This late Baroque marble maquette depicting Pope Clement XII Corsini enthroned, circa 1736, displays all the hallmarks of its creator, Pietro Bracci (Rome 1700-1773), who is best known for carving the colossal central figure of Oceanus at Rome's Trevi Fountain.
Have you ever taken a photo that looked great in person but somehow did not capture the same feeling when you looked at it later?
At Bortolami, New York, Christine Safa’s Noces (9 September–24 October 2026) examines how experience inhabits the inner world. Sensations, memories and intimacies converge in paintings where perception acquires the fluidity of recollection. Safa approaches painting as an act of attention, translating the encountered world into images shaped by inward experience.
The Leiden Collection announced a major milestone in its mission to preserve and disseminate Rembrandt’s legacy, adding an eighteenth painting by the iconic Old Master to its holdings: Saint John on Patmos depicting the artist’s son, Titus, as the exiled evangelist.