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    PLATFORM PROMOTING
    OLD MASTERS AND
    ANTIQUITIES TO A 21ST
    CENTURY AUDIENCE.
  • HERALDING A NEW
    CONCEPT IN ARTS
    ENGAGEMENT, INSPIRING
    AND ENTERTAINING.
  • MASTER CLASSES,
    CURATED VISITS, FILMS,
    AND RESEARCH-LED
    PUBLICATIONS
    PROMOTING EXCELLENCE.

The Practice of Drawing

The art of drawing has existed for as long as humanity itself. Here we focus on the practice of drawing in the Western tradition. We ask why artists draw, what they draw, and how they draw, looking at the development of artistic drawing from the early Renaissance to modern times. We look at some of the most extraordinary drawings from collections around the world which are seldom on public display because of their fragile nature. Click here to explore our microsite

The Grand Tour in Venice

The Grand Tour was a rite of passage, a tour round Europe taken traditionally by aristocratic young men as a means of rounding off their education before settling down to the more serious business of life. Its heyday was the eighteenth century and its goal was Italy, where many travellers acquired Old Master paintings and classical sculpture to adorn their town or country houses.

The present “Grand Tour Diaries” focus on Venice and the descriptions of visitors and residents over a period of three hundred years.
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Colnaghi Studies Journal 13

Colnaghi Foundation are delighted to announce the publication of our recent journal, Colnaghi Studies Journal 13.


Our 13th edition features an essay by Paul Joannides on the intriguing provenance of three paintings probably from the collection of the 1st Earl of Leicester and Sir Philip Sidney, insights on the collecting of Edward C. Moore, Tiffany & Co.’s celebrated chief designer, and a qualitative analysis of the turning point at which French modern paintings entered the premium art market. It also includes articles on one of the most enigmatic paintings of Dutch seventeenth-century art: The Sentry by Carel Fabritius, new attributions for paintings in Palazzo Falson, a house museum tucked away in the streets of Mdina, the old capital of Malta, finally contributions on the furnishing of Coe Hall and the framing habits of Henry Hoare and Sir Richard Colt Hoare at Stourhead in Wiltshire.


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