The Fondation Custodia, one of Paris’s under-appreciated treasures, was created by Frits Lugt (1884-1970), a Dutchman whose passion for art began when he was just a child: when he was only eight years old, he created and cataloged a museum … Read More
Anyone who loves drawing must not miss the current exhibition at the Fondation Custodia, “The Pushkin Museum: Five Hundred Years of Master Drawings,” a survey of 200 works by some of the greatest artists from the 15th to the 20th centuries. … Read More
Cache of Master DrawingsFinds a Safe Haven in Paris “Jacob, Benjamin and One of His Other Sons” (c. 1645), by Rembrandt van Rijn. Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen The Custodia Foundation, tucked discreetly behind the Boulevard Saint Germain in a … Read More
Paris Celebrates the Art of Drawing “A Palace and a Row of Houses behind a Town Wall” (c. 1560/70?), by Giovanni Antonio Dosio (?). © Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main The Fondation Custodia, itself the keeper of a treasure trove … Read More
