by Annette Rubery | Oct 12, 2023 | Art
Rosalba Carriera: Perfection in Pastel. I was lucky enough to visit the Rosalba Carriera: Perfection in Pastel exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden last month. It was a truly stunning show and I wish Carriera were better known. Despite excellent...
by Annette Rubery | Sep 1, 2021 | History
I have been living with this portrait of an unknown woman (purchased from the excellent Cabinet Antiques) for a while now. She hangs on the wall of our office at home, above the filing cabinet, gazing softly down at me as I type. Her manner is unmistakeably...
