- Via Bolognese 120 50139 Firenze Italy
Francesca Baldry
New York University, Art History, Department Member
Catalogue exhibition 2017-2018 at Il Palmerino Florence, with the first entire unpublished story of the Angeli brothers workshop, with a specific focus on their work in the Villas in Florida and Cote d'Azur. New catalogue on 2023... more
Catalogue exhibition 2017-2018 at Il Palmerino Florence, with the first entire unpublished story of the Angeli brothers workshop, with a specific focus on their work in the Villas in Florida and Cote d'Azur.
New catalogue on 2023 exhibition at Palazzo Medici Riccardi cocurator with Daniela Magnetti (Palazzo Bricherasio, Banca Patrimoni Sella).
New catalogue on 2023 exhibition at Palazzo Medici Riccardi cocurator with Daniela Magnetti (Palazzo Bricherasio, Banca Patrimoni Sella).
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Dal 7 ottobre al 7 gennaio 2024 è aperta al pubblico la mostra dedicata a Federigo Angeli e il mito del Rinascimento nel XX secolo promossa dalla Città Metropolitana di Firenze, organizzata da Banca Patrimoni Sella & C. attraverso la sua... more
Dal 7 ottobre al 7 gennaio 2024 è aperta al pubblico la mostra dedicata a Federigo Angeli e il mito del Rinascimento nel XX secolo promossa dalla Città Metropolitana di Firenze, organizzata da Banca Patrimoni Sella & C. attraverso la sua Direzione Artistica e grazie alla collaborazione di Sella Sgr, società appartenenti al gruppo Sella, Associazione MUS.E e Associazione Il Palmerino.
Il progetto espositivo, curato da Francesca Baldry e Daniela Magnetti, nasce e si sviluppa attorno a due grandi dipinti in pendant di Federigo Angeli (1891-1952) dal titolo “Dama a cavallo con corteo cavalleresco” e “Signore a cavallo con corteo cavalleresco”, appartenenti alla collezione di Sella Sgr su cui il laboratorio Thierry Radelet di Torino ha effettuato un importante lavoro di restauro. Grazie alla collaborazione con diversi storici dell’arte e alla sinergia con enti pubblici e istituzioni private, le ricerche hanno permesso di giungere ad una corretta attribuzione delle opere; inoltre, attraverso le preziose testimonianze documentali conservate presso l’Associazione Il Palmerino aps, si è potuto ricostruire il viaggio dei due dipinti, riscrivendo una pagina di storia dell’arte altrimenti sconosciuta.
Il progetto espositivo, curato da Francesca Baldry e Daniela Magnetti, nasce e si sviluppa attorno a due grandi dipinti in pendant di Federigo Angeli (1891-1952) dal titolo “Dama a cavallo con corteo cavalleresco” e “Signore a cavallo con corteo cavalleresco”, appartenenti alla collezione di Sella Sgr su cui il laboratorio Thierry Radelet di Torino ha effettuato un importante lavoro di restauro. Grazie alla collaborazione con diversi storici dell’arte e alla sinergia con enti pubblici e istituzioni private, le ricerche hanno permesso di giungere ad una corretta attribuzione delle opere; inoltre, attraverso le preziose testimonianze documentali conservate presso l’Associazione Il Palmerino aps, si è potuto ricostruire il viaggio dei due dipinti, riscrivendo una pagina di storia dell’arte altrimenti sconosciuta.
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Primo studio di insieme sul collezionista e committente inglese (1810-1903) - personalità poliedrica e geniale, notissima ai suoi tempi - il saggio ne ricostruisce la storia, analizza i suoi rapporti con l'ambiente di Oxford e con la... more
Primo studio di insieme sul collezionista e committente inglese (1810-1903) - personalità poliedrica e geniale, notissima ai suoi tempi - il saggio ne ricostruisce la storia, analizza i suoi rapporti con l'ambiente di Oxford e con la società culturale di Firenze Capitale e racconta l'affascinante avventura del restauro 'in stile' del medievale Castello di Vincigliata sulle colline fiesolane. Fondamentale la ricostruzione della dispersa collezione d'arte che il mecenate allestì scenograficamente all'interno del castello e la riscoperta di artigiani e artisti attivi a Vincigliata e poi impegnati nei più celebri cantieri di restauro di edifici monumentali fiorentini.
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The essay is part of the exhibition catalogue "The Treasure Rooms. Collectors and Antique Dealers in Florence between the 19th and 20th centuries" edited by Lucia Mannini (Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Firenze settembre 2011-aprile 2012),... more
The essay is part of the exhibition catalogue "The Treasure Rooms. Collectors and Antique Dealers in Florence between the 19th and 20th centuries" edited by Lucia Mannini (Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Firenze settembre 2011-aprile 2012), Firenze, Polistampa, 2011.
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This is a catalogue of a contemporary photography exhibition at Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy. The photographer Abelardo Morell, born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States in 1962, visited Villa La Pietra in the summer of 2017.... more
This is a catalogue of a contemporary photography exhibition at Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy. The photographer Abelardo Morell, born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States in 1962, visited Villa La Pietra in the summer of 2017. Walking through the Acton collection, looking out from the large windows to the gardens, Morell realized that his well experimented technique of the 'camera obscura' was the perfect medium through which to capture the mystery of the exchange between garden and villa. The catalogue is curated by Ellyn Toscano and Francesca Baldry, with texts by Toscano and the artist's statement. I also wrote the essay: Villa La Pietra, The Secret Behind the Beauty, focusing on the bond between Sir Harold Acton and the villa, and shedding light on the origin of the perfect concept of the humanist Renaissance Villa.
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Un viaggio di stile nella bottega degli Angeli (p. 10_ translation J. Costa): The fortune of the Angeli family, with their work as copyists, conservators, and period decorators for Palazzo Davanzati in 1908-1910, followed immediately by... more
Un viaggio di stile nella bottega degli Angeli (p. 10_ translation J. Costa):
The fortune of the Angeli family, with their work as copyists, conservators, and period decorators for Palazzo Davanzati in 1908-1910, followed immediately by their painted interiors in Castel del Diavolo (viale Michelangelo), property of the Detroit painter Julius Rolshoven (1858- 1930), and their migration in 1923 to the luxury coasts of Florida and California, then on to the French Riviera (Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Montecarlo, 1929-30) and Paris (1928) with the magnate Paris Eugene Singer (1867-1932), was the result of an ideal partnership in Florence, and then in the United States, between a language that harked back to an earlier time in terms of technique and subjects and the demand, as Praz writes, “of consolidated social ambition”. An encounter and a fruitful exchange between the artisanal tradition – that authentic tradition that dated back to the medieval bottega – and the rich clients of America’s Gilded Age who, as collectors and lovers of the fine arts, found their raison d’être in commissioning and collecting ancient and revival works (or “copies”) of art, thereby creating a taste and a style that was the heir of the “Florentine style.”
The fortune of the Angeli family, with their work as copyists, conservators, and period decorators for Palazzo Davanzati in 1908-1910, followed immediately by their painted interiors in Castel del Diavolo (viale Michelangelo), property of the Detroit painter Julius Rolshoven (1858- 1930), and their migration in 1923 to the luxury coasts of Florida and California, then on to the French Riviera (Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Montecarlo, 1929-30) and Paris (1928) with the magnate Paris Eugene Singer (1867-1932), was the result of an ideal partnership in Florence, and then in the United States, between a language that harked back to an earlier time in terms of technique and subjects and the demand, as Praz writes, “of consolidated social ambition”. An encounter and a fruitful exchange between the artisanal tradition – that authentic tradition that dated back to the medieval bottega – and the rich clients of America’s Gilded Age who, as collectors and lovers of the fine arts, found their raison d’être in commissioning and collecting ancient and revival works (or “copies”) of art, thereby creating a taste and a style that was the heir of the “Florentine style.”
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Essay on the relationship between Italian artists, dealers and decorators and the Anglo-American community in Florence at the end of the 19th century. New insight on the workshop of the Angeli Family in Florence, France and USA.
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The paper is published in Arte Veneta and its is part of a project carried out by Fondazione Cini (Monica De Vincenti and Simone Gurriero). This section is about the collecting of the Veneto statues in the Acton Garden and the taste of... more
The paper is published in Arte Veneta and its is part of a project carried out by Fondazione Cini (Monica De Vincenti and Simone Gurriero).
This section is about the collecting of the Veneto statues in the Acton Garden and the taste of the Neo Renaissanbte / Settecento La Pietra garden designed by Arthur Acton.
This section is about the collecting of the Veneto statues in the Acton Garden and the taste of the Neo Renaissanbte / Settecento La Pietra garden designed by Arthur Acton.
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An Essay dedicated to the Acton tapestries at Villa La Pietra in the contest of early Twentith century textile interest. The essay is part of the catalogue of the 18 tapestries of the collection. F. Baldry, H. Spande (ed.), The Tapestries... more
An Essay dedicated to the Acton tapestries at Villa La Pietra in the contest of early Twentith century textile interest. The essay is part of the catalogue of the 18 tapestries of the collection.
F. Baldry, H. Spande (ed.), The Tapestries of the Acton Collection at Villa La Pietra, Firenze, Edifir, 2010.
F. Baldry, H. Spande (ed.), The Tapestries of the Acton Collection at Villa La Pietra, Firenze, Edifir, 2010.
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Living and Collecting in Florence between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century. An analysis of the British and American collecting taste in connection with the local arts and artists.
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The essay is part of the catalogue "The Treasure Rooms. Collectors and Antique Dealers in Florence between the 19th and 20th centuries" edited by Lucia Mannini (Florence, Polistampa, 2011). It analyzes three categories of 19th century... more
The essay is part of the catalogue "The Treasure Rooms. Collectors and Antique Dealers in Florence between the 19th and 20th centuries" edited by Lucia Mannini (Florence, Polistampa, 2011). It analyzes three categories of 19th century home displays. The author organizes the homes-collections according to the inspirational theme: the dream of the Middle-Ages settings; the Antique-Dealers Collectors show room models and the scholarly houses of the Renaissance. Collections created by Temple Leader, Stibbert, Bardini, Volpi, Horne, Acton, Loeser and Berenson are compared and discussed.