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	<!--STARTFUNCTIE1B--><!--STOPFUNCTIE1B--><!--STARTFUNCTIE2B--><!--STOPFUNCTIE2B--><P> <TABLE class=" FCK__ShowTableBorders" border=0 cellSpacing=1 summary="" cellPadding=1 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <P>Welcome to my website !</P> <P>Bernard Descheemaeker - Works of Art was founded in September 2000 and is specialised in objets d'art from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (c.1150-1650).</P> <P>My website provides you with an overview of my <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=ONLINE CATALOGUS&pagina=Online catalogus" target=_top >collection</A>. You can read my <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=NIEUWSBRIEVEN&pagina=Nieuwsbrieven" target=_top >newsletters</A> and <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=CATALOGI&pagina=Catalogi" target=_top >catalogues</A> online.</P> <P>The website also provides details of my own <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=AGENDA&pagina=Agenda" target=_top >exhibitions</A> and of my participation in <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=AGENDA&pagina=Agenda" target=_top >Open Days and Art Fairs</A>.</P> <P>Last but not least you can also link to some interesting <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=LINKS&pagina=Links" target=_top >other sites</A>.</P> <P>This website is updated at regular intervals. Add it to your list of favourites and visit it regularly.</P></TD> <TD>   </TD> <TD vAlign=top> <P><A href="http://dummy/" target=imgrotator#1W300H300BCffffffFCffffffLCffffffSCffffffTRANSITIONfadeROTATETIME3SHUFFLEtrueLINKfalseNAVIGATEfalse# >Diashow</A></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <P> <TABLE class=" FCK__ShowTableBorders" border=0 cellSpacing=1 summary="" cellPadding=1 width="100%" align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle><STRONG>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle><STRONG>NEW EXHIBITION</STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle> <TABLE class=" FCK__ShowTableBorders" border=0 cellSpacing=1 summary="" cellPadding=5 align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=CATALOGI&pagina=Catalogi" target=_top><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/cataloog2012.jpg" width=119 height=168 ></A></TD> <TD><A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=AGENDA&pagina=Agenda met catalogus" target=_top><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/de_fort_dulcedo_small_info_en.jpg" width=377 height=168 ></A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=AGENDA&pagina=Agenda met catalogus" target=_top ></A></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3> <P>Since starting my business, <EM>Bernard Descheemaeker - Works of Art</EM>, in September 2000, I have published a total of 16 <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=NIEUWSBRIEVEN&pagina=Nieuwsbrieven" target=_top >Newsletters</A> and 8 <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=CATALOGI&pagina=Catalogi" target=_top >Catalogues</A>. This is now my 9th catalogue - so my 25th publication in total - and I particularly wanted it to be a publication that is a pleasure to read and a treat for the eyes: what better accompaniment to a fascinating exhibition. <BR>In this show and in the accompanying catalogue, I present a selection of 25 recent acquisitions. While the nature of the objects - <STRONG>Masterpieces from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance</STRONG> - is what you have come to expect from me, I hope to be able to surprise you as far as quality and quantity are concerned: They include a Romanesque <EM>Sedes Sapientiae</EM>, several champlevé enamels, a 14th century ivory mirror, an Eyckian miniature, some highly important Gothic woodcarvings, a diverse collection of Limoges painted enamels, a <EM>Holy Family</EM> by Gerard Seghers and a unique relief by Albert Jansz. Vinckenbrinck.</P> <P>This exhibition sale is on view in my Antwerp gallery<BR>on Friday 2, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March 2012 from 11 a.m.. to 7 p.m. <BR>and from Monday 5 till Sunday 18 March 2012, by appointment only.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <P> <TABLE class=" FCK__ShowTableBorders" border=0 cellSpacing=1 summary="" cellPadding=1 width="100%" align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle><STRONG>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle><STRONG>THREE NEW SALES TO MUSEUMS</STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3 align=middle> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD width="33%" align=middle><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/onlinecatalogus/C2%20Kat%206%20-%20Bordje%20Hercules_(2).jpg" width=150 height=150 ></TD> <TD width="33%" align=middle><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/onlinecatalogus/C5%20Paar%20Wandtegels%20(links).jpg" width=150 height=150 ></TD> <TD width="33%" align=middle><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/onlinecatalogus/C5%20Paar%20Wandtegels%20(rechts).jpg" width=151 height=150 ></TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=middle><STRONG>Plate </STRONG></TD> <TD align=middle><STRONG>Tile: Dragon</STRONG></TD> <TD align=middle><STRONG>Tile: Eagle</STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=3> <P>Earlier this year, two museums each purchased one of the works of art illustrated in my latest catalogue <EM>Appraised and Apprized. Works of Art from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance</EM> (<A href="http://www.worksofart.be/frame.php?lang=en&frame=CATALOGI&pagina=Catalogi" target=_top >catalogue 8</A>). <BR>The Musée des arts anciens du Namurois in Namur (Belgium) acquired a plate representing <EM>The Birth of Hercules</EM> by Jean Miette (Limoges, c.1550), while the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is the new owner of a <EM>Pair of Wall Tiles</EM> (Rome, c. 1600).</P> <P>The tiles feature representations of the dragon and the eagle, both of which are symbols of the Borghese’s, a very well-known and extremely wealthy Roman noble family. Two very similar tiles, albeit of somewhat smaller dimensions, are in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It is likely that the four tiles belonged to the original décor of de Villa Borghese in Rome, which was replaced in the 18th century by the present neo-classical interior.</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <P> <TABLE class=" FCK__ShowTableBorders" border=0 cellSpacing=1 summary="" cellPadding=1 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD colSpan=5 align=middle><STRONG>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=5 align=middle> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=5 align=middle><STRONG>ON LOAN TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (New York)</STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD colSpan=5 align=middle> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><A href="http://www.worksofart.be/photodetail.php?lang=nl&cat=3&id=9" target=_blank ><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/spiegel.jpg" width=175 height=175 ></A></TD> <TD></TD> <TD> <P>The ivory mirror that I presented in my exhibition catalogue <EM>Als ic can</EM> (January 2010) is currently on loan for a period of five years (2010-2015) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, owner of its pendant piece. The two halves have not been exhibited together since their separation at the auction of the Frédéric Spitzer collection in 1893.<BR>See also: <A href="http://www.worksofart.be/openpdf.php?lang=en&omschrijving=Catalogus 2010&locatie=catalogi/alsiccan.pdf" target=_blank >catalogue 5</A> (page 5)</P></TD> <TD></TD> <TD vAlign=top><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/spiegelzw.jpg" width=175 height=175 ></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <P> <TABLE class=" FCK__ShowTableBorders" border=0 cellSpacing=3 summary="" cellPadding=1 align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/logo_vhok.jpg" width=38 height=50 ></TD> <TD><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/logo_sna.jpg" width=87 height=49 ></TD> <TD><IMG src="http://www.worksofart.be/pics/inhoud/logo_cinoa.jpg" width=42 height=49 ></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <!--STARTFUNCTIE1O--><!--STOPFUNCTIE1O--><!--STARTFUNCTIE2O--><!--STOPFUNCTIE2O-->

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