Art historian and curator of Palazzo Falzon, Caroline Tonna, will be presenting a virtual lecture hosted by The Philadelphia Club and The Institute of Classical
Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti has just launched a new podcast series titled
Treasures from
Malta.
Hosted by Francesca Balzan, each episode is an in-depth interview with a living ‘treasure’ from the art world.
The first episode is already available for download from https://www.patrimonju.org/fpm-podcasts or from Spotify and other podcast directories and is the perfect accompaniment for your daily walk!
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Treasures of Malta,
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It had to be something like the latest issue of Treasures of Malta to provide a most welcome modicum of cheer in these bleak times, not least with its striking cover of a detail from a 16th-century frescoed map of Malta hailing the 1565 victory over the Ottomans. It lies in the Hall of Maps at the Vatican, one among several showing the lands over which the pope held authority. In 1732, Louis XV gifted Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena with a fine portrait of himself by Jean Baptiste van Loo. Van Loo took over the commission from the famous portrait painter Hyacinthe Regnaud and managed to paint a most competent work of art, which is one the highlights of the President’s Palace but “which has failed to be given its due academic importance”. Carlos Bongalais’s paper supplies the background to this painting, which has tended to be overlooked in the palace’s collection.