TEFAF 2025

On Michelangelo's 550 Anniversary

The newly revealed Michelangelo 's bronze Corpus, documented in Seville1597
 
Exhibited at Tefaf Stuart Lochhead stand 108 alongside Sor Jerónima de la Fuente's portrait by Velázquez
 
Diego Velázquez ,Sor Jerónima de La Fuente , oil on canvas, Private Collection Madrid

Michelangelo's bronze Corpus documented in Seville 1597 rediscovered

New Publication March 2025 on Michelangelo 550 Anniversary

Michelangelo's bronze Corpus documented in Seville 1597 rediscovered

Ed by IOMR . Author: Carlos Herrero Starkie. Introduction Rosario
Coppel . Preface: Stuart Lochhead . 250 pag 260 images.

We are please to anounce the publication of "Michelangelo's bronze Corpus documented in Seville 1597 rediscovered " on the occasion of the presentation of the - newly revealed Michelangelo's four nailed bronze Crucifix - at Tefaf Maastricht from Wednesday 12th To Thursday 20th March 2025.

A printed copy of the book will be available for you at Stuart Lochhead stand n 108 during the fair.

Looking forward to your presence

Carlos Herrero Starkie
IOMR director

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Alonso Berruguete 's pair of sculptures , St Peter and St Paul exhibited at Tefaf Maastricht

We are pleased to anounced that the Alonso Berruguete 's pair of
sculptures , St Peter and St Paul are exhibited from the 9 th to 19th
March at Tefaf Maastricht stand 112

Alonso Berruguete's St Peter and St Paul return to IOMR after two years at the Louvre

September 2022.

We are gratefull to the "Commission des acquisitions du Louvre" who gave his approval to the acquisition project on 18 May 2022, to the "Département de sculptures du Louvre" in particular to Sophie Jugie and to the C2RMF for its "rapport de Laboratoire" undertaken during its consignment.
The Louvre renounced at last moment to continue with the acquisition procedure of the Alonso Berruguete's pair of sculptures.
The IOMR will continue his plans to promote the universalization of Alonso Berruguete, as the most important artist of Spanish Renaissance and one of the founders of European Mannerism.

Carlos Herrero Starkie
IOMR director.

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The St. Matthew by Tristán accompany the St Thomas by Velázquez in his public reappearance after restoration

We are please to announce the presentation of the St  Matthew  by Tristán among the newly revealed pieces shown in the exhibition  organized by the "Musée des beaux arts d'Orléans" dedicated to study the young Velázquez .

We invite the patrons and friends of IOMR to visit this exhibition at the Museum of Orléans from 5 June to 14 November.

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Announcement to friends & patrons

Forthcoming publication of a series of articles on the world of art and the crisis of Covid-19.

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Invitation to read and contemplate Art

Perhaps we should interpret as an opportunity rather than a hardship the confinement we at present are suffering; a moment for reflection, for recollection, a longing for those whom we love, an inner questioning of the priorities of our own values. 

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A Master piece of Spanish Renaissance Sculpture at Tefaf Maastricht

St Jerome by Juan de Valmaseda,1530.

Tefaf stand 218

We are pleased to present in Tefaf Maastricht 2020 one of the main works of our Spanish Renaissance collection, among other pieces by, Gabriel Joly, Isidro de Villoldo, Roque Balduque and Manuel Alvarez.

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Treasures of Spanish Renaissance Sculpture.The origin of the Spanish Manner

Saint Peter and Saint Paul by Alonso Berruguete at Tefaf New York Fall

The IOMR has the pleasure to anounce the presentation for the first time in public of his pair of polychrome sculptures by Alonso Berruguete rediscovered in 2015.

Stand 211 Benappi & Merhinger  

The sculptures will be presented together with other works of the IOMR Spanish Renaissance Collection.  

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NEW IOMR PUBLICATION. 3 September 2019

TREASURES OF SPANISH RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE.THE ORIGIN OF THE SPANISH MANNER.    

Ed.: Carlos Herrero Starkie. Prologue: Patrick Lenaghan. Texts: Carmen Morte García, Margarita Estella Marcos, Jesús María Parrado del Olmo, René Jesús Payo Hernanz, Carlos Herrero Starkie. English, Paperback, 22 x 30 cm. 352 pp., 340 colour images.

The Institute of Old Masters Research, IOMR, is pleased to present the first book devoted exclusively to the Sculpture of the Spanish Renaissance, translated into English, since Professor Manuel Gómez Moreno published his legendary book “Renaissance Sculpture in Spain”. (Hacker Art Books, 1971),...


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A sculpture by Gabriel Joly newly revealed by the IOMR

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A newly discovered Our Lady and Child Jesus by Juan Bautista Vázquez el Viejo

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Carlos Herrero Starkie interviewed by the "Gazette Drouot "

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Next meeting with patrons and friends of the IOMR

VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION SOROLLA AND FASHION. 

Guided  by Luis Alberto  Perez Velarde , curator at the Museum of Sorolla 

In Madrid Sorolla's Museum , 3 May at 2 h 30 pm  .

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Days with followers and Patrons of the IOMR from the 8th to 17th March

Photo catalogue

8 March 2018: First day at TEFAF

 

9 March 2018: Lunch at Lita Cabellut's House in The Hague

 

10 March 2018: Second day at TEFAF

 

10 March 2018: Dinner at the IOMR. Presentation of the IOMR in Helmond (Holland)

 

17 March 2018: Dinner / presentation of the IOMR in Madrid to followers and Patrons

A newly discovered Lamentation relief by Roque Balduque

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Colloquium - dinner with the spanish painter, Lita Cabellut, 17 - 2 - 2018

Revealing Spanish Renaissance sculpture : A dialogue with Modern and contemporary Art

Exhibition March 2018

St. Jerome by Juan de Valmaseda exhibited in the “Exposición Cisneros” in the Cathedral of Toledo.

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Waynes Franits confirms the attribution of the “Musical Company” to Theodore Rombouts

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The newly discovered portrait of King Christian II shown in National Denmark Gallery.

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