Boijmans museum buys 15thC triptych

July 19 2013

Image of Boijmans museum buys 15thC triptych

Picture: Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

I'm afraid I can never get that excited about gold ground paintings, but if you can, then cheer at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen's acquisition of the above c.1410-20 triptych by an unknown artist for more than 1 million euros. More here.

Update - a reader writes:

You say "I'm afraid I can never get that excited about gold ground paintings": but you just did get excited (rightly) about the Lorenzetti panel acquired by the Ferens!! 

That was, I'm ashamed to say, more at a regional UK museum acquiring a such an expensive work. 

Update II - another reader asks:

Not even a little bit excited about the Wilton Diptych? 

Oh alright then. But mainly because it's Richard II.


Notice to "Internet Explorer" Users

You are seeing this notice because you are using Internet Explorer 6.0 (or older version). IE6 is now a deprecated browser which this website no longer supports. To view the Art History News website, you can easily do so by downloading one of the following, freely available browsers:

Once you have upgraded your browser, you can return to this page using the new application, whereupon this notice will have been replaced by the full website and its content.