by Baronessa Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia
Last week I attended the Royal Academy of Art’s current exhibition of Giovanni Battista Moroni‘s work, which is heralded as “the first UK exhibition of this unsung genius of Renaissance portraiture”. It turned out to be a lovely gem of a show.
The paintings’ colour, realism and composition were beautifully rendered, but it i...
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The Vikings are here!
by Baronessa Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia
The British Museum’s first Viking exhibition in thirty years opened last week and after viewing it, I believe they have more than made up for the absence.
Rather than focusing exclusively on finds from the original lands of the Vikings, the exhibition explores the culture and technology that spanned severa...
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Court & Craft Considered
by Baronessa Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia
Last Thursday, TRH Nasr ibn Isa & Eleanor Isabeau d'Autun, HE Robert of Canterbury and myself sojourned to the Courtauld Gallery for 'Court and Craft', a small but intense exhibition based around one particular artefact - a small, early C.14th bag made of brass, inlaid with gold and silver, and finely engraved wit...
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London’s Lost Jewels Explored
by Baronessa Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia
Last Friday, TE Genevieve Rouge Maunche & Robert of Canterbury and I went on expedition with the Finds Research Group to the Museum of London’s Cheapside Hoard exhibition, “London’s Lost Jewels”.
Before visiting the exhibition we were fortunate to be given two lectures & photo shows by members of the museum s...
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