This week, we receive, or rather we were received, because the program was recorded at their home, Héléna and Guy Motais from Narbonne whose collection has already been presented at the Louvre (see the article) and in Orléans (see the ‘article) and Toulouse (see the article). They tell us about their collecting activity, focused on painting, especially historical, Italian and French from the 17th and first half of the 18th century.
This week, we welcome Héléna and Guy Motais from Narbonne, whose collection has already been shown at the Louvre (see article) and in Orléans (see article) and Toulouse (see article). They tell us about their activity as collectors, focusing on Italian and French paintings of the 17th-century and the first half of the 18th-century, especially historical paintings.
Here are some of the tables we talk about in this podcast:
Here are some of the paintings we discuss in this podcast:
- French (?) Caravaggio painter active in Rome around 1620-1630
David holding the head of Goliath
Oil on canvas – 130 x 96.5 cm
Narbonne Motais Collection
Photo: Christie’s
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See the image on his page
- Simon Vouet (1590-1649)
Self-portrait
Oil on canvas – 60 x 43.5 cm
Narbonne Motais Collection
Photo: François Lauginie
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See the image on his page
- Ludovico Mazzanti (1686-1775)
Judith and Holofernes
Oil on canvas – 127 x 98 cm
Narbonne Motais Collection
Photo: Louvre Museum/P. Ballif
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See the image on his page
- Domenico Maria Viani (1668-1771)
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Oil on copper – 45.3 x 59 cm
Paris, Louvre Museum
Don Motais of Narbonne
Photo: Louvre Museum
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See the image on his page
- Attributed to Jusepe de Ribera
A doctor of the Eastern Church
Oil on canvas – 108 x 80 cm
Paris, Motais Collection of Narbonne
Photo: Louvre Museum
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See the image on his page
- Claude Deruet (1588-1660)
The Battle between the Amazons and the Greeks
Oil on canvas – 89 x 115 cm
Paris, Louvre Museum
Don Motais of Narbonne
Photo: Louvre Museum
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See the image on his page
- Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809)
Saint Jerome in prayer
Oil on canvas – 160 x 129 cm
Paris, Motais Collection of Narbonne
Photo: Louvre Museum
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See the image on his page
- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (1591-1666)
Saint Pierre
Oil on canvas
Paris, Motais de Narbonne collection
Photo: Wikipedia (public domain)
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See the image on his page
- Jacopo Vignali
Portrait of Alessandro Strozzi
Oil on canvas – 58 x 46 cm
Paris, Motais de Narbonne collection
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See the image on his page
- Gregorio de Ferrari (1647-1726)
Rest during the flight into Egypt
Oil on canvas – 99 x 74.9 cm
Orléans, Museum of Fine Arts
Don Motais of Narbonne
Photo: Christie’s
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See the image on his page
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