Silver in a New Light
During the first week of August, the J. Paul Getty Museum’s select collection of European silver, with examples dating from about 1600 to 1800, was moved and displayed in a new location – a...
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The Metamorphoses of Danaë: From Venal to Virtuous to Voluptuous Woman
The mythological princess Danaë was one of the most divisive, ever-changing mythological figures in Western art Danaë, 1621–23, Orazio Gentileschi. Oil on canvas, 63 5/8 x 89 1/4 in. The J. Paul Getty...
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This Just In: A Rediscovered Bernini
Its whereabouts unknown for more than a century, a marble bust of Pope Paul V by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini goes on view June 18 Bust of Pope Paul V, 1621, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Marble. The...
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Best Supporting Role
How conservation saved the panel paintings by Peter Paul Rubens now on view in Spectacular Rubens—a conversation with Jonathan Graindorge Lamour Triumph of the Church during treatment, gluing a split...
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Peter Paul Rubens Unrolls in L.A.
400-year-old tapestries from Madrid, woven from silk and wool, now dominate the Getty Center’s Exhibitions Pavilion In the early 1620s Peter Paul Rubens designed a series of tapestries celebrating the...
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