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Dear Friends of Les Enluminures:
This is the second issue of the e-Letter of Medieval-rings.com that brings you news of the happenings at the gallery concerning Medieval and Renaissance rings. Previous issues can be consulted online at www.medieval-rings.com where you can also find the new rings we recently updated.  |
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TEFAF, Maastricht
March 13-22, 2009
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Les Enluminures will be present again this year at The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht. In addition to manuscripts, miniatures, and works of art, we will display a special group of Medieval and Renaissance rings, including rings published in our recent brochure “Jewels of Love.”
Come visit us at Stand 274,
telephone number +31.(0)43.38.38.843
www.tefaf.com |
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Wartski, London
May 12-22, 2009
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In collaboration with Wartski, Les Enluminures has organized an exhibition of “Roman to Renaissance: A Private Collection of Rings.” 35 exceptional rings dating from the years c. 300 to c. 1600 will be displayed.
The exhibition will take place in London, 14 Grafton Street, London W1S 4DE, Telephone +44 (0)20 7493 1141. For information on the series of events, including gallery talks, planned to accompany the exhibition email Katherine Purcell: kpurcell@wartski.com
www.wartski.com
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Masterpieces of
Ancient Jewelry
February 13, 2009 - July 5, 2009
Chicago,
The Field Museum |
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A small but splendid exhibition entitled “Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: Exquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization” is currently on view in the newly endowed T. Kimball and Nancy N. Brooker Gallery in The Field Museum of Chicago. Some of the artifacts from 5000 year old city of Kish in Mesopotamia can be seen for the first time in this exhibition, as well as jewelry from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, and the Israel Museum.
The Field Museum is located at 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive. For further information, call (312) 922-9410
www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/masterpieces_tempexhib.htm |
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The Nature of Diamonds
Through March 22, 2009
Royal Ontario Museum |
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“The Nature of Diamonds” presents a comprehensive look at the world’s most enchanting gem. More than 500 objects are displayed including the world’s third largest diamond, diamonds designed by Givenchy and Cartier, and a bracelet worn by Mae West (“I hadn’t set out to collect diamonds but somehow they piled up on me”). Les Enluminures has loaned an ornate Renaissance diamond ring, preserving some of its original enamel to set off the large pointed diamond.
If you miss the exhibition in Toronto, catch it at the Houston Museum of Natural History (May 8, 2009 to September 7, 2009) or The Field Museum in Chicago.
www.rom.on.ca/exhibitions/special/diamonds.php |
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Sandra Hindman
Toward an Art History
of Medieval Rings,
London, 2007.
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Toward an Art History of Medieval Rings gives a full survey of Merovingian, Byzantine, Medieval, and Renaissance rings, built on the basis of a private collection of 35 rings assembled over nearly two decades. The rings range in date from around 300 to 1600 AD and are fine examples of most of the major types of ring created during this period. Sandra Hindman describes each ring, placing it in its art historical context, Ilaria Fatone discusses the provenance, exhibition, and bibliographies of each ring. There is also a technical section by conservator Angélique Laurent-Di MAntova who studies each ring, its material, fabrication, and use. Diana Scarisbrick contributed an introductory essay on collecting rings. Rings in this book are exceptionally exhibited in May at Wartski’s.
To order the book:
www.paul-holberton.net |
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Please write us if you want to signal a museum exhibition, conference or symposium, or a recently published book.
Contact the editors at:
rings@lesenluminures.com
Les Enluminures
Le Louvre des Antiquaires
2 Place du Palais Royal
75001 Paris
France
+33 1 42 60 15 58 |
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