Art History Archives - The Ringling

John Ringling’s Development of Sarasota, Florida

The Ringling — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 15:16:48 +0000

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Juana Romani’s Femme au fond rouge

The Ringling — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:44:00 +0000

This summer, The Ringling made an important addition to its collection of 19th-century European art with the acquisition of a stunning work by the Italian-born painter Juana Romani (1867-1924). Romani’s Femme au fond rouge (Woman on a Red Background) will be presented at The Ringling for the first time as part of the exhibition A Decade of Collecting, on view in the galleries of the Arthur F. and Ulla R. Searing Wing from October 22, 2022 through January 22, 2023.

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Guercino and Bisi: Fellow Artists and Friends

The Ringling — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 14:59:21 +0000

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1599 - 1666), called Il Guercino in reference to his pronounced squint, was a leading painter of the Baroque period. He painted this magnificent portrait of his fellow artist and friend, the Franciscan friar Bonaventura Bisi (1601 - 1659), in about 1658-59, toward the end of Bisi’s life.

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A Ringling Bronze and the Augusto Grimani

developer — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:52:47 +0000

A late 19th/early 20th century bronze statue in the collection of the Ringling Museum of Art is a liberal copy after a renowned ancient marble statue, the so-called Augusto Grimani.
Among the reproduction sculptures purchased by John Ringling in the 1920s and 30s is an over life-size, bronze statue of a Roman general (fig. 1). The figure wears a decorated breastplate with a short skirt terminating just above the knees and a mantle thrown over his left shoulder

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