The Feast in the House of Simon: Veronese: History and Restoration of a Masterpiece by Antique Collectors' Club - 1997-12

Paris: Alain de Gourcuff, 1997. 4to. 172 pp. Near Fine. Slightest shelfwear to boards. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Alain de Gourcuff Editeur. @1997. Near Fine in Very Good slip case no dust jacket. large, squarish 8vo,boards,172pp,illus,in slip case. edgewear,rubbing,small scrapes,slip case. clean,tight,text. religion.

Alain de Gourcuff, 1998-01. Hardcover. New. Brand New - Shrinkwrapped.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Alain de Gourcuff 1998. Hardcover, 172 pages, ENG, 245 x 215 x 18 mm, in very good condition, illustrated in colour /b/w. ISBN 9782909838267. Painted for the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria dei Servi in 1570-3, The Feast in the House of Simon was presented to Louis XIV by the Most Serene Republic of Venice in 1664, as a token of friendship between the two states. But it was not until 1730, during the reign of Louis XV, that this great masterpiece was to find a setting worthy of it in the Salon d'Hercule at Versailles, for which Francois Le Moyne painted a ceiling decoration a l'italienne, unique in France, using a light, luminous and sensual palette in an explicit tribute to Venetian painting.Despite a major restoration in 1948 and two later superficial cleanings, the painting was obscured, notably by thick varnishes, and required a radical intervention. This process, started in 1994 and finished this year, was carried out by the Service de restauration des musees de France with the… Read More