Materia, meraviglia, memoria: performatività e interazioni semantiche nei grands joyaux con smalti sur ronde-bosse Gianluca Ameri The patronage of the Valois family fueled the creation of the new ronde-bosse enamelling technique, whose origins can be traced back to mid-fourteenth century. According to the written sources of the Valois courts, the first aim of the goldsmiths…

Da Roma a Parigi. Nuovi documenti sull’esodo dell’Avorio Barberini Giulia Calanna This paper focuses on the nineteenth century collecting history of the renowned Barberini Ivory, one of the most important late-antique artworks of the Louvre Department of Decorative Arts. The ivory relief was brought from Rome, where it was kept in the Barberini collection, to…