© HLMD 20/12/2023 Blog Mutilated? On the Provenance of 55 Incunabula Pages The incunabula leaves are original pages from printed books from around 1500, which have been mounted on cardboard boxes and provided with an explanatory label.
© HLMD 12/10/2023 Blog Unfortunately not a Leighton! John William Godward’s painting “Unexpected Arrival” Whereas the painting “Yes or No” (1893) has always been recognized as by Godward and possesses a seamless, unsuspicious provenance, that of “Unexpected Arrival” remains uncertain to this day.
© Museum Wiesbaden 30/08/2023 Blog On the occasion of the International Provenance Research Day 2023 The results of provenance research and insights into the history of the collection: Jakob Philipp Hackert’s painting “The Venus Temple in Baja” from the inventory of the Museum Wiesbaden.
© Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt 02/08/2023 Blog Remained with the Family: Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh’s Opera of the Seas With the establishment of a separate Art Nouveau collection at the HLMD, a small group of late 19th century English paintings was acquired, including the work of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.
© Hesse State Museum Darmstadt 22/03/2023 Blog At the Washhouse The painting "At the Washhouse" by Max Liebermann was acquired by the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt in 1962. On its back you can suspect parts of its history.
