During the past two years (1977–78) three notable additions have been made to the collection of Greek pottery in the National Gallery, each of which illustrates an aspect of Greek vase-painting not…
The Clavey family by Arthur Devis is the fourth example of the conversation piece to be acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria, the others being the large conversations by…
In April 1975, the important collection of Greek vases at Nostell Priory near Wakefield (England) was sold at auction.
The legend of John Peter Russell has many attractive aspects, but none more so than his friendship with Vincent Van Gogh.
By no means every plate in early 16th century Italy told a story.
The National Gallery of Victoria is unique amongst the public galleries of Australia in its efforts to build up a fine and representative collection of decorative arts
For the Greek vase collection in the National Gallery of Victoria the year between the spring of 1979 and the winter of 1980 must be regarded as an annus mirabilis, since…
La corrida toute entière baigne dans une atmosphere érotique – Michel Leiris, Miroir de la tauromachie,
When Boccaccio wrote his book, De Claris Mulieribus (Concerning Famous Women) (after 1351), Cleopatra was the epitome of Luxuria, that medieval vice pictured as a bejewelled naked women, the embodiment of extravagant…
Among various anecdotes narrated by Pliny the Elder that reveal the illusionistic skills of the Greek painters, the one recounting how Zeuxis was deluded by the drapery painted by his rival Parrhasios…
In October 1984 the National Gallery of Victoria successfully bid for a ‘Rare and important hallmarked Australian silver and gilt presentation cup’ at auction.1R L. Pickles &
This Melbourne painting (fig. 1)* belongs to a group of pictures by Fuseli depicting episodes in the life of Milt
In his chapter on the topography of Turner, John Ruskin defines history painting and that of topography as the ‘most precious things; in many cases more useful to the human race than…
It hardly occurs to us that most of our modern ball games could not be played without one essential ingredient, rubber, the origin of which can be traced to pre-Hispanic Mexic
In keeping with Dr Ursula Hoff’s own practice and with the meticulous training she has urged upon her students, this short article offers thoughts arising from an examination of a single artefactR