiële wereld.
ONS VROLIJK BUYTENLEVEN - Verbeeld op twee drinkglazen van Kasteel Duivenvoorde
- By Aardewerk Brothers Antiques
- Published 2 March 2010
- Porcelain, Ceramics and Glass
- Unrated
door Ruben AardewerkKasteel Duivenvoorde te Voorschoten is ieder jaar, van april tot en met september toegankelijk voor het publiek. Tevens wordt ieder jaar een kleine tentoonstelling georganiseerd van voorwerpen uit de eigen collectie. Dit jaar worden zeventiende- en achttiende-eeuwse `drinkglazen' geexposeerd, onder het thema 'Ons Vrolijk Buytenleven'. De radgravures op twee glazen herinneren aan dit buitenleven op het landgoed Duivenvoorde.
Occasionally it happens: an unknown masterpiece surfaces at an auction.
In July 2008 the long lost painting titled "Tax Collectors", by the
sixteenth century Flemish master Quentin Massys appeared. In this
lecture Larry Silver points out various details that underline the
authenticity of the work and dates it at the end of Massys' career -
i.e. somewhere between 1525 and 1530. He relates it to earlier work by
the master himself (especially to the Moneychanger and his Wife from
1514) as well as to a later copy by Marinus van Reymerswaele. Exploring
the Antwerp financial world at the time, Silver argues that with this
work Massys created a new type of painting: the non-religious
(humanistic) moral genre-painting.
Vermeer’s masterpiece The Milkmaid was recently exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum, as part of the events in New York City to celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of Henry Hudson’s journey from Amsterdam to America in 1609. The Dutch Rijksmuseum gave this work in loan by exception.Alias Man Ray
- By Sunday Arts
- Published 11 February 2010
- Photography
- Unrated
Mason Klein, curator of fine arts at the Jewish Museum, gives a tour of the exhibition Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention. Man Ray, as one of the iconic figures of the avant-garde of the 20th century, recast the concept of artistic identity - as a poet, as a painter, as a photographer, as a filmmaker, and an essayist.A discussion on Rembrandt in eighteenth-century Amsterdam: Petrus Camper versus Cornelis Ploos van Amstel
- By Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder
- Published 5 February 2010
- Paintings, Drawings and Prints
- Unrated
by Jan Baptist BedauxOn 12 October 1767 De Philosooph, a spectatorial periodical characteristic of the Dutch En-lightenment, published an article which was, to put it mildly, provocative. The author, who signed himself with the initial "C", was severely critical of "the Dutch lack of taste."
’t Welvaaren der Alkmaarze Coffij Negootie'
- By Korff de Gidts, Peter
- Published 4 February 2010
- Porcelain, Ceramics and Glass
- Unrated
De hier beschreven glazen bokaal met deksel werd in 1986 verworven in Engeland. Bij een eerste beschouwing werd de nieuwsgierigheid al meteen geprikkeld door de inscriptie en de niet verklaarde initialen die in de fraai gegraveerde voorstelling op de kelk voorkomen.
Het Verzamelen van Waardepapieren
- By Vereniging van Verzamelaars van Oude Fondsen
- Published 29 January 2010
- Paintings, Drawings and Prints , Books, Manuscripts and Maps
- Unrated
Het verzamelen van waardepapieren, oude effecten die in het economisch
verkeer van vandaag geen waarde meer hebben, is als het ware
spoorzoeken in de geschiedenis, waarbij elk stuk iets prijsgeeft van de
sociaal-culturele en financieel-economische historie van een land, een
bedrijfstak of de mate van globalisering. Oude effecten zijn
toverlantaarn plaatjes van onze ontwikkeling en ze maken ons bewust van
de kwetsbaarheid en de wisselvalligheid daarvan.Verzamelaars ervan zijn dus eigenlijk archeologen die aan de hand van oude documenten een stukje van onze historie bloot leggen. Deze hobby van het verzamelen van deze stukken heet scripofilie, en alhoewel het geen ziekte is, kan aanraking ervan buitengemeen besmettelijk zijn. Het woord, eigenlijk ,,scripophilie”, is een samensmelting van het Griekse woord voor liefde, ,,philos”, en het Engelse ,,scrip” dat staat voor het recht van eigendom.
by Louis DubreuilThe kush or kuç motif is one of the original designs used exclusively on Turkmen ensis, which are now generally understood to be door rugs for the Turkmen yurt or oï (the hypothesis that ensi were prayer rugs is no longer generally accepted). The questions of whether ensi were used inside or outside, every day or just for special circumstances, remain open. Some old reports, such as the one cited by MacDonald (TRIBAL RUGS, p. 66) about the Saryks in the Pendjeh oasis, indicate that ensis were outdoor hangings for the kibitkas (Saryk’s yurt).
Paintings by Jan van Noordt
- By Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder
- Published 20 January 2010
- Paintings, Drawings and Prints
- Unrated
Jan van Noordt's artistic caliber has hitherto been underrated. There are two reasons for this. In the first place there is no complete survey of his oeuvre — many documented pictures have been lost, his unsigned works are often erroneously attributed to other artists, and as yet there is no firm idea of his style and productivity. Secondly, the essence of his painting, its high standard of coloring and presentation, is still not appreciated, even in our own century with its cult of formal autonomy. A monograph on Jan van Noordt is one of the most urgent desiderata of art scholarship. Research for this project is still only in the preliminary stages, and my article represents no more than a contribution towards the collation of material.


