Galerie Canesso

Tableaux anciens

Pietro Antonio Magatti

Varese, 1691 - 1767

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Holy Family Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 87 cm (25 ³⁄₄ × 34 ¹⁄₄ in)

26, rue Laffitte • 75009 Paris • Tel. + 33 1 40 22 61 71 • Fax + 33 1 40 22 61 81 • e-mail : contact @ canesso.com www.canesso.com Cover Detail of Still Life with Drapery and Fruit, 1904–06 Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) Oil on canvas, 7391.1cm Ronald Lauder collection See Susan Moore’s article on pp. 26–31

DECEMBER 2011 £5.95

THE INTERNATIONAL ART MAGAZINE

Ronald Lauder’s Collecting | Edwin Lutyens’ New Delhi Joshua Reynolds and Leonardo da Vinci | Sir Mark Jones’ V&A Legacy

AWARDS

2011

Awards for the Best Exhibition, Book, Museum Opening and Acquisition

CONTENTS DECEMBER 2011 VOLUME CLXXIV NO. 593

19 Editor’s Letter The highlights of 2011 20 Agenda What’s on around the world in December

Features 26 The Pursuit of Perfection Ronald Lauder talks to Susan Moore about his passion for collecting 34 Defining the Modern Ann Temkin, curator of painting and sculpture at MoMA, introduces some of the highlights of modern art from the Ronald Lauder collection 42 The Apollo Awards 2011 Personality of the Year Sir Mark Jones talks to Ruth Guilding about his 10-year directorship of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 48 Exhibition, Book and Museum Opening of the Year ‘Hans von Aachen: A Court Artist in Europe’ by Joseph Leo Koerner Susie Harries, Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life by Mark Girouard The Mougins Museum of Classical Art by Sir John Boardman 62 Acquisition of the Year The Nimrud Ivories, and our survey of the year’s key museum acquisitions from around the world 74 Reynolds and Leonardo Michael Burrell introduces new examples of Sir Joshua Reynolds’ borrowings from Leonardo da Vinci

The Ronald Lauder collection: pp. 26–31

DECEMBER 2011 APOLLO 15