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October 2024

Vol. 166 | No. 1459

Boulle at Chantilly

Editorial

Restoring the ‘belle époque’

The Musee Jacquemart-André is a treasure house that graces the Haussmann boulevards in Paris and is perhaps not nearly as well-known as it should be. The recent re-opening of the museum on 6th September, following a period of closure for conservation, therefore provides a welcome opportunity to draw fresh attention to this most romantic and beguiling of collections and the elegant building that houses it.

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Obituary

Alastair David Laing (1944–2024)

By Christopher Rowell

Although renowned in particular for his expertise on the art of François Boucher, Alastair Laing had very wide-ranging art historical taste and knowledge, which he shared with great generosity of spirit. He curated some important exhibitions and brought scholarly rigour to his inspired custodianship of the art collections of the National Trust.

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Exhibition Review

Lavery: On Location

John Lavery (1856–1941), a vibrant painter of the Impressionist era, was born and partly raised in Northern Ireland, grew to adulthood in Ayrshire and Glasgow but remained a proud Irishman. ‘On Location’ is a fitting title for a retrospective about this artist, who vividly recorded so many aspects of the changing world in which he lived.

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  • Pietà

    No sorrow like unto my sorrow: Philip the Bold, the Great Cross at Champmol and the Battle of Nicopolis

    By Susie Nash
  • Penitent Mary Magdalene in a landscape

    Annibale Carracci and the forgotten Magdalene

    By Jacob Willer
  • Louis XIV of France riding a horse

    Portable diplomacy: Louis XIV’s ‘boîtes à portrait’

    By Samantha Happé
  • Interior of the Grand Bouillon-Restaurant le Chalet, Paris

    Authenticity issues with works by Vincent van Gogh

    By Teio Meedendorp,Louis van Tilborgh,Saskia van Oudheusden
  • Alastair Laing in in the Long Gallery at Osterley Park

    Alastair David Laing (1944–2024)

    By Christopher Rowell