Lavinia Fontana acquired by NMWA Tokyo
November 7 2024
Picture: AHN 2024
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo have announced their recent acquisition (earlier in the autumn) of Lavinia Fontana's Portrait Antonietta Gonzales, a picture which was on Rob Smeet's stand at TEFAF in Maastricht earlier this year.
To quote their Instagram post dedicated to the picture:
The NMWA collects superb examples of Western art as part of our stated goal to form a collection that presents an overview of Western art history from the medieval period through mid 20th century. The newly acquired Lavinia Fontana painting is an important addition to the NMWA's growing collection of works by women artists.
